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Guo, Hongwen; Sinharay, Sandip – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2011
Nonparametric or kernel regression estimation of item response curves (IRCs) is often used in item analysis in testing programs. These estimates are biased when the observed scores are used as the regressor because the observed scores are contaminated by measurement error. Accuracy of this estimation is a concern theoretically and operationally.…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Measurement, Item Analysis, Error of Measurement
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Penfield, Randall D. – Applied Psychological Measurement, 2005
Differential item functioning (DIF) is an important consideration in assessing the validity of test scores (Camilli & Shepard, 1994). A variety of statistical procedures have been developed to assess DIF in tests of dichotomous (Hills, 1989; Millsap & Everson, 1993) and polytomous (Penfield & Lam, 2000; Potenza & Dorans, 1995) items. Some of these…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Item Analysis, Psychological Studies, Evaluation Methods