When Does Differential Item Functioning Matter for Screening? A Method for Empirical Evaluation
Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), 2020 When items in a screening measure exhibit differential item functioning (DIF) across groups (e.g., males vs. females), DIF might affect which individuals are “caught” in the screening.
Oscar Gonzalez, W. Pelham
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The Impact of Education on Depression Assessment: Differential Item Functioning Analysis
Assessment (Odessa, Fla.), 2020 A person’s level of education can affect their access to health care, and their health outcomes. Increasing rates of depression are another looming public health concern.
Bayley J. Taple +4 more
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A new method for detecting differential item functioning in the Rasch model [PDF]
, 2010 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.
Kopf, Julia +2 more
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Statistical and extra-statistical considerations in differential item functioning analyses
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2004 This article briefly describes the main procedures for performing differential item functioning (DIF) analyses and points out some of the statistical and extra-statistical implications of these methods.
G. K. Huysamen
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Stats, 2023 In the social sciences, the performance of two groups is frequently compared based on a cognitive test involving binary items. Item response models are often utilized for comparing the two groups.
Alexander Robitzsch
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Differential item functioning in the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Pediatric Short Forms in a sample of children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. [PDF]
, 2016 AIM: The present study examined the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Mobility, Fatigue, and Pain Interference Short Forms (SFs) in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP) for the presence of differential item ...
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Detecting Differential Item Functioning Using Multiple-Group Cognitive Diagnosis Models
Applied Psychological Measurement, 2020 This study proposes a multiple-group cognitive diagnosis model to account for the fact that students in different groups may use distinct attributes or use the same attributes but in different manners (e.g., conjunctive, disjunctive, and compensatory) to
Wenchao Ma, Ragip Terzi, J. de la Torre
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Differential item functioning by language on the PROMIS® physical functioning items for children and adolescents [PDF]
Quality of Life Research, 2017 To assess the equivalence of self-reports of physical functioning between pediatric respondents to the English- and Spanish-language patient-reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS®) physical functioning item banks.The PROMIS pediatric physical functioning item banks include 29 upper extremity items and 23 mobility items.
Ron D. Hays +4 more
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The assessment of DIF on Rasch measures with an application to job satisfaction [PDF]
, 2010 The present study addresses the issue in assessment of the impact of differential item functioning on the measures obtained applying the Rasch model when the questionnaire is formed by polytomous items.
Golia, Silvia
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Differential Item Functioning and Item Bias: Critical Considerations in Test Fairness
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2006 In recent years, policy makers, administrators, and test developers in the field of second language assessment have paid considerable attention to the issue of test fairness.
Michael Perrone
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