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Publikováno v:
Educational Assessment. 26:20-34
Today, postsecondary institutions in the US typically wish to enroll entering classes that are both academically qualified and diverse. Although the definition of diversity varies from school to sc...
Publikováno v:
Applied Measurement in Education. 32:281-297
In US colleges, the scarcity of students from low-income families is a major concern. We present a novel way of boosting the percentage of qualified low-income students using constrained optimizati...
Publikováno v:
Journal of Educational Measurement. 55:132-151
Publikováno v:
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. 37:601-629
This study demonstrates how the stability of Mantel–Haenszel (MH) DIF (differential item functioning) methods can be improved by integrating information across multiple test administrations using B...
Autor:
John R. Donoghue, Steven Isham
Publikováno v:
Applied Psychological Measurement. 22:33-51
Monte carlo methods were used to compare several measures of item parameter drift. Number of examinees, number of items, and number of drift items in the test were manipulated. Overall, Lord's x2 measure was the most effective in identifying items th
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 2013:i-23
Differential item functioning (DIF) analysis is a key component in the evaluation of the fairness and validity of educational tests. Although it is often assumed that refinement of the matching criterion always provides more accurate DIF results, the
Autor:
Steven Isham, John R. Donoghue
Publikováno v:
ETS Research Report Series. 1996:i-46
This study used Monte Carlo methods to examine the use of several methods to identify item parameter drift. Number of examinees, number of items, and number of drift items in the test were manipulated. Overall, Lord's χ2 measure was the most effecti