A Mixture IRT Model Analysis of Ethnic Group DIF [microform] / Taehoon Kang and Allan S. Cohen.

A number of methods exist for detection of differential item functioning (DIF), but these methods tell us little about the causes of DIF. DIF is typically defined based on a relationship with some manifest group characteristic, such as gender or ethnicity, which is only weakly associated with DIF. W...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Kang, Taehoon
Other Authors:	Cohen, Allan S.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2003.
Subjects:	Ethnicity. Item Bias. Item Response Theory. Racial Differences. Student Characteristics. Test Items.