Managing the Influence of DIF from Big Items: The 1988 Advanced Placement History Test as an Example.

Wainer, Howard; Lukhele, Robert

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Publication Date: 1997

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Managing the Influence of DIF from Big Items: The 1988 Advanced Placement History Test as an Example.

Wainer, Howard; Lukhele, Robert

Applied Measurement in Education, v10 n3 p201-15 1997

The screening for flaws done for multiple-choice items is often not done for large items. Examines continuous item weighting as a way to manage the influence of differential item functioning (DIF). Data from the College Board Advanced Placement History Test are used to illustrate the method. (SLD)

Descriptors: Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, History, Item Bias, Multiple Choice Tests, Test Items

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