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Peer reviewedZwick, Rebecca – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
Recent simulations have shown that, for a given sample size, the Mantel-Haenszel (MH) variances tend to be larger when items are administered to randomly selected examinees than when they are administered adaptively. Results suggest that adaptive testing may lead to more efficient application of MH differential item functioning analyses. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Item Bias, Sample Size, Simulation
Peer reviewedZwick, Rebecca; Thayer, Dorothy T. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2002
Used a simulation to investigate the applicability to computerized adaptive test data of a differential item functioning (DIF) analysis method. Results show the performance of this empirical Bayes enhancement of the Mantel Haenszel DIF analysis method to be quite promising. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Computer Assisted Testing, Item Bias
Download full textZwick, Rebecca – 1994
The Mantel Haenszel (MH; 1959) approach of Holland and Thayer (1988) is a well-established method for assessing differential item functioning (DIF). The formula for the variance of the MH DIF statistic is based on work by Phillips and Holland (1987) and Robins, Breslow, and Greenland (1986). Recent simulation studies showed that the MH variances…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Evaluation Methods, Item Bias, Measurement Techniques
Zwick, Rebecca; Thayer, Dorothy T. – 2003
This study investigated the applicability to computerized adaptive testing (CAT) data of a differential item functioning (DIF) analysis that involves an empirical Bayes (EB) enhancement of the popular Mantel Haenszel (MH) DIF analysis method. The computerized Law School Admission Test (LSAT) assumed for this study was similar to that currently…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, College Entrance Examinations, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedZwick, Rebecca; And Others – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1995
In a simulation study of ability and estimation of differential item functioning (DIF) in computerized adaptive tests, Rasch-based DIF statistics were highly correlated with generating DIF, but DIF statistics tended to be slightly smaller than in the three-parameter logistic model analyses. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
Zwick, Rebecca – 1995
This paper describes a study, now in progress, of new methods for representing the sampling variability of Mantel-Haenszel differential item functioning (DIF) results, based on the system for categorizing the severity of DIF that is now in place at the Educational Testing Service. The methods, which involve a Bayesian elaboration of procedures…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Computer Assisted Testing
Peer reviewedZwick, Rebecca; And Others – Applied Psychological Measurement, 1994
Simulated data were used to investigate the performance of modified versions of the Mantel-Haenszel method of differential item functioning (DIF) analysis in computerized adaptive tests (CAT). Results indicate that CAT-based DIF procedures perform well and support the use of item response theory-based matching variables in DIF analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation, Error of Measurement
Zwick, Rebecca; And Others – 1993
Simulated data were used to investigate the performance of modified versions of the Mantel-Haenszel and standardization methods of differential item functioning (DIF) analysis in computer-adaptive tests (CATs). Each "examinee" received 25 items out of a 75-item pool. A three-parameter logistic item response model was assumed, and…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Correlation, Error of Measurement
Zwick, Rebecca; And Others – 1994
A simulation study of methods of assessing differential item functioning (DIF) in computer-adaptive tests (CATs) was conducted by Zwick, Thayer, and Wingersky (in press, 1993). Results showed that modified versions of the Mantel-Haenszel and standardization methods work well with CAT data. DIF methods were also investigated for nonadaptive…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Error of Measurement, Estimation (Mathematics)
PDF pending restorationZwick, Rebecca; And Others – 1994
A previous simulation study of methods for assessing item functioning (DIF) in computer-adaptive tests (CATs) showed that modified versions of the Mantel-Haenszel and standardization methods work well with CAT data. In that study, data were generated using the three-parameter logistic (3PL) model, and this same model was assumed in obtaining item…
Descriptors: Ability, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Simulation
