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Author:

Rulison, Kelly Lin

Title:

Modeling Peer Networks and Behavior Change to Understand the Role of Peers in the Development of Problem Behavior

Graduate Program:

Human Development and Family Studies

Keywords:

friendship networks
diffusion of intervention effects
peer selection
peer influence
item response theory
aggression
delinquency

File:

Download Rulison_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott David Gest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott David Gest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Loken, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member
David Russell Hunter, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xinyue

Title:

DEALING WITH TESTLET-STRUCTURED DATA: EFFECT OF SAMPLE SIZE ON IRT MODEL SELECTION

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

item response theory
unidimensional model
bifactor model
model selection
testlet data

File:

Download xinyue_thesis_0405.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui-Wa Lei, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hochstedt, Kirsten

Title:

Performance of Popular Item Response Theory Dimensionality Assessment Methods Under Several Nonstandard and Suboptimal Conditions

Graduate Program:

Educational Psychology

Keywords:

item response theory
latent trait nonnormality
dimensionality
unidimensionality
DIMTEST
NOHARM

File:

Download Dissertation_Kirsten_Hochstedt.pdfDownload umi_agreement_Hochstedt.pdf

Committee Members:

Pui-Wa Lei, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Pui-Wa Lei, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jonna Marie Kulikowich, Committee Member
Sarah Elizabeth Zappe, Committee Member
Mosuk Chow, Outside Member
David Lee, Program Head/Chair