Psychometric evaluation of the Working Alliance Inventory—Therapist version: Current and new short forms

RL Hatcher, K Lindqvist, F Falkenström - Psychotherapy Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: The Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) and its short forms are widely
used, although the properties of the therapists' versions have been little studied. Method: We …

Estimating explanatory extensions of dichotomous and polytomous Rasch models: The eirm package in R

O Bulut, G Gorgun, SN Yildirim-Erbasli - Psych, 2021 - mdpi.com
Explanatory item response modeling (EIRM) enables researchers and practitioners to
incorporate item and person properties into item response theory (IRT) models. Unlike …

The development of a Brief Working Alliance Inventory for clients and therapists using multilevel factor analysis and item response theory in the United States and …

X Li, H Zhao, M Wu, F Li, CE Hill - Journal of Counseling …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
This study aimed to investigate the multilevel factor structure of the therapist and client
versions of the 12-item Working Alliance Inventory–Short Revised (WAI; Hatcher & Gillaspy …

Development of a brief therapist presence inventory in China using multilevel factor analysis and item response theory

H Zhao, X Li, S Chen - Psychotherapy Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives The aims of this study were to investigate the multilevel factor structure of the
Therapist Presence Inventory-Therapist version (TPI-T) in a sample of Chinese beginning …

Issues and opportunities when using rating scales to identify creatively gifted students: Applying an IRT approach

LM Ridgley, L DaVia Rubenstein… - Gifted and Talented …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Identifying creatively gifted students remains a challenging yet important task. Often, teacher
rating scales are used to assess students' creative behaviors; however, the school …

Detecting differential item functioning in presence of multilevel data: do methods accounting for multilevel data structure make a DIFference?

D Svetina Valdivia, S Huang, P Botter - Frontiers in Education, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Assessment practices are, among other things, concerned with issues of fairness and
appropriate score interpretation, in particular when making claims about subgroup …

Development and psychometric testing of Reasoning Skills test for nursing student selection: An item response theory approach

J Vierula, K Talman, M Hupli… - Journal of Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To develop and psychometrically test the Reasoning Skills (ReSki) test assessing
undergraduate nursing applicants' reasoning skills for student selection purposes. Design A …

Examining the performance of the Metropolis–Hastings Robbins–Monro algorithm in the estimation of multilevel multidimensional IRT models

BM Bashkov, CE DeMars - Applied psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to examine the performance of the Metropolis–Hastings
Robbins–Monro (MH-RM) algorithm in the estimation of multilevel multidimensional item …

Approaches to Item-Level Data with Cross-Classified Structure: An Illustration with Student Evaluation of Teaching

S Huang - Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Student evaluation of teaching (SET) questionnaires are ubiquitously applied in higher
education institutions in North America for both formative and summative purposes. Data …

Does education protect families' well-being in times of crisis? Measurement issues and empirical findings from IT-SILC data

F Giambona, M Porcu, I Sulis - Statistical Methods & Applications, 2023 - Springer
This study analyses the relationship between education and material well-being from a
longitudinal perspective using the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU …