A Method of Assessing Bias in Test Items.

Scheuneman, Janice

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Publication Date: 1979

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A Method of Assessing Bias in Test Items.

Scheuneman, Janice

Journal of Educational Measurement, v16 n3 p143-52 Fall 1979

This paper presents a chi square method for assessing bias in test items. In this procedure an unbiased item is defined as an item for which the probability of a correct response is the same for any person of a given ability level regardless of that person's ethnic group. (Author/CTM)

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Item Analysis, Primary Education, Racial Differences, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Significance, Test Bias, Test Items

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Language: English

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