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Woods, Carol M. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2009
Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when an item on a test or questionnaire has different measurement properties for 1 group of people versus another, irrespective of mean differences on the construct. This study focuses on the use of multiple-indicator multiple-cause (MIMIC) structural equation models for DIF testing, parameterized as item…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Structural Equation Models, Item Response Theory, Testing
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van Ginkel, Joost R.; van der Ark, L. Andries; Sijtsma, Klaas – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2007
The performance of five simple multiple imputation methods for dealing with missing data were compared. In addition, random imputation and multivariate normal imputation were used as lower and upper benchmark, respectively. Test data were simulated and item scores were deleted such that they were either missing completely at random, missing at…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Psychometrics, Item Response Theory, Scores