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Direct linkLongford, Nicholas T. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2014
A method for medical screening is adapted to differential item functioning (DIF). Its essential elements are explicit declarations of the level of DIF that is acceptable and of the loss function that quantifies the consequences of the two kinds of inappropriate classification of an item. Instead of a single level and a single function, sets of…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Bias, Simulation, Hypothesis Testing
