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Reversed item bias: An integrative model. [PDF]
Psychological Methods, 2013 In the recent methodological literature, various models have been proposed to account for the phenomenon that reversed items (defined as items for which respondents' scores have to be recoded in order to make the direction of keying consistent across all items) tend to lead to problematic responses.
Bert Weijters +2 more
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The Reliability of Six Item Bias Indices
Applied Psychological Measurement, 1984 The reliabilities of six item bias indices were inves tigated for each of the eleven tests of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, using random samples of fifth-grade students. The reliability of an index was defined as its stability from one randomly equivalent group to an other. Both racial and sexual bias were considered. In addition, correlations among
H. D. Hoover, Michael J. Kolen
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Item bias detection in the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale using structural equation modeling: comparison with other item bias detection methods. [PDF]
Qual Life Res, 2017 PurposeComparison of patient-reported outcomes may be invalidated by the occurrence of item bias, also known as differential item functioning. We show two ways of using structural equation modeling (SEM) to detect item bias: (1) multigroup SEM, which ...
Verdam MGE, Oort FJ, Sprangers MAG.
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Analyzing Item Popularity Bias of Music Recommender Systems: Are Different Genders Equally Affected? [PDF]
ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, 2021 Several studies have identified discrepancies between the popularity of items in user profiles and the corresponding recommendation lists. Such behavior, which concerns a variety of recommendation algorithms, is referred to as popularity bias.
Oleg Lesota +6 more
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Item Bias in a Test of Reading Comprehension [PDF]
Applied Psychological Measurement, 1981 The possibility that certain features of items on a reading comprehension test may lead to biased esti mates of the reading achievement of particular sub groups of students was investigated. Eight nonover lapping subgroups of students were defined by the combinations of three factors: student grade level (fifth or sixth), income level of the ...
Robert L. Linn +3 more
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Quantity bias in comparison-shopping of multi-item baskets.
PLoS ONE, 2022 Comparison-shopping applications are widespread and have been the subject of considerable research and development. There has also been widespread recognition that people are predictably irrational when making shopping decisions. In this work, we combine
Ross Niswanger, Eric Walden
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The modified weight bias internalization scale: psychometric validation of three versions in a sample of university students [PDF]
Eating and Weight DisordersPurpose The Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS-M) is perhaps the most frequently used measure of internalised weight bias and has growing support for its psychometric properties.
Paul E. Jenkins, Lacin Baysen
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SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2008 This study’s objective was to determine whether the Potential Index Batteries/Situation Specific Evaluation Expert (PIB/SpEEx) conceptualisation (100) ability test displays construct equivalence and item bias for members of five selected language groups ...
Pieter Schaap, Theresa Vermeulen
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Brief Report: An Evaluation of Item Bias on the Functional Activities Questionnaire. [PDF]
Arch Clin Neuropsychol, 2023 González DA +3 more
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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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