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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 Purpose Comparison 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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CULTURAL BIAS IN LANGUAGE TESTING
TEFLIN Journal, 2006 An issue that has recently been gaining more attention in the domain of language testing is item bias. Defined as the characteristic of an item which causes learners of the same abilities but of different social groups to perform differently, the bias ...
Patrisius Istiarto Djiwandono
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Frontiers in Education, 2022 The purpose of this study is to examine the distractors of items that exhibit differential item functioning (DIF) across gender to explain the possible sources of DIF in the context of large-scale tests.
Burhanettin Ozdemir, Hanan M. AlGhamdi
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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.
Weijters, Bert +2 more
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Purification procedures used for the detection of gender DIF: Item bias in a foreign language test
International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023 Differential item functioning (DIF) detection was handled based on “Mantel-Haenszel (MH)”, “Simultaneous item bias test (SIBTEST)”, “Lord's chi-square”, “Raju's area” methods when item purification was performed or item purification was not performed ...
Serap Büyükkıdık
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Differential Item Functioning and Implications for Testing in Nigeria Education System
Indonesian Journal of Learning Education and Counseling, 2022 • The study analyzes and assesses differential item functioning (DIF) by different demographic groups, particularly gender and cultural groupings, in order to produce appropriate test items.
Yinusa Akintoye Faremi, Kasali Jimoh
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Investigating possible causes of bias in a progress test translation: an one-edged sword [PDF]
Korean Journal of Medical Education, 2019 Purpose Assessment in different languages should measure the same construct. However, item characteristics, such as item flaws and content, may favor one test-taker group over another. This is known as item bias.
Dario Cecilio-Fernandes +5 more
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Bias and Equivalence in Cross-Cultural Research [PDF]
, 2012 Bias and equivalence are key concepts in the methodology of cross-cultural studies. Bias is a generic term for any challenge of the comparability of cross-cultural data; bias leads to invalid conclusions.
Jia He +5 more
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Influence of Context on Item Parameters in Forced-Choice Personality Assessments [PDF]
, 2016 A fundamental assumption in computerized adaptive testing (CAT) is that item parameters are invariant with respect to context – items surrounding the administered item.
Lin, Yin, Brown, Anna
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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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