scholarly journals Time to Renovate the Humor Styles Questionnaire? An Item Response Theory Analysis of the HSQ

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Paul J. Silvia ◽  
Rebekah M. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Item Response Theory Analysis ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
Gender Based

The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) is one of the most popular self-report scales in humor research. The present research conducted a forward-looking psychometric analysis grounded in Rasch and item response theory models, which have not been applied to the HSQ thus far. Regarding strengths, the analyses found very good evidence for reliability and dimensionality and essentially zero gender-based differential item functioning, indicating no gender bias in the items. Regarding opportunities for future development, the analyses suggested that (1) the seven-point rating scale performs poorly relative to a five-point scale; (2) the affiliative subscale is far too easy to endorse and much easier than the other subscales; (3) the four subscales show problematic variation in their readability and proportion of reverse-scored items; and (4) a handful of items with poor discrimination and high local dependence are easy targets for scale revision. Taken together, the findings suggest that the HSQ, as it nears the two-decade mark, has many strengths but would benefit from light remodeling.

scholarly journals Time to Renovate the Humor Styles Questionnaire? An Item Response Theory Analysis of the HSQ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Silvia ◽  
Rebekah Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Item Response Theory Analysis ◽  
Point Rating Scale ◽  
Gender Based

The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) is one of the most popular self-report scales in humor research. The present research conducted a forward-looking psychometric analysis grounded in Rasch and item response theory models, which have not been applied to the HSQ thus far. Regarding strengths, the analyses found very good evidence for reliability and dimensionality and essentially zero gender-based differential item functioning, indicating no gender bias in the items. Regarding opportunities for future development, the analyses suggested that (1) the 7-point rating scale performs poorly relative to a 5-point scale; (2) the affiliative subscale is far too easy to endorse and much easier than the other subscales; (3) the four subscales show problematic variation in their readability and proportion of reverse-scored items; and (4) a handful of items with poor discrimination and high local dependence are easy targets for scale revision. Taken together, the findings suggest that the HSQ, as it nears the two-decade mark, has many strengths but would benefit from light remodeling.

scholarly journals Taking Inventory of the Creative Behavior Inventory: An Item Response Theory Analysis of the CBI

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Silvia ◽  
Rebekah Rodriguez ◽  
James C. Kaufman ◽  
Roni Reiter-Palmon ◽  
Jeb S. Puryear
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Item Difficulty ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Response Scale ◽  
Creative Behavior ◽  
Item Response Theory Analysis ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Psychometric Investigation

The original 90-item Creative Behavior Inventory (CBI) was a landmark self-report scale in creativity research, and the 28-item brief form developed nearly 20 years ago is a popular measure of everyday creativity. Relatively little is known, however, about the psychometric properties of this widely used scale. In the current research, we conduct a detailed psychometric investigation into the 28-item CBI by applying methods from item response theory using a sample of 2,082 adults. Our investigation revealed several strengths of the current scale: excellent reliability, suitable dimensionality, appropriate item difficulty, and reasonably good item discrimination. Several areas for improvement were highlighted as well: (1) the four-point response scale should probably have fewer options; (2) a handful of items showed gender-based differential item functioning, indicating some item bias; and (3) local dependence statistics revealed clusters of items that are probably redundant. These analyses support the continued use of the CBI for assessing engagement in everyday creative behaviors and suggest that the CBI could benefit from thoughtful revision.

An Item Response Theory analysis of the Unified Multiple System Atrophy Rating Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Foubert-Samier ◽  
Anne Pavy-Le Traon ◽  
Tiphaine Saulnier ◽  
Mélanie Le-Goff ◽  
Margherita Fabbri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Multiple System Atrophy ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Item Response Theory Analysis

scholarly journals Item Response Theory Analyses of Barkley’s Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Rating Scales

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1094-1108
Author(s):  
Morgan E Nitta ◽  
Brooke E Magnus ◽  
Paul S Marshall ◽  
James B Hoelzle
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Adult Adhd ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Latent Traits

Abstract There are many challenges associated with assessment and diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood. Utilizing the graded response model (GRM) from item response theory (IRT), a comprehensive item-level analysis of adult ADHD rating scales in a clinical population was conducted with Barkley's Adult ADHD Rating Scale-IV, Self-Report of Current Symptoms (CSS), a self-report diagnostic checklist and a similar self-report measure quantifying retrospective report of childhood symptoms, Barkley's Adult ADHD Rating Scale-IV, Self-Report of Childhood Symptoms (BAARS-C). Differences in item functioning were also considered after identifying and excluding individuals with suspect effort. Items associated with symptoms of inattention (IA) and hyperactivity/impulsivity (H/I) are endorsed differently across the lifespan, and these data suggest that they vary in their relationship to the theoretical constructs of IA and H/I. Screening for sufficient effort did not meaningfully change item level functioning. The application IRT to direct item-to-symptom measures allows for a unique psychometric assessment of how the current DSM-5 symptoms represent latent traits of IA and H/I. Meeting a symptom threshold of five or more symptoms may be misleading. Closer attention given to specific symptoms in the context of the clinical interview and reported difficulties across domains may lead to more informed diagnosis.

Item Response Theory Analysis of the Psychopathic Personality Inventory–Revised

Assessment ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 1046-1058
Author(s):  
Alexander E. Eichenbaum ◽  
David K. Marcus ◽  
Brian F. French
Keyword(s):  
Item Response Theory ◽  
Item Response ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Psychopathic Personality ◽  
Response Theory ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Item Response Theory Analysis ◽  
Psychopathic Personality Inventory

This study examined item and scale functioning in the Psychopathic Personality Inventory–Revised (PPI-R) using an item response theory analysis. PPI-R protocols from 1,052 college student participants (348 male, 704 female) were analyzed. Analyses were conducted on the 131 self-report items comprising the PPI-R’s eight content scales, using a graded response model. Scales collected a majority of their information about respondents possessing higher than average levels of the traits being measured. Each scale contained at least some items that evidenced limited ability to differentiate between respondents with differing levels of the trait being measured. Moreover, 80 items (61.1%) yielded significantly different responses between men and women presumably possessing similar levels of the trait being measured. Item performance was also influenced by the scoring format (directly scored vs. reverse-scored) of the items. Overall, the results suggest that the PPI-R, despite identifying psychopathic personality traits in individuals possessing high levels of those traits, may not identify these traits equally well for men and women, and scores are likely influenced by the scoring format of the individual item and scale.

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