Statistical Analysis of Q -Matrix Based Diagnostic Classification Models

Yunxiao Chen, Jingchen Liu, Gongjun Xu and Zhiliang Ying

Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2015, vol. 110, issue 510, 850-866

Abstract: Diagnostic classification models (DMCs) have recently gained prominence in educational assessment, psychiatric evaluation, and many other disciplines. Central to the model specification is the so-called Q -matrix that provides a qualitative specification of the item-attribute relationship. In this article, we develop theories on the identifiability for the Q -matrix under the DINA and the DINO models. We further propose an estimation procedure for the Q -matrix through the regularized maximum likelihood. The applicability of this procedure is not limited to the DINA or the DINO model and it can be applied to essentially all Q -matrix based DMCs. Simulation studies show that the proposed method admits high probability recovering the true Q -matrix. Furthermore, two case studies are presented. The first case is a dataset on fraction subtraction (educational application) and the second case is a subsample of the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions concerning the social anxiety disorder (psychiatric application).

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2014.934827

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