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title = "Exploring the Psychometric Validity of {AI}-Generated Student Responses: A Study on Virtual Personas' Learning Motivation",
author = "Wang, Huanxiao",
editor = "Wilson, Joshua and
Ormerod, Christopher and
Beiting Parrish, Magdalen",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Full Papers",
month = oct,
year = "2025",
address = "Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh, Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States",
publisher = "National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2025.aimecon-main.39/",
pages = "359--366",
ISBN = "979-8-218-84228-4",
abstract = "This study explores whether large language models (LLMs) can simulate valid student responses for educational measurement. Using GPT-4o, 2000 virtual student personas were generated. Each persona completed the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). Factor analyses(EFA and CFA) and clustering showed GPT-4o reproduced the AMS structure and distinct motivational subgroups."
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%T Exploring the Psychometric Validity of AI-Generated Student Responses: A Study on Virtual Personas’ Learning Motivation
%A Wang, Huanxiao
%Y Wilson, Joshua
%Y Ormerod, Christopher
%Y Beiting Parrish, Magdalen
%S Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference (AIME-Con): Full Papers
%D 2025
%8 October
%I National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
%C Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh, Downtown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
%@ 979-8-218-84228-4
%F wang-2025-exploring
%X This study explores whether large language models (LLMs) can simulate valid student responses for educational measurement. Using GPT-4o, 2000 virtual student personas were generated. Each persona completed the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). Factor analyses(EFA and CFA) and clustering showed GPT-4o reproduced the AMS structure and distinct motivational subgroups.
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%P 359-366
Markdown (Informal)
[Exploring the Psychometric Validity of AI-Generated Student Responses: A Study on Virtual Personas’ Learning Motivation](https://aclanthology.org/2025.aimecon-main.39/) (Wang, AIME-Con 2025)
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