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IRT and CAT using Concerto (3 days)

When Sep 06, 2017 10:00 AM to
Sep 08, 2017 05:00 PM
Where Cambridge, UK
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Item Response Theory and Computer Adaptive Testing

A three-day course introducing you to Item Response Theory (IRT) and Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) using the R open-source statistical computing software and Concerto, the open-source online adaptive test development platform. Get first-hand experience of applying IRT analysis to questionnaire data and create item banks suitable for computer adaptive testing. 

  • Introduction to R and RStudio
  • Basic concepts of Item Response Theory (IRT)
  • Generation of calibrated item banks using R packages
  • Simulating CATs to assess item bank performance
  • Scoring CATs using R
  • Administering CATs using Concerto  

CAT Demos using Concerto Version 5:           Verbal Reasoning            Numerical Reasoning

Feedback from previous courses:

"The course was incredibly well pitched.. it was the best course I have ever attended in terms of quality of teaching!"
"The introduction to R was very useful for me, Aiden and Chris were good teachers and very helpful." 
"A really great atmosphere and great teaching that fostered a collaborative learning environment."
"I liked the 'spirit' of the workshop which was intense, motivating and very hands-on - thank you so much for a brilliant course!"
 "An excellent three days; it was incredibly informative, well-paced and well organised."

 

Event LocationDates and TimesCost per candidateTutors

Keynes House
Room 107
Judge Business School
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1AG

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6th to 8th
September 2017
3 day course
Wednesday:
10.30 - 17.30.
Thursday
& Friday:
09.30 - 17.30

Business: £800 (plus 20% VAT)
Academics: £600 (plus 20% VAT)
Students:£500 (plus 20% VAT) 

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Dr Chris Gibbons,
Aiden Loe

Prior experience with R is not necessary. Participants should bring their own laptops with the following programs installed:
R version 3.1.3 (http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.1.3.tar.gz)
RStudio (http://www.rstudio.com/ide/download/ )

Schedule

Day 1 – Introduction to R and Rstudio

10.30 – 11.30 R and Rstudio installation, Introduction to R

11.30 - 13.00 Data analysis and R basics, Practical (Part 1)

13.00 - 02.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 Practical (Part 2)

16.00 - 17.30 Practical examples and exercises, Questions

Day 2 – Item Response Theory (IRT)

09.30 - 11.00 IRT (Theory), Application of IRT models (Practical)

11.15 - 12.45 Different IRT response scales (dichotomous and polytomous)  (Theory), Analysing polytomous scales using the Rasch model (Practical)

12.45 - 02.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 IRT modelling  of the CESD depression scale (Theory & Practical)

16.00 - 17.30 IRT diagnostics of the CESD depression scale (Theory & Practical), Practical examples and exercises, Revisions and Questions

Day 3 – Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) with Concerto

09.30 - 11.00 Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT Theory and Practical)

11.15 - 12.45 Firestar simulation of item bank performance (Practical), Programming a polytomous adaptive test using the catR package (Practical)

12.45 - 02.00 Lunch

14.00 - 15.30 Introduction to adaptive testing in Concerto (Theory and Practical)

16.00 - 17.30 Final Revision & Exercise, Certificates and Q&A

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