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Peer reviewedCohen, Allan S.; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1996
Type I error rates for the likelihood ratio test for detecting differential item functioning (DIF) were investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. Type I error rates for the two-parameter model were within theoretically expected values at each alpha level, but those for the three-parameter model were not. (SLD)
Descriptors: Identification, Item Bias, Item Response Theory, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
