Obtain Fit Statistics Like in Quest

[Juliane B.]

Hey,

my colleagues and I are used to working with the old Acer Quest software. I have tried to switch to ConQuest, because I need ability estimates for some zero and perfect scores in my data set (Quest cannot calculate them). Unfortunately, none of us have found a way to receive the same fit statistics in ConQuest easily provided by Quest:

• A summary of case estimates (mean and SD)
• Overall fit statistics for the case estimates (Infit MNSQ and SD, Infit t Mean and SD)
• Infit t values for all case estimates

Is it possible to obtain these values using ConQuest, and if yes, how?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Juliane

[dan_c]

check out the output of the commands show and fit.

https://conquestmanual.acer.org/s4-00.html#show

tables =value list
If parameters output is requested, a total of eleven different tables can be produced.
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The contents of the tables are:
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2. The estimates, errors and fit statistics for each of the parameters in the item response model.
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4.7.54.4 Examples

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show;Produces displays with default settings and writes them to the output window.

https://conquestmanual.acer.org/s4-00.html#fit

Produces residual-based fit statistics.
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4.7.25.4 Examples

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fit >> fit.res;Uses the default fit design matrix and writes results to the file fit.res.

[Juliane B.]

Dear Dan,

Thanks a lot for your fast reply!
The show command does provide me with all the parameter estimates I am looking for.
Unfortunately, I still cannot find the overall case estimates I need (a summary of case estimates - mean and SD; Overall fit statistics for the case estimates - Infit MNSQ and SD, Infit t Mean and SD). Is it possible to have these provided by conquest (as in quest) or do they need to be calculated by hand?
I am also wondering about the individual case fit values printed via pfit. Do these fit statistics represent the infit t value or do they represent the unweighted fit statistic?

Thank you very much.

Best,
Juliane

[dan_c]

Hi Juliane,

in the show file you find the output from the population model which includes regression output and the latent variance-covariaince matrix (both unconditional, conditional and model R square if you include regressors in the population model). This is where you will find the mean and variance of the latent ability distribution. See e.g.:

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REGRESSION COEFFICIENTS

Regression Variable

CONSTANT                   1.332 ( 0.115)
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An asterisk next to a parameter estimate indicates that it is constrained
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UNCONDITIONAL COVARIANCE/CORRELATION MATRIX

Dimension

Dimension_1
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Variance                   0.625  ( 0.113)
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An asterisk next to a parameter estimate indicates that it is constrained
The person fit statistics in pfit are weighted mean squares/infit statistics with expectation 1.