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A Penalty Approach to Differential Item Functioning in Rasch Models [PDF]
, 2012 A new diagnostic tool for the identification of differential item functioning (DIF) is proposed. Classical approaches to DIF allow to consider only few subpopulations like ethnic groups when investigating if the solution of items depends on the ...
Tutz, Gerhard, Schauberger, Gunther
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International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2019 Thepurpose of this study is to determine whether English test items ofUndergraduate Placement Exam (UPE) in 2016 containdifferential item functioning (DIF) and differential bundle functioning (DBF)in terms of gender and school type and examine the ...
Rabia Akcan, Kübra Atalay Kabasakal
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Item Response Modeling of Forced-Choice Questionnaires [PDF]
, 2011 Multidimensional forced-choice formats can significantly reduce the impact of numerous response biases typically associated with rating scales. However, if scored with classical methodology, these questionnaires produce ipsative data, which lead to ...
Alberto Maydeu-Olivares +3 more
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Exploring differential item functioning in the SF-36 by demographic, clinical, psychological and social factors in an osteoarthritis population [PDF]
, 2013 The SF-36 is a very commonly used generic measure of health outcome in osteoarthritis (OA). An important, but frequently overlooked, aspect of validating health outcome measures is to establish if items work in the same way across subgroup of a ...
Johnston, Marie +2 more
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SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017 Orientation: Developing personnel into skilled employees is a major focus of managers and companies. Doing this in a valid way in a cross-culturally diverse working environment may be challenging.
Symen A. Brouwers +2 more
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Item Response Modeling of Paired Comparison and Ranking Data [PDF]
, 2010 The comparative format used in ranking and paired comparisons tasks can significantly reduce the impact of uniform response biases typically associated with rating scales.
Alberto Maydeu-Olivares +3 more
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Is It Biased? Empirical Analysis of Various Phenomena That Affect Survey Results
Revija za Sociologiju, 2021 It is often assumed that survey results reflect only the quality of the sample and the underlying measuring instruments used in the survey. However, various phenomena can affect the results, but these influences are often neglected when conducting ...
Luka Mandić, Ksenija Klasnić
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Anchor methods for DIF detection: A comparison of the iterative forward, backward, constant and all-other anchor class [PDF]
, 2013 In the analysis of differential item functioning (DIF) using item response theory (IRT), a common metric is necessary to compare item parameters between groups of test-takers.
Zeileis, Achim +2 more
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Probing for Bias: Comparing Populations Using Item Response Curves
Numeracy, 2020 We introduce an approach for making a quantitative comparison of the item response curves (IRCs) of any two populations on a multiple-choice test instrument. In this study, we employ simulated and actual data. We apply our approach to a dataset of 12,187
Paul Walter +2 more
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Bias factors in mathematics achievement tests among Israeli students from the Former Soviet Union
Cogent Education, 2016 This study explains mathematical difficulties of students who immigrated from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) vis-à-vis Israeli students, by identifying the existing bias factors in achievement tests.
Michal Levi-Keren
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