Publication details
Alternativní přístupy k tvorbě a interpretaci psychologických testů
| Title in English | Alternative Approaches to the Preparation and Interpretation of Tests in Psychology |
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Monograph |
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| Description | This doctoral thesis focuses on two alternative psychometrical theories: Knowledge Space Theory (KST) and Item Response Theory (IRT), which are not very common in the Czech psychology. The theoretical part of this work defines these theories and tries to offer their critical comparison. The empirical part treats the KST and in this context provides analysis of two tests: test of intelligence BOMAT and personality inventory NEO FFI based on the theoretical principles of the Big Five. The empirical part shows the KST’s contribution of information for the psychometrics and stresses the results of the tests which are not easily detectable with classical testing theory. The way the knowledge space was created is important in KST theory. In this work I compare the results of the two approaches: knowledge spaces created by the data of the respondents and the knowledge spaces created by expert’s judgement. It becomes clear that it is possible to use the expert knowledge spaces even in personality testing but there is a risk of bi-directional prerequisite relations. |