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Download full textDoolittle, Allen E. – 1983
The stability of selected indices for detecting differential item performance (item bias), from one randomly equivalent sample to another, is addressed. Some recent research has criticized these indices as too unreliable for utility in measuring bias in achievement test items. Using data from a national testing of the ACT Assessment, however, this…
Descriptors: Black Students, Item Analysis, Racial Factors, Reliability
