The 77th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS2012) was held at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, July 9–12, 2012.

Monday, July 9, 2012

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

PSYCHOMETRICS WITH R. Facilitators: Florian Wickelmaier and Hannah Frick

• ANALYZING LARGE SCALE ASSESSMENT DATA WITH THE GENERAL DIAGNOSTIC MODEL. Facilitators: Matthias von Davier and Claus H. Carstensen

• MODELS OF MEASUREMENT: FROM AN ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW. Facilitator: Luca Mari

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

BALLROOM SESSIONS

• KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• Stephen Raudenbush; Modeling Mediation: Causes, Markers, and Mechanisms.

• PLENARY SESSIONS

• Conference Opening Ceremony & Group Photo

• Lifetime Achievement Award & Travel Awards Announcements

ARBOR I SESSIONS

• ESTIMATION I. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Chunmei Zheng, Zairul Nor Deana Md Desa, Amy Gaumer Erickson, and William P. Skorupski; Comparison of Bifactor Model by WinBUGS, BMIRT, Mplus, and LISREL for Graded Response Data.

• Scott Monroe and Li Cai; Estimation of a Ramsay-Curve IRT Model Using the Metropolis-Hastings Robbins-Monro Algorithm.

• Jodi M. Casabianca and Brian Junker; Estimating Latent Distributions with Loglinear Smoothing Models.

• Steffi Pohl and Linda Graefe; Modeling Missing Responses in Competence Tests.

• FACTOR ANALYSIS I. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Myrsini Katsikatsou, Irini Moustaki, Fan Yang-Wallentin, and Karl G. Jöreskog; Pairwise Likelihood Estimation for Factor Analysis Models with Ordinal Data.

• Edgar C. Merkle and Achim Zeileis; Tests for Measurement Invariance when Subgroups Are Unknown.

• Michio Yamamoto; A Rotation Technique in Functional Principal Component Analysis.

• CAT. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Lianghua Shu; On Initial Ability Guesses to Start an Adaptive Test.

• Wen Zeng, Chun Wang, and Hua-Hua Chang; The Item-Weighted Likelihood Method for Mixed Item Type Computerized Adaptive Testing.

• Yi Zheng, Chun Wang, and Hua-Hua Chang; Making Multistage Testing More Secure—An Analysis Under the Item Theft Scenario.

• Hyeon-Ah Kang and Hua-Hua Chang; Exploring the Mutual Information and Bayesian D-Optimality Item Selection Methods in Multidimensional Adaptive Testing.

• Betsy J. Feldman, Todd C. Edwards, R.J. Wirth, Laura E. Gibbons, Christopher B. Forrest, Donald L. Patrick, Heidi M. Crane, and Paul K. Crane; Improving the Clinical Interpretability of Computerized Adaptive Tests: Development of a Hybrid CAT.

ARBOR II SESSIONS

• DIAGNOSTIC MODELING I. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Dong Gi Seo and Adisack Nhouyvanisvong; Strength Profiles in Large-Scale Assessment: Comparison of the Accuracy and Consistency Using the Rasch and the DINA Diagnostic Classification Models.

• Shiyu Wang and Jeff Douglas; Consistency of Nonparametric Classification in Cognitive Diagnosis.

• Li Xiao-Min and Wang Wen-Chung; Detection of Differential Item Functioning in DINA Model.

• Zhang Shumei and Bao Yu; A Cognitive Diagnosis Model Based on a Particular Polytomous Case.

• Li Xiao-Min and Wang Wen-Chung; Effects of Q-Matrix Misspecification for Cognitive Diagnosis Models.

• APPLICATIONS I. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Yueqin (Jean) Hu, John R. Nesselroade, and Monica K. Erbacher; Test Reliability at the Individual Level: How Well Are We Measuring Intraindividual Change?

• Tiffany Sheffield, Jennifer Nelson, Megan Butcher, and Kimberly Espy; The Implication of Model Selection for ADHD Structure and Its Impact on the ADHD—Inhibitory Control Relationship.

• Hao Luo; Factors Associated with Successful Aging: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

• Kei Miyazaki and Takahiro Hoshino; An Estimation Method for the Effects of Household Inventory and of Brand Switching Separately on No-Purchase Behavior for Products.

• Jingjing Yao and Magdalena Mo Ching Mok; Multidimensional Rasch Analysis of 21st Century Core Competencies for Higher Education Questionnaire with Multiple Subscales.

• STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS I. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Yoshio Takane and Lixing Zhou; Decompositions of Chi-Square Statistics in Contingency Tables.

• Prathiba Natesan and Xing Qin; Multitrait Multirank Model: Formulation and Demonstration Using LibQUAL+Æ.

• Laura Castro-Schilo, Keith F. Widaman, and Kevin J. Grimm; Neglect the Structure of Multitrait-Multimethod Data at Your Peril: Implications for Associations with External Variables.

• Rivka M. de Vries and Richard D. Morey; Statistical Analysis of Single-Subject Data: A Bayesian Model.

• Mohan Dev Pant and Todd Christopher Headrick; Augmenting Fleishman’s Power Method Using a Doubling Technique Based on Standard Normal and Logistic Distributions.

