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Differential Item Functioning - Hardcover

 
9780805809725: Differential Item Functioning
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0805809724 ISBN 13: 9780805809725
Publisher: Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

Test fairness is a moral imperative for both the makers and the users of tests. This book focuses on methods for detecting test items that function differently for different groups of examinees and on using this information to improve tests. Of interest to all testing and measurement specialists, it examines modern techniques used routinely to insure test fairness. Three of these relevant to the book's contents are:

* detailed reviews of test items by subject matter experts and members of the major subgroups in society (gender, ethnic, and linguistic) that will be represented in the examinee population

* comparisons of the predictive validity of the test done separately for each one of the major subgroups of examinees

* extensive statistical analyses of the relative performance of major subgroups of examinees on individual test items.

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Paul W. Holland, Howard Wainer

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0805809724
ISBN 13 
9780805809725
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
470
Editor
Holland Paul W., Wainer Howard