Ebook: New Developments in Psychometrics: Proceedings of the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society IMPS2001. Osaka, Japan, July 15–19, 2001

At the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society in Osaka, Japan, more than 300 participants from 19 countries gathered to discuss recent developments in the theory and application of psychometrics. This volume of proceedings includes papers on methods of psychometrics such as the structural equation model and item response theory. The book is in eight major sections: keynote speeches and invited lectures; structural equation modeling and factor analysis; IRT and adaptive testing; multivariate statistical methods; scaling; classification methods; and independent and principal component analysis. The 80 papers collected here provide a valuable source of information for all who are concerned with psychometrics, mathematical and statistical applications, and data analysis in psychological and behavioral sciences.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages ii-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Psychometric Engineering as Art: Variations on a Theme....Pages 3-18
Vectors and Matrices in Psychometrics with Special Emphasis on Generalized Inverse and Projection Matrices....Pages 19-32
Early Statistical Modelling of Latent Quantities: The History of Distance Measurement by Triangulation....Pages 33-44
Relationships among Various Kinds of Eigenvalue and Singular Value Decompositions....Pages 45-56
Power of ?2 Goodness-of-fit Tests in Structural Equation Models: the Case of Non-Normal Data....Pages 57-68
The Respondent-Generated Intervals Approach to Sample Surveys: From Theory to Experiment....Pages 69-80
Student Profile Scoring for Formative Assessment....Pages 81-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
The Determinants of the Bias in Minimum Rank Factor Analysis (MRFA)....Pages 95-102
A Note on the Approximate Distributions of Fit Indexes for Misspecified Structural Equation Models....Pages 103-108
Longitudinal Study of Early Chinese Linguistics Growth: Revealing Sequential Relations of Linguistic Antecedents and Consequences....Pages 109-116
Some Cautionary Notes on Factor Loadings Estimated by Principal Component Analysis....Pages 117-122
Simultaneous Mean and Covariance Structure Analysis for Two Level Structural Equation Models on EQS....Pages 123-132
On Analysis of Nonlinear Structural Equation Models....Pages 133-140
Use of SEM Programs to Precisely Measure Scale Reliability....Pages 141-148
Estimating the Statistical Power in Small Samples by Empirical Distributions....Pages 149-156
Language Selection and Social Structure Transition in Ukraine from 1959 to 1989....Pages 157-164
Identifying Influential Observations for Loadings in Factor Analysis....Pages 165-172
Effects of Self-disclosure and Self-preoccupation on Depression....Pages 173-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Developments in Practical Nonparametric IRT Scale Analysis....Pages 183-190
Groups of Persons and Groups of Items in Nonparametric Item Response Theory....Pages 191-198
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Bias of Ability Estimates Using Warm’s Weighted Likelihood Estimator (WLE) in the Generalized Partial Credit Model (GPCM)....Pages 199-206
Item Selection in Polytomous CAT....Pages 207-214
Bayesian Checks on Outlying Response Times in Computerized Adaptive Testing....Pages 215-222
Construct Comparability in International Assessments: Comparability of English and French versions of TIMSS....Pages 223-230
Are the Japanese more depressed than the U.S. individuals? — An IRT-DIF study —....Pages 231-238
General and Specific Misfit of Nonparametric IRT-models....Pages 239-246
Application of IRT in Assessment of Chewing Ability....Pages 247-254
The Effects of the Temporal Structure and the Presentation Modality on English Listening Comprehension Test....Pages 255-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Estimating Testing Time Extension Ratios for Students with Disabilities from Item Cumulative Curves....Pages 265-272
The Effect of Clustered Objective Probability Scoring with Truncation (T-COPS) on Reliability....Pages 273-280
A Framework for Reusing Assessment Components....Pages 281-288
