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Differential Item Performance in Mathematics Achievement Test Items: Effect of Item Arrangement.
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Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1988
The effect of item context on differential item performance based on gender on mathematics test items was studied, using 404 male and 375 female adults. The analyses were based on a modified one-parameter item response theory methodology. Gender differences emerged; however, they may be due to chance. (TJH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adults, Latent Trait Theory, Mathematics Tests
Differential Performance of Males and Females on Easy to Hard Item Arrangements: Influence of Feedback at the Item Level.
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Plake, Barbara S.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
The purpose of this study was to investigate further the effect of differential item performance by males and females on tests which have different item arrangements. The study allows for a more accurate evaluation of whether differential sensitivity to reinforcement strategies is a factor in performance discrepancies for males and females.…
Descriptors: Feedback, Higher Education, Performance Factors, Quantitative Tests
Effects of Item Arrangement, Sex of the Subject, and Test Anxiety on Cognitive and Self-Perception Scores in a Nonquantitative Content Area.
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Plake, Barbara S.; Ansorge, Charles J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
Scores representing number of items right and self-perceptions were analyzed for a nonquantitative examination that was assembled into three forms. Multivariate ANCOVA revealed no significant effects for the cognitive measure. However, significant sex and sex x order effects were found for perceptions scores not parallel to those reported…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Higher Education, Multiple Choice Tests, Scores