Browsing CEMO Centre for Educational Measurement by Author "Braeken, Johan"
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Strietholt, Rolf; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)Mixed-worded scales require a more careful reading and answering process than scales with only one type of wording. The present study is about the unintended consequences of using such scales, because typically, not all ...
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Paap, Muirne C.S.; Hummelen, Benjamin; Braeken, Johan; Arnevik, Espen Kristian Ajo; Walderhaug, Espen; Wilberg, Theresa; Berghuis, Han; Hutsebaut, Joost; Pedersen, Geir Feigum (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Abstract Purpose The Severity Indices of Personality Problems 118 (SIPP-118) is a self-report questionnaire that aims to measure core components of (mal)adaptive personality functioning that can change over time. ...
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Hummelen, Benjamin; Braeken, Johan; Christensen, Tore Buer; Nysæter, Tor Erik; Germans Selvik, Sara; Walther, Kristoffer Lygren; Pedersen, Geir Feigum; Eikenæs, Ingeborg Helene Ulltveit-Moe; Paap, Muirne C. S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)The current study aims to examine the psychometric properties of the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-5 Alternative Model for Personality Disorders Module I (SCID-5-AMPD-I) assessing the Level of Personality ...
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Van Laar, Saskia; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)This note serves as a reminder that incremental fit indices are a form of standardized effect sizes and hence, all reservations with respect to interpretations of standardized effect sizes also transfer to their interpretation. ...
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Chen, Jianan; Steinmann, Isa; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)In survey scale design, a mixed-worded format intends to ensure attentiveness as respondents need to take into account the wording direction when answering an item. However, some respondents tend to deliver inconsistent ...
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Heltne, Aleksander; Braeken, Johan; Hummelen, Benjamin; Germans Selvik, Sara; Christensen, Tore Buer; Paap, Muirne C. S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)The current study examined clinicians’ utilization of the SCID-5-AMPD-I funnel structure. Across 237 interviews, conducted as part of the NorAMP study, we found that clinicians administered on average 2-3 adjacent levels ...
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Empirical Priors in Polytomous Computerized Adaptive Tests: Risks and Rewards in Clinical Settings Frans, Niek; Braeken, Johan; Veldkamp, Bernard P.; Paap, Muirne C. S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)The use of empirical prior information about participants has been shown to substantially improve the efficiency of computerized adaptive tests (CATs) in educational settings. However, it is unclear how these results ...
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Daus, Stephan; Nilsen, Trude; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study offers curriculum developers, teachers and science education researchers a fine-grained profile on strengths and weaknesses in specific science domains and topics. The study involved a representative sample of ...
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Marcq, Kseniia; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Abstract Gender differences in item nonresponse are well-documented in high-stakes achievement tests, where female students are shown to omit more items than male students. These gender differences in item nonresponse are ...
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Arnesen, Anne; Braeken, Johan; Baker, Scott; Meek-Hansen, Wilhelm; Ogden, Terje; Melby-Lervåg, Monica (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)This study investigated an adaptation of the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) measure of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills into a European context for the Norwegian language, which has a more transparent ...
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Brinchmann, Ellen Iren; Braeken, Johan; Lyster, Solveig-Alma Halaas (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Previous studies of individual differences have revealed strong correlations between children's vocabulary and grammatical abilities, and these data have been used to support theoretical accounts positing direct developmental ...
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Braeken, Johan; Paap, Muirne C. S. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Fixed-precision between-item multidimensional computerized adaptive tests (MCATs) are becoming increasingly popular. The current generation of item-selection rules used in these types of MCATs typically optimize a single-valued ...
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Hall, Ruby A.S.; Hoffenkamp, Hannah N.; Braeken, Johan; Tooten, Anneke; Vingerhoets, Ad J.J.M.; van Bakel, Hedwig J.A. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)Background: Maternal postpartum distress is often construed as a marker of vulnerability to poor parenting. Less is known, however, about the impact of postpartum distress on parenting an infant born prematurely. The present ...
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Pettersen, Andreas; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)The implementation of mathematical competencies in school curricula requires assessment instruments to be aligned with this new view on mathematical mastery. However, there are concerns over whether existing assessments ...
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Paap, Muirne C. S.; Born, Sebastian; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)It is currently not entirely clear to what degree the research on multidimensional computerized adaptive testing (CAT) conducted in the field of educational testing can be generalized to fields such as health assessment, ...
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Kalandadze, Tamara; Braeken, Johan; Brynskov, Cecilia; Næss, Kari-Anne Bottegaard (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Abstract Poor metaphor comprehension was considered a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but recent research has questioned the extent and the sources of these difficulties. In this cross-sectional study, we ...
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Van Laar, Saskia; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study examined the impact of two questionnaire characteristics, scale position and questionnaire length, on the prevalence of random responders in the TIMSS 2015 eighth-grade student questionnaire. While there was no ...
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Paap, Muirne C. S.; Braeken, Johan; Pedersen, Geir Feigum; Urnes, Øyvind; Karterud, Sigmund; Wilberg, Theresa; Hummelen, Benjamin (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study aims at evaluating the psychometric properties of the antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) criteria in a large sample of patients, most of whom had one or more personality disorders (PD). PD diagnoses were ...
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Van Laar, Saskia; Braeken, Johan (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)The low-stakes character of international large-scale educational assessments implies that a participating student might at times provide unrelated answers as if s/he was not even reading the items and choosing a response ...
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Busch, Tobias; Brinchmann, Ellen Irén; Braeken, Johan; Wie, Ona Bø (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objectives: The vocabulary of children with cochlear implants is often smaller than that of their peers with typical hearing, but there is uncertainty regarding the extent of the differences and potential risks and ...