Use of differential item functioning (DIF) analysis for bias analysis in test construction
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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...
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عنوان ژورنال: SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 2071-0763,0258-5200
DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v30i4.175