Adaptive testing: examples, simulations, and examples of simulations

This talk will cover the topic of adaptive testing in psychometrics, both at the item level (CAT) and at the module level (MST). The presentation is divided in three parts. First, a brief conceptual description of CAT and MST frameworks is provided, with emphasis on practical advantages and drawbacks of each of them. Second, it is explained why and how simulation studies can be very useful in adaptive testing, among others, to correctly and suitably establish a real test administration plan. Third, examples of such simulation studies will be outlined, based on the R packages catR and mstR developed for that purpose.