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Differential item functioning and ad hoc interpretations [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2010
A plethora of research studies has focused on Differential Item Functioning. Despite the diversity of DIF detection techniques offered, little research has been done on the interpretation of DIF results.
Seyyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami
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Exploring differential item functioning in the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) [PDF]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2012
Background The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) is a widely used patient reported outcome in osteoarthritis. An important, but frequently overlooked, aspect of validating health outcome measures is to establish if ...
Pollard Beth, Johnston Marie, Dixon Diane   +2 more
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Examining the Fairness of the University Entrance Exam: A Latent Class Analysis Approach to Differential Item Functioning [PDF]

Issues in Language Teaching, 2021
Measurement has been ubiquitous in all areas of education for at least a century. Various methods have been suggested to examine the fairness of education tests especially in high-stakes contexts.
Sayyed Mohammad Alavi, Hossein Karami, Mohammad Hossein Kouhpaeenejad   +2 more
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Using Interpretable Machine Learning for Differential Item Functioning Detection in Psychometric Tests. [PDF]

Appl Psychol Meas
Kraus EB, Wild J, Hilbert S.
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Differential item functioning of the Functional Independence Measure in higher performing neurological patients [PDF]

, 2005
OBJECTIVE: When comparing outcomes of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM ) between patient groups, item characteristics of the FIM should be consistent across groups.
Beckerman, H., Beelen, A., Dallmeijer, Annet, de Groot, Vincent, Dekker, Joost, IJzerman, M. J., Knol, Dirk, Lankhorst, Gustaaf, Lindeman, E., Odding, E., Prevo, A. J.H., Roorda, Leo, Schepers, Vera P.M., Stam, H. J., van Baalen, Bianca   +14 more
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Gender differential item functioning on the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills instrument using logistic regression

REID (Research and Evaluation in Education), 2022
The item differential function (DIF) describes a situation in which testees of similar ability but from different demographic groups have varying chances of achieving the same result.
Sumin Sumin, Fitri Sukmawati, Nurdin Nurdin   +2 more
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Detecting Differential Item Functioning in 2PL Multistage Assessments

Psych, 2023
The detection of differential item functioning is crucial for the psychometric evaluation of multistage tests. This paper discusses five approaches presented in the literature: logistic regression, SIBTEST, analytical score-based tests, bootstrap score ...
Rudolf Debelak, Sebastian Appelbaum, Dries Debeer, Martin J. Tomasik   +3 more
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Semi-automated Rasch analysis with differential item functioning. [PDF]

Behav Res Methods, 2023
Wijayanto F, Bucur IG, Mul K, Groot P, van Engelen BGM, Heskes T.   +5 more
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Exploring the Evidence to Interpret Differential Item Functioning via Response Process Data. [PDF]

Educ Psychol Meas
Li Z, Shin J, Kuang H, Huggins-Manley AC.   +3 more
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An Evaluation of DIF Tests in Multistage Tests for Continuous Covariates

Psych, 2021
Multistage tests are a widely used and efficient type of test presentation that aims to provide accurate ability estimates while keeping the test relatively short.
Rudolf Debelak, Dries Debeer
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