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Explanatory Cognitive Diagnostic Models

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Student- and school-level information from large-scale educational data have been shown to explain trends in test taker performance and to inform factors that can enhance the learning environment. This study presents methods to specify and model predictive relationships of latent and observed explanatory variables within a cognitive diagnostic model, referred to as the Explanatory Cognitive Diagnostic Model (ECDM) framework. Explanatory factors can be incorporated simultaneously as observed covariates or latent variables (estimated using item response theory) that can explain patterns of attribute mastery. This chapter is divided into two studies that demonstrate real-world application using large-scale international testing data and simulation studies, which examine parameter recovery and classification for varying sample sizes and number of attributes. Simultaneous estimation of multiple observed and latent (using dichotomous and polytomous items as indicators for the latent construct) predictors show consistency in attribute classification and parameter recovery. Extensions of the ECDM framework are discussed.

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  1. Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Yoon Soo Park

  2. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Young-Sun Lee

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Park, Y.S., Lee, YS. (2019). Explanatory Cognitive Diagnostic Models. In: von Davier, M., Lee, YS. (eds) Handbook of Diagnostic Classification Models. Methodology of Educational Measurement and Assessment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05584-4_10

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