An Investigation of Item Position Effects by Means of IRT-Based Differential Item Functioning Methods

an exploratory study of differential item functioning (dif) in efl reading comprehension

بررسی دلایل عملکرد متفاوت سوالات آزمون درک مطلب به زبان خارجی تاریخچه ی تحقیق درباره ی منابع عملکرد مختلف سوالات (دیف) در آزمون درک مطلب پر است از مجموعه ای از متغیرهای فرضیه ای که چند مورد از مهمترین آنها عبارتند از: جنسیت، آشنایی با موضوع متن، علاقه به موضوع یا محتوای متن، حدس زدن، و عوامل بافت اجتماعی (پی 2004؛ زومبو و گلین 2005). مطالعه حاضر با استناد به فلسفه ی انکارپذیری پوپر عوامل ذکر...

Re-evaluating a vision-related quality of life questionnaire with item response theory (IRT) and differential item functioning (DIF) analyses

BACKGROUND For the Low Vision Quality Of Life questionnaire (LVQOL) it is unknown whether the psychometric properties are satisfactory when an item response theory (IRT) perspective is considered. This study evaluates some essential psychometric properties of the LVQOL questionnaire in an IRT model, and investigates differential item functioning (DIF). METHODS Cross-sectional data were used f...

A Comparison of Methods for Estimating Conditional Item Score Difference in Differential Item Functioning (DIF) Assessments

Racial differences in hypertension knowledge: effects of differential item functioning.

Health-related knowledge is an important component in the self-management of chronic illnesses. The objective of this study was to more accurately assess racial differences in hypertension knowledge by using a latent variable modeling approach that controlled for sociodemographic factors and accounted for measurement issues in the assessment of hypertension knowledge. Cross-sectional data from ...

An IRT-Based Approach to Obtaining Item-Aware Learning Achievement

Due to the technical advances of computer networks, developing a learning assessment system with the diagnosis technology induced has become an important issue. As we know, data mining is a powerful tool in discovering hidden knowledge or rules such as Concept Effect Relationships from the testing results. However, since the learning achievement decided by the testing results may be affected by...