Investigating the Local Fit of Item-Score Vectors....Pages 289-296
Developing a Domain-Referenced Test given a Selection Ratio and a Cut-Off Score: An application of Item Response Theory....Pages 297-304
Investigating Cross-Cultural Differences in Crying Using Manifest Invariant Item Ordering....Pages 305-312
Bayesian Regressions for Cross-Validation: An Application....Pages 313-319
Validity and Truth....Pages 321-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
The Hierarchical Theory of Justification and Statistical Model Selection....Pages 331-338
Robust designs for longitudinal mixed effects models....Pages 339-346
On Conditional Distribution of Sliced Inverse Regression Model....Pages 347-354
Uniqueness Properties of Three-way Component Models with Offset Terms....Pages 355-362
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
An Assessment of Non-Monotonicity of Missing-Data Patterns for Incomplete Multivariate Data....Pages 363-369
A Unified Approach to Oblique Procrustes Problems....Pages 371-380
Automatic Generation of Intervention Effect Estimation Formula....Pages 381-388
An Investigation of Bayes Estimation Procedures for the Two-Parameter Logistic Model....Pages 389-396
Coping Strategies as Predictors of Psychological Distress among Employees in Japan....Pages 397-404
Estimating Mediated Effects with Survival Data....Pages 405-412
A Backward Induction Computational Procedure to Sequential Mastery Testing....Pages 413-420
Bayes and Generalized Bayes Tests for Tree Ordered Normal Means....Pages 421-431
Model Selection Criteria for Growth Curve Model with Hierachical Within-Individual Design Matrices....Pages 433-441
Pooling Component Means: Making Sense or Folly....Pages 443-449
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Geometric Perspectives of Dual Scaling for Assessment of Information in Data....Pages 453-462
Factors which Influence Disclosure about Human Resources. An International Comparison Based on Disclosure Issued in Form 20-F and Annual Reports....Pages 463-470
An application of rotation in correspondence analysis....Pages 471-478
Complex Difference System Models for the Analysis of Asymmetry....Pages 479-486
A Distance Representation of the Quasi-Symmetry Model and Related Distance Models....Pages 487-494
Two-Mode Three-Way Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling with Different Directions of Asymmetry for Different Sources....Pages 495-502
A Latent Variable Model for Multidimensional Unfolding....Pages 503-510
Monte Carlo Simulation in Three-Way Unfolding: Assessing the Combined Effect of Sparseness and Variation of the Cell Frequencies....Pages 511-518
On Thurstone’s Model for Paired Comparisons and Ranking Data....Pages 519-526
Two kinds of space in psychophysics....Pages 527-534
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
A Variable Variance Model: A Critical Formulation of Fechner’s Problem....Pages 535-542
An Application of a Multiplicative Utility for Non-commutative Joint Receipts to Portfolio Choice....Pages 543-550
Multidimensional Scaling of Computer-generated Abstract Forms....Pages 551-558
Front Matter....Pages 559-559
Time Allocation Modeling for Weekend Travel in Tokyo, Using Combined Utility Maximization and Activity Choice Approaches....Pages 561-568
Cluster Instability as a Result of Data Input Order....Pages 569-576
A Connectionist Model of Phonological Working Memory....Pages 577-584
Brain Mapping Data: Classification, Principal Components and Multidimensional Scaling....Pages 585-592
Human Decision Making Model by Boolean Approach and Fuzzy Reasoning....Pages 593-600
A New Model of Rating Scale Method Considering Context Effects Based on Fuzzy Logic and its Application for a Psychological Response to the Acoustic Noise....Pages 601-608
Subtype Classification of Social Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates....Pages 609-616
Another Aspect of Psychometrics; Survey Meta-data Description by XML....Pages 617-622
Some Alternative Clustering Methods for Mokken Scale Analysis....Pages 623-630
Knowledge-based Cascade-correlation: Varying the Size and Shape of Relevant Prior Knowledge....Pages 631-638
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
A PCA for interval-valued data based on midpoints and radii....Pages 641-648
Independent Component Analysis for Non-Normal Factor Analysis....Pages 649-656
