Mike Edwards

Selected Publications

Edwards, M.C., Slagle, A., Rubright, J.D., & Wirth, R.J. (2018). Fit for purpose and modern validity theory in clinical outcomes assessment. Quality of Life Research, 27, 1711-1720.

Edwards, M.C., Houts, C.R., & Cai, L. (2018). A diagnostic procedure to detect departures from local independence in item response models. Psychological Methods, 23, 138-149.

Houts, C.R., Wirth, R.J., Edwards, M.C., & Deal, L. (2016). A review of empirical research related to the use of small quantitative samples in clinical outcome scale development.  Quality of Life Research, 25, 2685-2691.

Stanley, L.M., & Edwards, M.C. (2016). Reliability and model fit. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 76, 976-985.

Houts, C.R., & Edwards, M.C. (2015). Comparing surface and underlying local dependence levels via polychoric correlations. Applied Psychological Measurement, 39(4), 293-302.

Edwards, M.C. (2013). Purple unicorns, true models, and other things I’ve never seen. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 11, 107-111.

Edwards, M.C., Flora, D.B., Thissen, D. (2012). Multi-stage computerized adaptive testing with uniform item exposure. Applied Measurement in Education, 25, 118-141.

Edwards, M.C. (2010). A Markov chain Monte Carlo approach to confirmatory item factor analysis. Psychometrika, 75, 474-497.

Edwards, M.C. (2009). An introduction to item response theory using the Need for Cognition Scale. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3, 507-529.

Edwards, M.C., & Wirth, R.J. (2009). Measurement and the study of change. Research in Human Development, 6, 74-96.

Flora, D.B., Curran, P.J., Hussong, A.M., & Edwards, M.C. (2008). Incorporating measurement nonequivalence in a cross-study latent growth curve analysis. Structural Equation Modeling, 15, 676-704.

Wirth, R.J., & Edwards, M.C. (2007). Item factor analysis: Current approaches and future directions. Psychological Methods, 12, 58-79.

Edwards, M.C., & Vevea, J.L. (2006). An empirical Bayes approach to subscore augmentation: How much strength can we borrow? Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 31, 241-259.