LANCASTER I, II, III SESSIONS

• STATE-OF-THE-ART TALK

• Jennifer Hill; Multiple Imputation: State of the Art and Future Directions.

• INVITED TALK

• Alberto Maydeu-Olivares; Testing for Approximate Fit in Categorical Data Analysis (with Applications to IRT).

LANCASTER IV, V, VI SESSIONS

• STATE-OF-THE-ART TALK

• Emilio Ferrer; Modeling the Dynamics in Dyadic Interactions.

• INVITED TALK

• John (Jack) McArdle; The Importance of Modeling Measurement Errors in Longitudinal Data Analysis.

OLIVE BRANCH SESSIONS

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (Cognitively Diagnostic Assessment: Methods and Practices). Organizer: Bor-Chen Kuo

• Bor-Chen Kuo, Huey-Min Wu, and Shu-Chuan Shih Kuo; The Validity of Q-Matrix Design for DINA Model: A Practical Perspective.

• Huey-Min Wu, Bor-Chen Kuo, and Chih-Wei Yang; Using DINA Model and Automated Scoring of Complex Tasks in Computer-Based Testing.

• Shu-Chuan Shih, Shu-Chuan Lee, and Chih-Wei Yang; Application of Higher-Order DINA Model to Game-Based Number Sense Assessment.

• Hsiao-Shan Pai, Bor-Chen Kuo, and Chun-Hua Chen; Cognitive Diagnostic Indices with Pattern and Attribute Level Adjustment.

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (Quality Control in Assessments). Organizer: Yi-Hsuan Lee

• Richard Wanjohi, Peter van Rijn, and Alina A. von Davier; A State Space Approach to Modeling IRT and Population Parameters from a Long Chain of Test Administrations.

• Yi-Hsuan Lee and Shelby J. Haberman; Applying Harmonic Regression to Examine Stability of Mean Scale Scores.

• Minzhao Liu, Yi-Hsuan Lee, and Alina A. von Davier; Detection of Unusual Administrations Using a Linear Mixed Effects Model.

• Jiahe Qian, Alina A. von Davier, and Yanming Jiang; Achieving a Stable Scale for an Assessment with Multiple Forms—Weighting Test Samples in IRT Linking and Equating.

• Alina A. von Davier, Yi-Hsuan Lee, and Charles Lewis; Maintaining Test Integrity and Quality Control for Multi-stage Tests.

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (Structured High-Dimensional IRT Models for Educational Surveys). Organizer: Frank Rijmen

• Minjeong Jeon, Frank Rijmen, and Sophia Rabe-Hesketh; A Generalization of the Multiple-Group Bifactor Model with an Application of Differential Item Functioning.

• Matthias von Davier, Frank Rijmen, Minjeong Jeon, and Sophia Rabe-Hesketh; Stochastic Estimation for Discrete Higher Order Latent Structure Models.

• Peter W. van Rijn, Paul Deane, Frank Rijmen, and Randy E. Bennett; Local Dependence and Dimensionality Considerations in Applying Multidimensional IRT Models to Innovative Writing Assessment.

• Frank Rijmen, Minjeong Jeon, Matthias von Davier, and Sophia Rabe-Hesketh; A Third Order Item Response Theory Model for Modeling the Effects of Domains and Subdomains in Large-Scale Educational Assessment Surveys.

YANKEE HILL I, II SESSIONS

• IRT I. Moderator: Michael Zweifel

• Johan Braeken; Archimedean Item Response Models.

• Li Cai and Carol Woods; Maximum Marginal Likelihood Item Bifactor Analysis with Estimation of the General Dimension as an Empirical Histogram.

• Lale Khorramdel and Matthias von Davier; Measuring Response Styles and Response Processes in Rating-Scales: Comparing Multidimensional Simple Structure IRT Models with Bifactor and Higher Order Factor Models.

• Yu-Wei Chang, Rung-Ching Tsai, and Nan-Jung Hsu; Statistical Properties for the Leave-the-Harder-Till-Later Speeded Rasch Model.

• Joseph F. Lucke; A Positive Trait Item Response Model.

• LONGITUDINAL. Moderator: Michael Zweifel

• Paul Dudgeon; Local Solutions in Latent Growth Mixture Models for Longitudinal Data.

• Patrick E. Shrout and Sean P. Lane; Generalizability Theory Estimates of Reliability of Change: How Useful in Assessing Measurement Error Bias in Longitudinal Studies?

• Zhaohua Lu, Sy-Miin Chow, Andrew Sherwood, and Hongtu Zhu; Fitting Nonlinear Latent Diffusion Process to Irregularly Spaced Longitudinal Data with Efficient MCMC Algorithm.

• Ji Hoon Ryoo; Testing Measurement Invariance in Latent Transition Analysis.

• MULTILEVEL. Moderator: Michael Zweifel

• Jiseung Yang and Li Cai; Estimation of Contextual Effects through Nonlinear Multilevel Latent Variable Modeling with a Metropolis-Hastings Robbins-Monro Algorithm.

