Search for dissertations about: "Item variability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words Item variability.

2. 1. Prior Knowledge and Recognition Memory : a Computational Modeling Approach

   Author : Johan Hellman; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Recognition memory; Episodic memory; Pre-experimental familiarity; Event-Related Potentials; Item variability; Receiver-Operating Characteristics; Computational Models;

   Abstract : For more than a century, an immense interest has been devoted to the study of recognition memory, where a multitude of memory phenomena has been explained. Recognition memory is usually described with parsimonious measurement and statistical models, stemming from dual process theory and signal detection theory. READ MORE

4. 2. Sociolinguistic, comparative and historical perspectives on Scandinavian gender: With focus on Jamtlandic

   Author : Briana Van Epps; Allmän språkvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grammatical gender; Jamtlandic; Swedish dialects; dialectology; dialect loss; language variation and change; gender assignment; Scandinavian; gender variability; diachrony; Old Norse; Old Swedish; Swedish; Norwegian; Elfdalian;

   Abstract : The present thesis investigates gender assignment in Jamtlandic from a sociolinguistic and historical/comparative perspective. Jamtlandic is a language variety spoken in northwestern Sweden in the province of Jämtland. It maintains a three-gender system, in contrast to Standard Swedish, which has a two-gender system. READ MORE

5. 3. Contributions to Kernel Equating

   Author : Björn Andersson; Fan Yang-Wallentin; Marie Wiberg; Alina A. von Davier; Jorge González; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; observed-score test equating; item response theory; R; equipercentile equating; asymptotic standard errors; non-equivalent groups with anchor test design; Statistics; Statistik;

   Abstract : The statistical practice of equating is needed when scores on different versions of the same standardized test are to be compared. This thesis constitutes four contributions to the observed-score equating framework kernel equating. READ MORE

6. 4. Competing Under Pressure : State Anxiety, Sports Performance and Assessment

   Author : Carolina Lundqvist; Peter Hassmén; Andrew Lane; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; competition; intra-individual variability; directional interpretations; emotions; sports performance; CSAI-2; psychometrics; Psychology; Psykologi; Samhällsvetenskap Humaniora;

   Abstract : Elevated levels of anxiety are a common response to stressful competitive sports situations, are known to moderate athletic performance and are referred to as an unpleasant emotional state associated with perceptions of situational threat. The empirical studies in this dissertation considered primarily psychometric, methodological and conceptual issues of relevance for the study of anxiety and sports performance. READ MORE

7. 5. On Rank-invariant Methods for Ordinal Data

   Author : Yishen Yang; Sune Karlsson; Elisabeth Svensson; Rolf Larsson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ordinal data; rank-invariance; systematic change; agreement; association; inter-rater reliability; ranking; Spearman; multi-item scale; Statistik; Statistics;

   Abstract : Data from rating scale assessments have rank-invariant properties only, which means that the data represent an ordering, but lack of standardized magnitude, inter-categorical distances, and linearity. Even though the judgments often are coded by natural numbers they are not really metric. READ MORE