Self-Organizing Method for Robust Blind Source Separation by ?-Divergence....Pages 657-664
Examination of Independence in Independent Component Analysis....Pages 665-672
Neural Coding by Temporal and Spatial Correlations....Pages 673-680
Asymptotic Distributions and Confidence Intervals of Component Loading in Principal Component Analysis....Pages 681-688
Text Segmentation by Latent Semantic Indexing....Pages 689-696
Back Matter....Pages 697-702

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages ii-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Psychometric Engineering as Art: Variations on a Theme....Pages 3-18
Vectors and Matrices in Psychometrics with Special Emphasis on Generalized Inverse and Projection Matrices....Pages 19-32
Early Statistical Modelling of Latent Quantities: The History of Distance Measurement by Triangulation....Pages 33-44
Relationships among Various Kinds of Eigenvalue and Singular Value Decompositions....Pages 45-56
Power of ?2 Goodness-of-fit Tests in Structural Equation Models: the Case of Non-Normal Data....Pages 57-68
The Respondent-Generated Intervals Approach to Sample Surveys: From Theory to Experiment....Pages 69-80
Student Profile Scoring for Formative Assessment....Pages 81-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
The Determinants of the Bias in Minimum Rank Factor Analysis (MRFA)....Pages 95-102
A Note on the Approximate Distributions of Fit Indexes for Misspecified Structural Equation Models....Pages 103-108
Longitudinal Study of Early Chinese Linguistics Growth: Revealing Sequential Relations of Linguistic Antecedents and Consequences....Pages 109-116
Some Cautionary Notes on Factor Loadings Estimated by Principal Component Analysis....Pages 117-122
Simultaneous Mean and Covariance Structure Analysis for Two Level Structural Equation Models on EQS....Pages 123-132
On Analysis of Nonlinear Structural Equation Models....Pages 133-140
Use of SEM Programs to Precisely Measure Scale Reliability....Pages 141-148
Estimating the Statistical Power in Small Samples by Empirical Distributions....Pages 149-156
Language Selection and Social Structure Transition in Ukraine from 1959 to 1989....Pages 157-164
Identifying Influential Observations for Loadings in Factor Analysis....Pages 165-172
Effects of Self-disclosure and Self-preoccupation on Depression....Pages 173-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Developments in Practical Nonparametric IRT Scale Analysis....Pages 183-190
Groups of Persons and Groups of Items in Nonparametric Item Response Theory....Pages 191-198
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Bias of Ability Estimates Using Warm’s Weighted Likelihood Estimator (WLE) in the Generalized Partial Credit Model (GPCM)....Pages 199-206
Item Selection in Polytomous CAT....Pages 207-214
Bayesian Checks on Outlying Response Times in Computerized Adaptive Testing....Pages 215-222
Construct Comparability in International Assessments: Comparability of English and French versions of TIMSS....Pages 223-230
Are the Japanese more depressed than the U.S. individuals? — An IRT-DIF study —....Pages 231-238
General and Specific Misfit of Nonparametric IRT-models....Pages 239-246
Application of IRT in Assessment of Chewing Ability....Pages 247-254
The Effects of the Temporal Structure and the Presentation Modality on English Listening Comprehension Test....Pages 255-262
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Estimating Testing Time Extension Ratios for Students with Disabilities from Item Cumulative Curves....Pages 265-272
The Effect of Clustered Objective Probability Scoring with Truncation (T-COPS) on Reliability....Pages 273-280
A Framework for Reusing Assessment Components....Pages 281-288
Investigating the Local Fit of Item-Score Vectors....Pages 289-296
Developing a Domain-Referenced Test given a Selection Ratio and a Cut-Off Score: An application of Item Response Theory....Pages 297-304
Investigating Cross-Cultural Differences in Crying Using Manifest Invariant Item Ordering....Pages 305-312
Bayesian Regressions for Cross-Validation: An Application....Pages 313-319
Validity and Truth....Pages 321-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
The Hierarchical Theory of Justification and Statistical Model Selection....Pages 331-338
