Table 3.

Results for Simulated Item Banks, Simulated Data

		5 Items			10 Items			20 Items
Bank	Selection Criterion	BIAS	RMSE	CORR	BIAS	RMSE	CORR	BIAS	RMSE	CORR
PEAKED	MFIa	0.0283	0.3923	0.9822	0.0090	0.2744	0.9902	0.0032	0.2141	0.9938
	MLWIb	0.0678	0.4798	0.9724	0.0178	0.2916	0.9890	0.0051	0.2179	0.9936
	MPWIc	0.0261	0.3898	0.9822	0.0108	0.2747	0.9902	0.0033	0.2142	0.9938
	MEPVd	0.0232	0.3871	0.9822	0.0104	0.2741	0.9903	0.0033	0.2143	0.9938
	MEI (Fisher’s)e	0.0299	0.3903	0.9824	0.0095	0.2743	0.9902	0.0032	0.2142	0.9938
	MEI (Observed)f	0.0283	0.3911	0.9823	0.0095	0.2745	0.9902	0.0032	0.2140	0.9938
	Randomg	0.0095	0.8378	0.9233	0.0096	0.5554	0.9652	0.0000	0.3723	0.9834
	Thetah	0.0196	0.4050	0.9785	0.0060	0.2783	0.9898	0.0038	0.2156	0.9937
	Fixedi	0.0289	0.7840	0.9522	0.1060	0.5359	0.9746	0.0212	0.3403	0.9875
FLAT	MFIa	−0.0076	0.4921	0.9737	−0.0023	0.3628	0.9841	0.0007	0.2758	0.9902
	MLWIb	−0.0256	0.5093	0.9712	−0.0035	0.3641	0.9840	−0.0009	0.2771	0.9901
	MPWIc	−0.0086	0.4906	0.9737	0.0005	0.3620	0.9842	0.0014	0.2760	0.9902
	MEPVd	−0.0088	0.4905	0.9737	0.0007	0.3616	0.9842	0.0013	0.2757	0.9902
	MEI (Fisher’s)e	−0.0093	0.4913	0.9738	−0.0022	0.3628	0.9841	0.0010	0.2760	0.9902
	MEI (Observed)f	−0.0082	0.4892	0.9739	−0.0019	0.3616	0.9842	0.0007	0.2758	0.9902
	Randomg	0.0036	0.8410	0.9291	−0.0007	0.5867	0.9638	−0.0039	0.3986	0.9816
	Thetah	0.0059	0.5094	0.9695	0.0011	0.3644	0.9835	0.0002	0.2765	0.9901
	Fixedi	0.0470	0.6666	0.9606	0.0188	0.4596	0.9772	−0.0125	0.3329	0.9866

^aMaximum Fisher’s information

^bMaximum likelihood weighted information

^cMaximum posterior weighted information

^dMinimum expected posterior variance

^eMaximum expected information using Fisher’s information

^fMaximum expected information using the observed information

^gRandom selection

^hSelected at known theta value

ⁱStatic form generated using expected information with respect to a standard normal distribution