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Funcionamento diferencial dos itens do Teste Cloze por Opção

open access: yesArquivos Brasileiros de Psicologia, 2011
This study analyzed the differential item functioning of Teste Cloze por Opção EM/U that assess collectively reading comprehension. The subjects were 489 students.
Maria Cristina Rodrigues Azevedo Joly   +1 more
doaj  

Investigating the Impact of Item Parameter Drift for Item Response Theory Models with Mixture Distributions

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
This study investigates the impact of item parameter drift (IPD) on parameter and ability estimation when the underlying measurement model fits a mixture distribution, thereby violating the item invariance property of unidimensional item response theory (
Yoon Soo ePark   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Psychometric evaluation of Persian nomophobia questionnaire: differential item functioning and measurement invariance across gender [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background and aims: Research examining problematic mobile phone use has increased markedly over the past 5 years and has been related to “no mobile phone phobia” (so-called nomophobia). The 20-item Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) is the only instrument
Andreassen   +103 more
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Examination of differential item functioning in PISA through univariate and multivariate matching differential item functioning

open access: yesInternational Journal of Assessment Tools in Education
The present research aims to examine whether the questions in the Program for the International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 reading literacy instrument display differential item functioning (DIF) among the Turkish, French, and American samples based ...
Nizamettin Koç, Ahmet Yıldırım
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Determining Gender Differential Item Functioning for Mathematics in Coeducational School Culture

open access: yesMalaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2019
Purpose - In an attempt to explore item characteristics that behave differently between boys and girls, this comparative study examines gender Differential Item Functioning in a school culture that is noted to be ‘thriving’ mathematically ...
S. Kanageswari Suppiah Shanmugam
doaj   +1 more source

Measurement Comparability of Reading in the English and French Canadian Populations: Special Case of the 2011 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine item equivalence and score comparability of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2011 for the Canadian French and English language groups.
Shawna Goodrich, Kadriye Ercikan
doaj   +1 more source

Bias-Corrected Root Mean Square Deviation Estimators

open access: yesFoundations
The root mean square deviation (RMSD) is a widely used item fit statistic in item response models. However, the sample RMSD is known to exhibit positive bias in small samples. To address this, seven alternative bias-corrected RMSD estimators are proposed
Alexander Robitzsch
doaj   +1 more source

Use of differential item functioning (DIF) analysis for bias analysis in test construction

open access: yesSA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2004
When differential item functioning (DIF) item analysis procedures based on item response theory (IRT) are used during test construction, it is possible to draw item characteristic curves for the same item for different subgroups.
Marié De Beer
doaj   +1 more source

A new method for detecting differential item functioning in the Rasch model [PDF]

open access: yes
Differential item functioning (DIF) can lead to an unfair advantage or disadvantage for certain subgroups in educational and psychological testing. Therefore, a variety of statistical methods has been suggested for detecting DIF in the Rasch model.
Achim Zeileis   +2 more
core  

A meta-analysis of the Mantel-Haenszel procedure in the detection of DIF in dichotomous items [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
d de Murcia El objetivo del presente estudio consiste en describir el estado actualde la investigación sobre la eficacia del procedimiento Mantel-Haenszel(MH) como técnica de detección del Funcionamiento Diferencial del Ítem(Differential Item ...
Guilera, Georgina   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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