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Download full textSinnott, Loraine T. – 1982
A standard method for exploring item bias is the intergroup comparison of item difficulties. This paper describes a refinement and generalization of this technique. In contrast to prior approaches, the proposed method deletes outlying items from the formulation of a criterion for identifying items as deviant. It also extends the mathematical…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Item Analysis
Lawrence, Ida M. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to gauge the disadvantage, if any, of reaching difficult items that appear earlier in a test, at the expense of not reaching easier items that appear later in a test. The study focused on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) data and examined the effect for females, Asian…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level
O'Neill, Kathleen A.; And Others – 1993
The purpose of this study was to identify differentially functioning items on operational administrations of the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) through the use of the Mantel-Haenszel statistic. Retrospective analyses of data collected over 3 years are reported for black/white and female/male comparisons for the Verbal and Quantitative…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classification, College Entrance Examinations, Difficulty Level
