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Download full textFreedle, Roy; Kostin, Irene – 1988
The first of two studies reported examined the factors that predict differences in item responses for black and white matched examinees to analogies on the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). Data were taken from 13 forms of the GRE Verbal Test, with a median sample size of 21,000 whites and a median sample size of 1,400 blacks for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Difficulty Level, Ethnic Groups, Item Bias
Peer reviewedFreedle, Roy; Kostin, Irene – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1990
The importance of item difficulty (equated delta) was explored as a predictor of differential item functioning of Black versus White examinees for 4 verbal item types using 13 Graduate Record Examination forms and 11 Scholastic Aptitude Test forms. Several significant racial differences were found. (TJH)
Descriptors: Black Students, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing
