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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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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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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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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Mitigation of Popularity Bias in Recommendation Systems [PDF]
, 2022 In response to the quantity of information available on the Internet, many online service providers are attempting to customize their services and make content access more simple via recommender systems (RSs) to support users in discovering the products ...
Karboua, S. +3 more
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The cross-cultural application of the social axioms survey in The South African police service
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 2008 The objectives of this study were to investigate the replicability, construct equivalence, item bias and reliability of the Social Axioms Survey (SAS) in the South African Police Service (SAPS). A cross-sectional survey design was used.
Adi Barnard +2 more
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Anchor selection strategies for DIF analysis: Review, assessment, and new approaches [PDF]
, 2013 Differential item functioning (DIF) indicates the violation of the invariance assumption for instance in models based on item response theory (IRT). For item-wise DIF analysis using IRT, a common metric for the item parameters of the groups that are to ...
Zeileis, Achim +2 more
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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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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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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 ...
Marie Johnston +5 more
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