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Volume 18 Table of Contents Articles A Comparison Between the Rating Scale Model and Dual Scaling for Likert Scales K. C. Cheung and L. C. Mooi Factors Influencing the Mantel-Haenszel Procedure in the Detection of Differential Item Functioning Thomas Uttaro and Roger E. Millsap Comparison of the Nonparametric Mokken Model and Parametric IRT Models Using Latent Class Analysis Dato N. M. de Gruijter Nonparametric Estimation of the Plausibility Functions of the Distractors of Vocabulary Test Items Fumiko Samejima More on the Computation of Higher-Order Derivatives of the Elementary Symmetric Functions in the Rasch Model Michelle Liou Studying Correlates and Predictors of Longitudinal Change Using Structural Equation Modeling Tenko Raykov Gramian Matrices in Covariance Structure Models P. M. Bentler and Mortaza Jamshidian Why Factor Analysis Often is the Incorrect Model for Analyzing Bipolar Concepts, and What Model to Use Instead Wijbrandt H. van Schuur and Henk A. L. Kiers Influence of Test and Person Characteristics on Nonparametric Appropriateness Measurement Rob R. Meijer, Ivo W. Molenaar, and Klaas Sijtsma A Simulation Study of Methods for Assessing Differential Item Functioning in Computerized Adaptive Tests Rebecca Zwick, Dorothy T. Thayer, and Marilyn Wingersky A General Approach to Algorithmic Design of Fixed-Form Tests, Adaptive Tests, and Testlets Martijn P. F- Berger The Influence of Multidimensionality on the Graded Response Model R. J. De Ayala A Conditional Item-Fit Index for Rasch Models Jiirgen Rost and Matthias von Davier Testing the Equality of Two Related Intraclass Reliability Coefficients Yousef M. Alsawalmeh and Leonard S. Feldt A Comparison of Item Calibration Media in Computerized Adaptive Testing Rebecca D. Hetter, Daniel O. Segall, and Bruce M. Bloxom Ill A Psychometric Evaluation of 4-Point and 6-Point Likert-Type Scales in Relation to Reliability and Validity Lei Chang An Investigation of Lord’s Procedure for the Detection of Differential Item Functioning Seock-Ho Kim, Allan S. Cohen, and Hae-Ok Kim Estimation of Reliability Coefficients Using the Test Information Function and Its Modifications Fumiko Samejima Distinguishing Among Parametric Item Response Models for Polychotomous Ordered Data Albert Maydeu-Olivares, Fritz Drasgow, and Alan D. Mead Creating a Test Information Profile for a Two-Dimensional Latent Space Terry A. Ackerman State Mastery Learning: Dynamic Models for Longitudinal Data Rolf Langeheine, Elsbeth Stern, and Frank van de Pol Robust Dual Scaling Weights with Tukey’s Biweight John Sachs The Number of Guttman Errors as a Simple and Powerful Person-Fit Statistic Rob R. Meijer Performance of the Mantel-Haenszel and Simultaneous Item Bias Procedures for Detecting Differential Item Functioning Pankaja Narayanan and H. Swaminathan The Influence of Conditioning Scores In Performing DIF Analyses Terry A. Ackerman and John A. Evans Modeling Developmental Processes Using Latent Growth Structural Equation Methodology Terry E. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, and Mike Stoolmiller Explanations for Accuracy of the General Multivariate Formulas in Correcting for Range Restriction Janet D. Held and Paul P. Foley Standard Errors of A Chain of Linear Equatings Lingjia Zeng, Bradley A. Hanson, and Michael J. Kolen Book Reviews Structural Equation Modeling with EQS and EQS/Windows: Basic Concepts, Applications, and Program- ming by Barbara M. Byrne Reviewed by David Kaplan Louis Guttman on Theory and Methodology: Selected Writings by Shlomit Levy (Ed.) Reviewed by Peter H. Schénemann Elements of Dual Scaling: An Introduction to Practical Data Analysis by Shizuhiko Nishisato Reviewed by Yoshio Takane Multidimensional Models of Perception and Cognition by F. Gregory Ashby (Ed.) Reviewed by Jerome R. Busemeyer Statistical Factor Analysis and Related Methods: Theory and Applications by Alexander Basilevsky Reviewed by Brian Junker Computer Program Exchange CORRMTX: Generating Correlated Data Matrices in SAS/IML T. Mark Beasley NOVAX 1.3: A PC-DOS Factor Analysis Program for Ordered Polytomous Data and Mainframe-Size Problems Niels G. Waller INTERGRAPH: A SAS Macro for Interpreting and Graphing Regression Interactions Kevin P. Weinfurt GR-GRAPH: Quattro Pro Templates and Macros for Producing Graphs and Tables to Accompany Samejima’s Graded Response Model Analysis David M. Gudanowski, Dawn L. Vreven, Lynda A. King, and Daniel W. King MacSidak: A SAS Macro That Generates Critical p Values for a Sidak Type I Error Control Procedure Kevin P. Weinfurt GRAPHDIF: A Program for Identifying Differential Item Functioning Using Graphic Displays John H. Neel MHDIF: A Computer Program for Detecting Uniform and Nonuniform Differential Item Functioning with the Mantel-Haenszel Procedure A. M. Fidalgo IRTINFO: A SAS Macro Program to Compute Item and Test Information Steven J. Fitzpatrick, Seung W. Choi, Ssu-Kuang Chen, Liling Hou, and Barbara G. Dodd Volume 18 Author and Subject Index Copyright and Permission Published quarterly and copyrighted by Applied Psychological Measurement Inc., N657 Elliott Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0344, U.S.A. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. 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