Methods for Identifying Biased Test Items: 4 (Measurement Methods for the Social Science) - Softcover

Gregory Camilli; Lorrie Shepard

 
9780803944169: Methods for Identifying Biased Test Items: 4 (Measurement Methods for the Social Science)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0803944160 ISBN 13: 9780803944169
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1994

Synopsis

This book makes clear to researchers what item-bias methods can (and cannot) do, how they work and how they should be interpreted. Advice is provided on the most useful methods for particular test situations. The authors explain the logic of each method - from item-response theory to nonparametric, categorical methods - in terms of how differential item functioning (DIF) is defined by the method and how well the method can be expected to work. A summary of findings on the behaviour of indices in empirical studies is included. The book concludes with a set of principles for deciding when DIF should be interpreted as evidence of bias.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0803944160
ISBN 13 
9780803944169
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192

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