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Ryan, Katherine E. – 1992
Whether specification of focal group membership based on ethnicity as well as educational opportunity affects differential item functioning (DIF) of test items was studied. Subjects were 4,342 freshmen admitted to a large midwestern university who completed the 40-item Advanced Mathematics Placement Examination in the spring of 1991. There were…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Black Students, College Freshmen, Comparative Testing
