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Direct linkLi, Yanmei; Cohen, Allan S.; Ibarra, Robert A. – International Journal of Testing, 2004
Most research on differential item functioning (DIF) focuses on methods for detection rather than on understanding why DIF might occur. This study was designed to investigate whether two alternative approaches to parsing items based on structural characteristics related to particular cognitive strategies could be used to help explain gender DIF.…
Descriptors: Test Items, Cognitive Structures, Gender Differences, Mathematics Tests