• Yong Luo, Hong Jiao, and Anna Van Wie; Using a Bayesian Method for Simultaneous Estimation of Student Ability and Teacher and School Effects in a Four-Level Three-Parameter Item Response Theory Model.

• Shonte Stephenson and Katherine Masyn; A Procedural Framework to Detect School-Level Influences on Item Functioning Using a Two-Level Mimic Modeling Approach.

• Takahiro Hoshino; Causal Inference for Multilevel Modeling Under Nonrandom Allocation of Level-2 Units.

• Ehri Ryu; Interaction of Level-1 Variables in Multilevel Structural Equation Models.

YANKEE HILL III SESSIONS

• FIT I. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Carol Woods, Li Cai, and Mian Wang; Evaluation of the Langer Improved Wald Test for DIF Testing.

• Zhen Li and Li Cai; Summed Score Based Fit Indices for Testing Latent Variable Distribution Assumption in IRT.

• Yang Liu and Alberto Maydeu-Olivares; The Use of Quadratic Form Statistics of Residuals to Identify IRT Model Misfit in Marginal Subtables.

• Ying-Fang Chen and Hong Jiao; Does Model Misspecification Lead to Spurious Latent Classes in the Population?

• Sedat Sen, Allan S. Cohen, and Seock-Ho Kim; Dimensionality Check Using Several Programs.

• OMNIUM GATHERUM. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Eric Loken; Applications of IRT and Diffusion Models.

• Willem J. Heiser and Antonio D’Ambrosio; Classification of Rankings Within a Kemeny Distance Framework.

• Carina McCormick, John Sabatini, Kelly Bruce, Sandip Sinharay, and Tenaha O’Reilly; Subscore Evaluation for a Test of Reading Skills.

• William P. Fisher and A. Jackson Stenner; Units, Laws, Theory, and Metrology in Physics and Psychometrics.

• Vicente Cassepp-Borges and Luiz Pasquali; Multidimensional Scaling as an Alternative Statistical Method to Analyze Love Attitudes Scale.

• EQUATING I. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Minji K. Lee, Hyunjoo Oh, and Hongwen Guo; The Sensitivity of Equating on Differences in Score Distributions.

• Jiwon Choi and Guemin Lee; Equating Subscores Using Augmented Scores of Anchor Items.

• Jinghua Liu, Jiyun Zu, Edward Curley, and Jill Carey; Test Score Equating Using Discrete Anchor Items Versus Passage-Based Anchor Items: A Comparison Study Using Operational Data.

• Daniel M. Bolt; Measurement of Growth and the Problem of Scale Shrinkage: A New IRT Perspective.

• Michael Chajewski and Kevin Sweeney; Investigating Equating Anchor Item Stability Using Iterative Bootstrap and Jackknife Derived Standard Errors of Equated True Scores.

ATRIUM SESSIONS

• PLENARY SESSIONS

• Opening Reception

• POSTER SESSION I

• Lawrence Lo and Eric Loken; An Application of Diffusion Models for Two-Choice Response Tasks in Implicit Association Tests.

• Jianshen Chen and David Kaplan; Covariate Balance in a Two-Step Bayesian Propensity Score Approach for Observational Studies.

• Rung-Ching Tsai and Sen-Ren Tsai; Investigating Population Heterogeneity in Preference Judgment with Paired Comparison Data.

• Nan L. Kong; A Nonparametric Ability Measure.

• Youngmi Cho; Detecting Extreme Responders Using a Polytomous Mixture Rasch Model.

• Yudan Chen Wang and Richard A. Faldowski; Linking Typologies Derived from Latent Class Analysis to Outcome Variables: Comparison Among Three Procedures.

• Adela C. Timmons; Testing Lagged Intraindividual Mediation Models in a Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling Framework.

• Jung Yeon Park, Matthew Johnson, Young-Sun Lee, Jianzhou Zhang, and Ruchi Sachdeva; Comparing Attribute Distribution Across Countries; Application to TIMSS 2007 Mathematics.

• Liu Hui and Bian Yufang; A Research on Diagnosis of International Students’ Attribute-Mastery Patterns of Basic Chinese Color Terms.

• Yeongyu Lim and Susan Embretson; Diagnosing Knowledge States in Mathematical Ability Using Rule Space Model with Different Q-Matries.

• Zhaosheng Luo, Hua-Hua Chang, and Chun Wang; The Validation of Q-Matrix in a Large Scale Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment.

• Kyungtae Kim and Jwa K. Kim; Effects of Inter-Trait Correlation on Parameter Estimation in Multidimensional Item Response Theory (MIRT).

• Wei Wang, Fritz Drasgow, and Liwen Liu; A Bi-factor Approach to Within-Item Multidimensionality Analysis and Subscore Estimation.

• Katherine Rhodes and Chris Oshima; Using Mplus Software for IRT Modeling: A Guide for Practitioners.

• Tufi Machado Soares, Sarah Martins Salomão Brodbeck, and Neimar da Silva Fernandes; Understanding the Student’s Anxiety Effect over the Probability of a Correct Answer Using IRT Models.

• Ah Young Shin; Alternative Verbal Scores for English Language Learners: Examining the Validity Evidence for Score Reporting Modification in a Large Scale Ability Test.

