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Chalmers, R. Philip; Counsell, Alyssa; Flora, David B. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2016
Differential test functioning, or DTF, occurs when one or more items in a test demonstrate differential item functioning (DIF) and the aggregate of these effects are witnessed at the test level. In many applications, DTF can be more important than DIF when the overall effects of DIF at the test level can be quantified. However, optimal statistical…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Sampling, Test Items, Statistical Analysis