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An Exact Method for Partitioning Dichotomous Items Within the Framework of the Monotone Homogeneity Model.

Michael J Brusco, Hans-Friedrich Köhn, Douglas Steinley

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Article in Psychometrika, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Michael J BruscoFlorida State University, 821 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-1110 , USA. mbrusco@fsu.edu.
Hans-Friedrich KöhnUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA. hkoehn@cyrus.psych.uiuc.edu.
Douglas SteinleyUniversity of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. steinleyd@missouri.edu.

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Abstract

The monotone homogeneity model (MHM-also known as the unidimensional monotone latent variable model) is a nonparametric IRT formulation that provides the underpinning for partitioning a collection of dichotomous items to form scales. Ellis (Psychometrika 79:303-316, 2014, doi: 10.1007/s11336-013-9341-5 ) has recently derived inequalities that are implied by the MHM, yet require only the bivariate (inter-item) correlations. In this paper, we incorporate these inequalities within a mathematical programming formulation for partitioning a set of dichotomous scale items. The objective criterion of the partitioning model is to produce clusters of maximum cardinality. The formulation is a binary integer linear program that can be solved exactly using commercial mathematical programming software. However, we have also developed a standalone branch-and-bound algorithm that produces globally optimal solutions. Simulation results and a numerical example are provided to demonstrate the proposed method.

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Models, StatisticalStatistics, NonparametricAlgorithmsPsychometricsexact algorithmitem selectionmokken scale analysisnonparametric IRTpartial correlation

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