• Mona Rahimi and Yanyan Sheng; A High Performance Gibbs Sampler for the 2PNO IRT Model.

• Ja Young Kim; Sample Size and Item Parameter Recovery of Generalized Partial Credit Model.

• David R. King, Zane Blanton, and James S. Roberts; A Fully Bayesian MCMC Solution to Torgerson’s Least Constrained Model for the Law of Categorical Judgement.

• Equating Methods, Seohong Pak, and Guemin Lee; An Investigation of the Performance of ‘Minitest’ vs. ‘Miditest’ for Anchor Test on Kernel and Traditional.

• Chiou-Yueh Shyu; A Study of the Effect of Representativeness of Anchor Items on Report Scores in Computerized Adaptive Testing.

• Hyung Jin Kim; The Impact of Synthetic Population Weights on the Accuracy of Different Equating Methods.

• Anna Topczewski; Examining Grade-to-Grade Variability in the Context of IRT Vertical Scaling.

• Chien-Ming Cheng and Teng-Ming Wang; The Study of the Accuracy and Consistency of a Series of IRT Observed Score Equatings Using Various Scale Transformation Methods by BIB Design.

• Po-Hsi Chen, Pei-Yu Lee, and Chun-Yu Hsu; The Validity of Automatic Rating System for Assessing the Creativity Process.

• Su-Ping Hung and FengShuo Yu; Applying Object-Oriented Design on the Development of an e-Testing System.

• Kentaro Kato; Setting a Target Test Information Function for Assembly of IRT-Based.

• Shu-Ying Chen and Hsiu-Yi Chao; A Comparative Study of Test Overlap Control Methods in Computerized Adaptive Testing.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

ARBOR I SESSIONS

• ESTIMATION II. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Chueh-An Hsieh; The Effect of Varying Degrees of Nonnormality in Associative Latent Trajectory Models.

• Jared K. Harpole and Carol M. Woods; Evaluation of Bandwidth Selection Methods Using Kernel Density Estimation.

• Gongjun Xu, Chun Wang, Hua-Hua Chang, and Zhiliang Ying; Deriving the Reliability Measures for Multistage Testing.

• Jennifer Wright and Li Cai; Logistic Function of a Monotonic Polynomial Using MML-EM.

• Silvia Bianconcini, Silvia Cagnone, and Dimitris Rizopoulos; Approximate Likelihood Inference in Generalized Linear Latent Variable Models.

• FACTOR ANALYSIS II. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Takashi Murakami; Semimetric Principal Components Analysis for Ordered Ternary Variables.

• Xiaoling Zhong and Wen-Chung Wang; Choosing an Invariant Reference Indicator when Testing Invariance in Multiple Group Factor Analysis.

• Yiu-Fai Yung and Ke-Hai Yuan; Computing Bartlett’s Factor Scores with Exogenous Observed Predictors.

• Zijun Ke and Guangjian Zhang; Standard Errors for Parameter Estimates of Dynamic Factor Analysis with Non-normal Data.

• Roger E. Millsap; Ordering of the Factor Score by the Sum of the Observed Measures: When Is It Monotonic?

• APPLICATIONS II. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Sangeeta Agrawal, Jim Asplund, and Yongwei Yang; Correlates to Non-response Behaviors on a Web-Based Assessment.

• Xiaoling Fan, Cuiping Yang, Jiashu Xie, and Zhiming Yang; Development of Learning Adaptability Scales For Pupils.

• Wenjing Guo, Yufang Bian, and Wenchao Ma; General Growth Mixture Analysis of Adolescents’ Developmental Trajectories of Internet Addiction Disorder: Patterns, Antecedents, and Consequence.

• Hector Ponce and Prathiba Natesan; Simulation of LibQUAL+Æ Lite from LibQUAL+Æ: An Analysis of Confidence Intervals, Root Mean-Square Deviations and Bias.

• Zairul Nor Deana Md Desa, William P. Skorupski, and Paul E. Johnson; Bi-factor Compensatory and Partially Compensatory Multidimensional Item Response Theory for Subscores Estimation, Reliability and Validity.

• CROSS CULTURAL. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Jonathan Weeks, Matthias von Davier, and Kentaro Yamamoto; Design Considerations for the Programme for International Student Assessment.

• Eunike Wetzel and Claus H. Carstensen; Linking PISA 2000 and PISA 2009: Implications of Instrument Design on Measurement Invariance.

• David Kaplan and Alyn Turner; Statistical Matching of International Large Scale Assessments: A Case Study of the OECD PISA and TALIS Surveys.

• Jouni Kuha, Irini Moustaki, and Sally Stares; Sensitivity of Conclusions to Incorrect Assumptions About Cross-National Measurement Equivalence.

ARBOR II SESSIONS

• DIAGNOSTIC MODELING II. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Pei-Hua Chen, Wenhao Gui, and Haiyan Wu; A Randomization and Classification Approach to Construct Parallel Test Forms Based on DINA Model.

• Haiyan Wu; The Comparison of the General Diagnostic Model (GDM) and Bayesian Networks Using a Middle School Mathematics Test.

• Chanjin Zheng, Chun Wang, and Hua-Hua Chang; Aggregate Ranked Information Method (ARI) for CD-CAT in a Large Scale Assessment.

• Koken Ozaki; Complexity Index in Cognitive Diagnosis Models.

• Hans-Friedrich Koehn, Chia-Yi Chiu, and Michael J. Brusco; Heuristic Cognitive Diagnosis when the Q-Matrix is Unknown.

• STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS II. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Matthew S. Johnson and Jessica Marini; Measuring the Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention when Assignment Is Related to Pre-Intervention Ability.

• Ian Carroll and Carol Woods; MIMIC DIF Testing when the Latent Variable Variance Differs Between Groups.

• Hye Won Suk and Heungsun Hwang; Kernel Generalized Structured Component Analysis.

• Hye Won Suk, Ji Yeh Choi, and Heungsun Hwang; Hierarchically Structured Fuzzy c-Means Clustering.

LANCASTER I, II, III SESSIONS

• INVITED TALK

• Valerie Shute; Stealth Assessment in Games.

• STATE-OF-THE-ART TALK

• Pascal Deboeck; From Modeling Long-Term Growth to Short-Term Fluctuations: Differential Equations are the Language of Change.

LANCASTER IV, V, VI SESSIONS

• INVITED TALK

• Stanley Wasserman; Correspondence Analysis of Multilevel Networks.

• KEYNOTE ADDRESS

• Luca Mari; An Overview on Measurement Uncertainty.

• STATE-OF-THE-ART TALK

• Melanie Wall and Jung Yeon Park; Item Response Theory Methodology Extensions Motivated by Applications to Psychiatric Disorder Criteria.

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (Nonparametric Item Response Theory). Organizers: L. Andries van der Ark and Rob R. Meijer

• Klaas Sijtsma; Introduction to Nonparametric IRT.

• J. Hendrik Straat; Minimum Sample Size Requirements for Mokken Scale Analysis.

• Renske E. Kuijpers; Standard Errors and Confidence Intervals for Scalability Coefficients in Mokken Scale Analysis Using Marginal Models.

• Rob R. Meijer; Investigating Invariant Item Ordering in Personality and Clinical Scales: Some Empirical Findings and a Discussion.

• Wilco H. M. Emons; Ordinal Assessment in Clinical and Medical Psychology.

• EQUATING II. Moderator: Michael Zweifel

• Robert L. Smith, Charles Lewis, and Tammy J. Trierweiler; Nonparametric IRT Equating.

• Anton Bèguin, Michael Nering, Won-suk Kim, and Louis Roussos; Random Equivalent Group Equating Corrected for Population Differences.

• Chien-Ming Cheng, Bor-Chen Kuo, and Hsuan-Po Wang; The Comparison of Subscale Score Estimating Based on Horizontal and Vertical Equating Effects.

• Yuehmei Chien and Chingwei David Shin; An Recursive Algorithm for IRT Observed Score Equating.

• Xiaoting Huang and Prashant Loyolka; Constructing Vertically Scaled Math Tests to Measure the Value-Add in China’s VET Schools.

OLIVE BRANCH SESSIONS

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (Metaphors and Measurement: An Invited Symposium on Validity). Organizer: Andrew Maul

• Andrew Maul; Are We Measuring or Just “Measuring”?: On the Role of Metaphor in Human Science Measurement.

• William Fisher; Metaphor as Measurement and Vice Versa.

• Michael Kane; The Syntax and Semantics of Measurements.

• Klaas Sijtsma; Validity as a Two-Sided Problem.

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (Multilevel Modeling Applications). Organizer: R.J. De Ayala

• Mathew Grady; Multilevel IRT Models for Mixed-format Tests with Multiple Content Areas.

• Leslie Shaw; Incorporating Latent Variable Outcomes in Value-Added Assessment: An Evaluation of Univariate and Multivariate Measurement Model Structures.

• Houston Lester, Chaorong Wu, and James A. Bovaird; Evaluating Contextual Effects in Multilevel SEM: The Effects of Non-invariant Measurement at the Macro and Micro Levels with Small Sample Sizes.

• Anna Van Wie, Yong Luo, and Hong Jiao; A Four-Level Item Response Theory Model for Simultaneous Estimation of Student, Teacher, and School Effects.

YANKEE HILL I, II SESSIONS

• IRT II. Moderator: Weldon Smith

• Mario Luzardo, Diego Forteza, Dario Padula, and Nelson Chavez; Conditions for the Joint Consistency of a Multidimensional Ramsay, Äôs Model.

• Jinsong Chen and Jimmy de la Torre; Insulated Nominal Categories Models for Multiple-Choice Response Data.

• Peter van Rijn and Frank Rijmen; On the Relation Between the Explaining Away Phenomenon and Paradoxical Results in Multidimensional Item Response Theory.

• Isabella Sulis and Vincenza Capursi; Building up Adjusted Indicators of Students’ Evaluation of University Courses Using Generalized Item Response Models.

• Yanyan Sheng and Mohan Pant; An Empirical Study of the Three-Parameter Multi-unidimensional Model.

• BAYESIAN. Moderator: Weldon Smith

• Tanja Krone, C.J. Albers, and M.E. Timmerman; Psychological Time Series Analysis: ARIMA or Bayesian Dynamic Linear Modeling?

• Prathiba Natesan; Bayesian Estimation of One-Step Ordinal Structural Equation Models Using IRT Scores.

• Kensuke Okada; Estimation of Reliability: A Bayesian Model Averaging Approach.

• Tomoya Okubo; Applying Mixed-Multivariate Beta Distribution to Item Response Theory.

• TEST DESIGN. Moderator: Weldon Smith

• Alina A. von Davier and Minh Q. Duong; Heterogeneous Populations and Test Design.

• Usama S. Ali, Hongwen Guo, and Gautam Puhan; The Correspondence of the Classical and IRT Methods in Statistical Test Specifications.

• Vincent Kieftenbeld and Song Foh Chew; Constructing Locally Invariantly Ordered Test Forms.

• Russell G. Almond, Yoon Jeon Kim, Gertrudes Velasquez, and Valerie J. Shute; How Task Features Impact Evidence from Assessments Embedded in Simulations and Games.

• Xinhui Xiong and Wim Van der Linden; Automated Assembly of Test Forms with Anchors.

YANKEE HILL III SESSIONS

• FIT II. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Kristian E. Markon; The Effect of Response Model Misspecification and Uncertainty on the Psychometric Properties of Estimates.

• Mark Hansen and Li Cai; When Local Independence Diagnostics Mislead.

• Taehun Lee and Li Cai; A Note on a Tucker-Lewis Index for Item Response Theory Modeling.

• Andries van der Ark; Visualizing Results from Nonparametric IRT.

• ASSESSMENT. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Chun Wang, Yi Zheng, and Hua-Hua Chang; A New Index to Measure TEST Security for Online Testing.

• Shu-chuan Kao and Jerry Gorham; Examining Relationships Between Item Latency, Item Statistics, and Examinee’s Demographic Characteristics for Compromised Items.

• Hye-Jeong Choi and Caron A.C. Clark; An Integrative Model to Combine Response Time with Response Accuracy.

• Jay Powell; Are We Assessing Students Using the System Noise from Our Data Matrices?

• SEM. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Sunthud Pornprasertmanit, Wei Wu, and Todd D. Little; Using a Monte Carlo Approach for Nested Model Comparisons in Structural Equation Modeling.

• Po-Hsien Huang and Li-Jen Weng; Structural Equation Modeling with Intraclass Correlated Observations: A Comparison of Two Existing Approaches and Their Extension.

• Suzanne Jak, Frans J. Oort, and Debora L. Roorda; Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling with Maximum Likelihood Estimation.

• Ben Goodrich; Step Zero: Selecting a Structural Equation Model Via a Dispersion Function.

• Michael D. Hunter; The Addition of LISREL Model Specification to OpenMx.

ATRIUM SESSIONS

• POSTER SESSION II

• Mario Luzardo, Diego Forteza, Dario Padula, and Nelson Chaves; Design and Implementation of Computerized Adaptive Test for Student Assessment in Uruguay.

• Jonathan Helm and Emilio Ferrer; Modeling Change in a Correlation over Time: An SEM Approach.

• Yi-Chun Lin and Chung-Ping Cheng; Power Analysis of Path Coefficients in SEM with OpenMx.

• Kelly S. Crowe, Whitney G. Moore, Mijke Rhemtulla, and Todd D. Little; Leveraging Planned Missing Data Designs to Increase Information and Efficiency.

• Richard M.Kinai, Terrance D. Jorgenson, Graham G. Rifenbark, Fan Jia, Alexander M. Schoemann, Todd D. Little, and Wei Wu; Power and Bias in Three-Forms Planned Missing Data Designs for Longitudinal Mediation.

• Kimberly Gibson, Alexander M. Schoemann, Fan Jia, Graham G. Rifenbark, Terrance D. Jorgenson, Mijke Rhemtulla, Wei Wu, and Todd D. Little; Power of Planned Missing Designs in Longitudinal Panel Designs.

• Geneva T. Dodson, Steven M. Boker, John R. Nesselroade, Michele K. Evans, and Alan B. Zonderman; Confirming Construct Validity Across Literacy and Income Levels Using a Higher-Order Invariance Factor Model.

• Brian French and Holmes Finch; Latent Variable Model Parameter Invariance Testing Under a Variety of Measurement Invariance Conditions: A Monte Carlo Study.

• Naoya Todo; An Effect of Local Dependency for Reliability Estimation.

• Yi-Fang Wu, Mengyao Zhang, and Anthony Fina; Bayesian Statistical Framework for Coefficient Alpha Under Different Testing Modes.

• Kevin A. Hallgren and Katie Witkiewitz; Inter-Rater Reliability on the Unitization of Continuous Data: Untangling Accuracy and Precision Agreement.

• Ethan R. Van Norman, Cengiz Zopluoglu, and Theodore Christ; The Effects of Baseline Estimation on the Validity, Reliability, and Precision of Estimates of Growth of Curriculum Based Measures of Reading (CBM-R): Implications for Practice.

