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Record Nr.

UNISA996485661803316

Autore

Shojima Kojiro

Titolo

Test Data Engineering [[electronic resource] ] : Latent Rank Analysis, Biclustering, and Bayesian Network / / by Kojiro Shojima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

9789811699863

9789811699856

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 579 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior, , 2524-4035 ; ; 13

Disciplina

519.542

Soggetti

Social sciences - Statistical methods

Statistics

Political planning

Psychometrics

Machine learning

Statistics in Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Education, Behavorial Sciences, Public Policy

Statistical Theory and Methods

Public Policy

Machine Learning

Estadística bayesiana

Anàlisi de conglomerats

Mineria de dades

Tests i proves en educació

Processament de dades

Visualització de la informació

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Concept of Test Data Engineering -- Test Data and Item Analysis -- Classical Test Theory -- Item Response Theory -- Latent Class Analysis -- Biclustering -- Bayesian Network Model.



Sommario/riassunto

This is the first technical book that considers tests as public tools and examines how to engineer and process test data, extract the structure within the data to be visualized, and thereby make test results useful for students, teachers, and the society. The author does not differentiate test data analysis from data engineering and information visualization. This monograph introduces the following methods of engineering or processing test data, including the latest machine learning techniques: classical test theory (CTT), item response theory (IRT), latent class analysis (LCA), latent rank analysis (LRA), biclustering (co-clustering), and Bayesian network model (BNM). CTT and IRT are methods for analyzing test data and evaluating students’ abilities on a continuous scale. LCA and LRA assess examinees by classifying them into nominal and ordinal clusters, respectively, where the adequate number of clusters is estimated from the data. Biclustering classifies examinees into groups (latent clusters) while classifying items into fields (factors). Particularly, the infinite relational model discussed in this book is a biclustering method feasible under the condition that neither the number of groups nor the number of fields is known beforehand. Additionally, the local dependence LRA, local dependence biclustering, and bicluster network model are methods that search and visualize inter-item (or inter-field) network structure using the mechanism of BNM. As this book offers a new perspective on test data analysis methods, it is certain to widen readers’ perspective on test data analysis. .