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Download full textHambleton, Ronald; Rodgers, Jane – 1995
This digest introduces three issues to consider when evaluating test items for bias: fairness, bias, and stereotyping. In any bias investigation, the first step is to identify the subgroups of interest. Bias reviews and studies generally focus on differential performance for sex, ethnic, cultural, and religious groups. In preparing an item bias…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Ethnicity, Evaluation Methods