• Hanjoe Kim and Roger Millsap; Using the Bollen-Stine Bootstrapping Method for Evaluating Approximate Fit.

• Stephen France; Implementing a Family of Agreement Metrics.

• Ching Lin and Chung-Ping Cheng; Bootstrapping Chi-Square Statistics and Fit-Index Structural Equation Models with OpenMx.

• Jihye Kim and C. Oshima; Effect of Standard Deviation Difference of Ability Distributions in DIF Detection.

• Kazuya Ikehara; Scheffe’s Method for Incomplete Paired Comparisons Considering Latent Class.

• Shu-Ping Chen and Chung-Ping Cheng; Estimating Latent Nonlinear Effects with OpenMx.

• Satoshi Usami; Exploratory Non-hierarchical Cluster Analysis for Pre-Post Designs.

• Kenpei Shiina, Saori Kubo, Yoshihiro Ouchi, and Takashi Ueda; An Aberrant Behavior of Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient when Two Variables Have Unequal Number of Categories.

• Graham G. Rifenbark and Carol M. Woods; Verifying Classification Effect by a Guttman-Based Person-Fit Index Set on a Two-Tier Number Sense Test.

• Tsai-Wei Huang; Developing and Validating Bullying Bystander Perception Scale (BBPS) with Two Stages of Factor Analysis Process.

• Chiao-Lin Huang, Tsai-Wei Huang, and I-Chi Tsao; Evaluation of Alternative Measures for Assessing Goodness-of-Fit Within the Cumulative Logit Proportional Odds Model.

• Michael Thomas, Gregory G. Brown, Ruben C. Gur, and John A. Hansen; Cognitive-Psychometric Modeling of Army Soldiers’ Executive Functioning Performance on the Penn Conditional Exclusion Test.

• Man Hung, Charles L. Saltzman, Shirley Hon, Stefan Rhodewalt, Ashley M. Woodbury, Philip Tang, Florian Nickisch, Timothy Beals, Daniel O. Clegg, and Tom Greene; Psychometric Comparison of Three Patient-Reported Outcomes Instruments: LE CAT, FFI and FAAM.

• Justin Young; Augmenting the Achievement Goal Questionnaire-Revised.

• Lee LaFond, Kathleen Banks, and Catherine Welch; Exploring Gender Differential Bundle Functioning in an Algebra Readiness Assessment.

• Tomoya Okubo; Applying Mixed-Multivariate Beta Distribution to Item Response Theory.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

ARBOR I SESSIONS

• ESTIMATION IV. Moderator: Michael Zweifel

• Jaehoon Seol, Seonho Shin, and Larissa Smith; Optimal Estimation Method of Multidimensional IRT Using Simulated Annealing.

• Kotaro Ohashi, Hideki Toyoda, and Kazuya Ikehara; A Proposal for an Index of Saturation of Ideas Using Estimation Methods of Population.

• Peter F. Halpin and Raoul P.P.P. Grasman; An EM Algorithm for Hawkes’ Process.

• Zhenqiu (Laura) Lu, Zhiyiong (Johnny) Zhang, and Allan Cohen; Latent Growth Models with Non-ignorable Missing Data: Bayesian Inference and Model Selection Criteria.

• Joost R. Van Ginkel, Anita J. van der Kooij, and Mariëlle Linting; Multiple Imputation Using CATREG.

ARBOR II SESSIONS

• APPLICATIONS III. Moderator: Ayo Akinleye

• Mariano Porcu and Isabella Sulis; Generalized Mixed Models to Adjust Programme Degree Efficiency Indicators for Students’ Socio-Cultural Characteristics.

• Anne Thissen-Roe; Modeling Situational Judgment Items with Multiple Distractor Dimensions.

• Takashi Akiyama, Koken Ozaki, and Hideki Toyoda; The Measurement of the Individual Price Sensitivity Using Item Response Theory.

• Hongli Li, Charles Hunter, and Takako Chris Oshima; Gender DIF in Reading Tests: A Meta-Analysis.

LANCASTER I, II, III SESSIONS

• STATE-OF-THE-ART TALK

• Nicole A. Lazar; The Challenges of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data.

• STATE-OF-THE-ART TALK

• Michael Kane; The Theory and Practice of Validation.

• INVITED TALK

• Wen Chung Wang; The Random-Effect Strategy in the IRT Framework.

OLIVE BRANCH SESSIONS

• INVITED SYMPOSIUM (New Developments in Psychometrics with R). Organizer: Florian Wickelmaier

• Alexander M. Schoemann, Sunthud Pornprasertmanit, and Patrick J. Miller; simsem: SIMulated Structural Equation Modeling in R.

• Florian Wickelmaier, Carolin Strobl, and Achim Zeileis; Model-Based Recursive Partitioning for Bradley-Terry Models.

• Hannah Frick, Carolin Strobl, Friedrich Leisch, and Achim Zeileis; Mixtures of Rasch Models with R Package Psychomix.

• Phil Chalmers; mirt: A Multidimensional Item Response Theory Package in R.

