@article{eca5076b21dc4fa291f79b0fa57e57bc,
title = "Conditional Reasoning: An Integrated Approach to Item Analysis",
abstract = "This article provides a review of the approach that James used when conducting item analyses on his conditional reasoning test items. That approach was anchored in classical test theory. Our article extends this work in two important ways. First, we offer a set of test development protocols that are tailored to the unique nature of conditional reasoning tests. Second, we further extend James{\textquoteright}s approach by integrating his early test validation protocols (based on classical test theory) with more recent protocols (based on item response theory). We then apply our integrated item analytic framework to data collected on James{\textquoteright}s first test, the conditional reasoning test for relative motive strength. We illustrate how this integrated approach furnishes additional diagnostic information that may allow researchers to make more informed and targeted revisions to an initial set of items.",
author = "Smith, {Daniel R.} and Hoffman, {Michael E.} and LeBreton, {James M.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Lawrence R. James for his counsel, support, mentoring, and friendship. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) and was accomplished under Grant Number W911NF-16-1-0484. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation herein. Funding Information: We thank Lawrence R. James for his counsel, support, mentoring, and friendship. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: James M. LeBreton is co-owner of a limited liability company, Stonerowe LLC, which holds the intellectual property rights to all conditional reasoning items/tests (and translations thereof) that were originally developed by Lawrence R. James to measure aggression (CRT-A), achievement motivation (CRT-RMS), and power/leadership (CRT-L). The current article analyzed items from the CRT-RMS. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) and was accomplished under Grant Number W911NF-16-1-0484 . The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government is authorized to reproduce and distribute reprints for Government purposes notwithstanding any copyright notation herein. ORCID iD Daniel Smith https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3783-1102 James M. LeBreton https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6748-380X ",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/1094428119879756",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "23",
pages = "124--153",
journal = "Organizational Research Methods",
issn = "1094-4281",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "1",
}