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Item Selection Procedures for Item Variables with a Known Factor Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

G. Elfving,
R. Sitgreaves and
H. Solomon
G. Elfving
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
R. Sitgreaves
Affiliation:
Columbia University
H. Solomon
Affiliation:
Columbia University
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Abstract

This paper discusses the item selection problem when the item responses follow a linear multiple factor model. Because of this restrictive assumption, not too unrealistic in situations such as mental testing, it is possible to select optimal sets of items without going through all possible combinations. A method proposed by Elfving to accomplish this is analyzed and then demonstrated through the use of two illustrations. The common and often used procedure of observing the magnitude of the correlation coefficient as an index in item selection is shown to have some merit in the single-factor case.

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Psychometrika , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , September 1959, pp. 189 - 205
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Copyright © 1959 The Psychometric Society

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Work performed under contract AF 41(657)-244 with the School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph AFB, Texas.

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