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Magis, David; De Boeck, Paul – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 2011
We focus on the identification of differential item functioning (DIF) when more than two groups of examinees are considered. We propose to consider items as elements of a multivariate space, where DIF items are outlying elements. Following this approach, the situation of multiple groups is a quite natural case. A robust statistics technique is…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Mathematics Tests, Identification, Sampling
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Magis, David; Raiche, Gilles; Beland, Sebastien; Gerard, Paul – International Journal of Testing, 2011
We present an extension of the logistic regression procedure to identify dichotomous differential item functioning (DIF) in the presence of more than two groups of respondents. Starting from the usual framework of a single focal group, we propose a general approach to estimate the item response functions in each group and to test for the presence…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Identification, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods