Revising Translated Differential Item Functioning Items as a Tool for Improving Cross-Lingual Assessment.

Allalouf, Avi

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Publication Date: 2003

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Revising Translated Differential Item Functioning Items as a Tool for Improving Cross-Lingual Assessment.

Allalouf, Avi

Applied Measurement in Education, v16 n1 p55-73 2003

Studied whether differential item functioning (DIF) in translated verbal items could be reduced or eliminated by revising these items. Results for six sections of an Israeli college admission test translated from Hebrew to Russian show that revisions can reduce DIF considerably. Discusses costs of the revision process. (SLD)

Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Costs, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Item Bias, Russian, Test Format, Test Items, Translation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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