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* To build the q-matrix, experts constructed a relationship between test questions and concepts (referred to as attributes) and students taking the test were assigned knowledge states based on their test answers and the constructed q-matrix ((see Ham85 for a discussion of item-response theory)) | * To build the q-matrix, experts constructed a relationship between test questions and concepts (referred to as attributes) and students taking the test were assigned knowledge states based on their test answers and the constructed q-matrix ((see Ham85 for a discussion of item-response theory)) | ||
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The goal of q-matrix construction is to extract underlying, or latent, variables, which account for studentsí differential performance on questions. | The goal of q-matrix construction is to extract underlying, or latent, variables, which account for studentsí differential performance on questions. |