• ESTIMATION III. Moderator: Michael Zweifel

• Phillip M. Mangos, Anne Thissen-Roe, and John Morrison; Predicting Psychometric Parameters Derived Under Dominance and Ideal Point Assumptions.

• Xinming An and Yiu-Fai Yung; Rethinking the Newton Type Algorithms for the Estimation of Item Response Theory Model.

• Todd Christopher Headrick and Yanyan Sheng; A Proposed Measure of Internal Consistency Reliability: Coefficient L-alpha.

• Shin-ichi Mayekawa and Kensuke Okada; Expanded Orthogonal Procrustes Transformation and Its Applications to Individual Differenced Multidimensional Scaling and Multiple-Group Factor Analysis.

• Shiau-Chian Tseng, Bor-Chen Kuo, and Huey-Min Wu; Higher-Order Item Response Theory Based Plausible Values Method.

• FIT III. Moderator: Grant Orley

• Nina Deng and Ronald Hambleton; Evaluating IRT- and CTT-Based Approaches of Estimating Measurement Classification Consistency and Accuracy Indices.

• Jungkyu Park and Hsiu-Ting Yu; The Investigations of Information Criteria on Selecting the Numbers of Latent Classes in Multilevel Latent Class Model.

• Won-Chan Lee and Mikyung Lee; Comparison of IRT Classification Accuracy Indices.

• Cheng-Te Chen, Wen-Chung Wang, and Ching-Lin Shih; Effect of Scale Purification on the Assessment of Differential Rater Functioning.

• Douglas Steinley; Properties of the Adjusted Rand Index.

YANKEE HILL I, II SESSIONS

• IRT III. Moderator: Weldon Smith

• David Thissen; Using the Testlet Response Model as a Shortcut to Multidimensional Item Response Theory Subscore Computation.

• Ronli Diakow, David Torres Irribarra, and Mark Wilson; Evaluating the Impact of Alternative Models for Between and Within Construct Relations.

• Yoav Bergner, Stefan Droschler, Saif Rayyan, Daniel Seaton, Gerd Kortemeyer, and David Pritchard; Item Response Theory in the Style of Collaborative Filtering.

• Yan Huo, Jimmy de la Torre, Eun-Young Mun, Helene White, Anne Ray, and Yand Jiao; A New IRT Approach Using MCMC for Integrative Data Analysis of Alcohol Intervention Studies.

• APPROACHES II. Moderator: Weldon Smith

• Ulf Bockenholt; Modeling Motivated Misreports to Sensitive Survey Questions.

• Marie-Anne Mittelhaeuser, Anton Bèguin, and Klaas Sijtsma; An Application of the Mixture Rasch Model: Modeling Differences in Test-Taking Motivation.

• Jamie Marincic; Differences in Vague Quantifier Interpretation: Influences on and Detection by Latent Variable Models.

• Yongwei Yang, Sangeeta Agrawal, James K. Harter, and Dan Witters; A Multi-faceted Look at Context Effects.

• Hong Jiao, George Macready, and Matthew Johnson; A Four-Parameter Mixture Item Response Theory Model.

YANKEE HILL III SESSIONS

• APPROACHES I. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Pieter Oosterwijk, Andries van der Ark, and Klaas Sijtsma; Sample Fluctuations of Reliability Coefficients.

• Pascal R. Deboeck and Kristopher J. Preacher; No Need to be Discrete: A Method for Continuous Time Mediation Analysis.

• Yen Lee, Shlomo Sawilowsky, and Chung-Ping Cheng; Comparison Between the Power Method and Maximum Entropy Procedure as a Real Data Approximated Data Generation Procedure.

• Justin Kern and Sungjin Hong; Mapping of Cognitive Maps via Bidimensional and Bivariate Polynomial Regressions.

• Gabriela Koppenol-Gonzalez, Samantha Bouwmeester, and Jeroen Vermunt; Revealing Switches in Children’s Memory Processes: A Dynamic Latent Variable Model.

• STATISTICS & DATA ANALYSIS III. Moderator: Kevin Dahlman

• Clintin P. Davis-Stober and Jason Dana; The Random Estimator Paradox: Irreplicability in the Behavioral Sciences.

• Lawrence Lo, Peter Molenaar, Michael Rovine, and Nilam Ram; Hybrid Kalman Filter Models for Unequally Spaced Time Series Designs.

• Hao Wu and Michael C. Neale; Confidence Interval for a Bounded Parameter: With Application to Variance Component Models in Twin Studies.

• Jeffrey N. Rouder, Richard D. Morey, and Jordan M. Province; Default Bayes Factors to Replace ANOVA Tests.

• Hsiu-Ting Yu; On the Decisions of the Random Component Structure for Applying Linear Mixed Effect Regression Models to Psycholinguistic Data.

BALLROOM SESSIONS

• DISSERTATION AWARD TALK

• Brandon Turner; Likelihood-Free Bayesian Modeling.

• PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

• Mark Wilson; Seeking a Balance Between the Statistical and Scientific Elements in Psychometrics.

• PLENARY SESSIONS

• Conference Closing Ceremony

• Business Meeting

• Banquet and Best Junior Presenter Award and Best Poster Presentation Award