A Forced-Choice Neural Cognitive Diagnostic Model of Personality Testing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15013v1
• Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:39:36 GMT
• Title: A Forced-Choice Neural Cognitive Diagnostic Model of Personality Testing
• Authors: Xiaoyu Li, Jin Wu, Shaoyang Guo, Haoran Shi, Chanjin Zheng,
• Abstract summary: This study presents a deep learning-based Forced-Choice Neural Cognitive Diagnostic Model (FCNCD)<n>To account for the unidimensionality of items in forced-choice tests, we create interpretable participant and item parameters.<n>The FCNCD's effectiveness is validated by experiments on real-world and simulated datasets.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: In the smart era, psychometric tests are becoming increasingly important for personnel selection, career development, and mental health assessment. Forced-choice tests are common in personality assessments because they require participants to select from closely related options, lowering the risk of response distortion. This study presents a deep learning-based Forced-Choice Neural Cognitive Diagnostic Model (FCNCD) that overcomes the limitations of traditional models and is applicable to the three most common item block types found in forced-choice tests. To account for the unidimensionality of items in forced-choice tests, we create interpretable participant and item parameters. We model the interactions between participant and item features using multilayer neural networks after mining them using nonlinear mapping. In addition, we use the monotonicity assumption to improve the interpretability of the diagnostic results. The FCNCD's effectiveness is validated by experiments on real-world and simulated datasets that show its accuracy, interpretability, and robustness.

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