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. 2014 Nov 13;39(3):167–188. doi: 10.1177/0146621614554650

Table 5.

Descriptive Statistics of Test Lengths Using the DINA Model.

PWKL
MPWKL
GDI
Item quality π(αc|Xi) Minimum Maximum M CV Minimum Maximum M CV Minimum Maximum M CV
HD-LV 0.65 3 25 8.26 0.28 3 16 6.69 0.13 3 14 6.67 0.13
0.75 3 28 8.92 0.28 4 18 7.32 0.17 4 19 7.34 0.16
0.85 3 32 10.08 0.27 4 22 8.83 0.19 4 24 8.87 0.19
0.95 4 35 12.05 0.25 4 26 10.99 0.19 4 31 10.99 0.19
HD-HV 0.65 2 19 7.76 0.22 2 14 6.55 0.11 2 10 6.52 0.12
0.75 2 22 7.96 0.22 2 14 6.58 0.11 2 11 6.60 0.11
0.85 2 23 8.45 0.22 2 14 6.72 0.10 2 14 6.73 0.10
0.95 2 23 9.36 0.21 2 17 7.51 0.12 2 18 7.22 0.11
LD-LV 0.65 4 48 13.48 0.37 5 32 11.41 0.30 5 34 11.46 0.30
0.75 4 50 15.21 0.36 6 40 13.02 0.29 6 38 13.08 0.29
0.85 5 55 17.11 0.35 6 53 14.95 0.30 6 55 15.00 0.30
0.95 5 73 21.43 0.32 7 56 19.40 0.28 7 64 19.46 0.28
LD-HV 0.65 3 35 10.45 0.32 4 28 8.60 0.24 4 28 8.57 0.24
0.75 4 36 11.71 0.32 5 29 9.86 0.26 5 31 9.93 0.26
0.85 4 42 13.41 0.31 5 32 11.78 0.26 5 32 11.77 0.26
0.95 4 49 15.70 0.29 6 43 14.13 0.25 6 42 14.17 0.25

Note. DINA = deterministic inputs, noisy “and” gate; PWKL = posterior-weighted Kullback–Leibler index; MPWKL = modified posterior-weighted Kullback–Leibler index; GDI = G-DINA model discrimination index; G-DINA = generalized DINA; CV = coefficient of variation; HD-LV = high discrimination–low variance; HD-HV = high discrimination–high variance; LD-LV = low discrimination–low variance; LD-HV = low discrimination–high variance.