Robust designs for longitudinal mixed effects models....Pages 339-346
On Conditional Distribution of Sliced Inverse Regression Model....Pages 347-354
Uniqueness Properties of Three-way Component Models with Offset Terms....Pages 355-362
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
An Assessment of Non-Monotonicity of Missing-Data Patterns for Incomplete Multivariate Data....Pages 363-369
A Unified Approach to Oblique Procrustes Problems....Pages 371-380
Automatic Generation of Intervention Effect Estimation Formula....Pages 381-388
An Investigation of Bayes Estimation Procedures for the Two-Parameter Logistic Model....Pages 389-396
Coping Strategies as Predictors of Psychological Distress among Employees in Japan....Pages 397-404
Estimating Mediated Effects with Survival Data....Pages 405-412
A Backward Induction Computational Procedure to Sequential Mastery Testing....Pages 413-420
Bayes and Generalized Bayes Tests for Tree Ordered Normal Means....Pages 421-431
Model Selection Criteria for Growth Curve Model with Hierachical Within-Individual Design Matrices....Pages 433-441
Pooling Component Means: Making Sense or Folly....Pages 443-449
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Geometric Perspectives of Dual Scaling for Assessment of Information in Data....Pages 453-462
Factors which Influence Disclosure about Human Resources. An International Comparison Based on Disclosure Issued in Form 20-F and Annual Reports....Pages 463-470
An application of rotation in correspondence analysis....Pages 471-478
Complex Difference System Models for the Analysis of Asymmetry....Pages 479-486
A Distance Representation of the Quasi-Symmetry Model and Related Distance Models....Pages 487-494
Two-Mode Three-Way Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling with Different Directions of Asymmetry for Different Sources....Pages 495-502
A Latent Variable Model for Multidimensional Unfolding....Pages 503-510
Monte Carlo Simulation in Three-Way Unfolding: Assessing the Combined Effect of Sparseness and Variation of the Cell Frequencies....Pages 511-518
On Thurstone’s Model for Paired Comparisons and Ranking Data....Pages 519-526
Two kinds of space in psychophysics....Pages 527-534
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
A Variable Variance Model: A Critical Formulation of Fechner’s Problem....Pages 535-542
An Application of a Multiplicative Utility for Non-commutative Joint Receipts to Portfolio Choice....Pages 543-550
Multidimensional Scaling of Computer-generated Abstract Forms....Pages 551-558
Front Matter....Pages 559-559
Time Allocation Modeling for Weekend Travel in Tokyo, Using Combined Utility Maximization and Activity Choice Approaches....Pages 561-568
Cluster Instability as a Result of Data Input Order....Pages 569-576
A Connectionist Model of Phonological Working Memory....Pages 577-584
Brain Mapping Data: Classification, Principal Components and Multidimensional Scaling....Pages 585-592
Human Decision Making Model by Boolean Approach and Fuzzy Reasoning....Pages 593-600
A New Model of Rating Scale Method Considering Context Effects Based on Fuzzy Logic and its Application for a Psychological Response to the Acoustic Noise....Pages 601-608
Subtype Classification of Social Anxiety in Japanese Undergraduates....Pages 609-616
Another Aspect of Psychometrics; Survey Meta-data Description by XML....Pages 617-622
Some Alternative Clustering Methods for Mokken Scale Analysis....Pages 623-630
Knowledge-based Cascade-correlation: Varying the Size and Shape of Relevant Prior Knowledge....Pages 631-638
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
A PCA for interval-valued data based on midpoints and radii....Pages 641-648
Independent Component Analysis for Non-Normal Factor Analysis....Pages 649-656
Self-Organizing Method for Robust Blind Source Separation by ?-Divergence....Pages 657-664
Examination of Independence in Independent Component Analysis....Pages 665-672
Neural Coding by Temporal and Spatial Correlations....Pages 673-680
Asymptotic Distributions and Confidence Intervals of Component Loading in Principal Component Analysis....Pages 681-688
Text Segmentation by Latent Semantic Indexing....Pages 689-696
Back Matter....Pages 697-702
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