The Medical Specialization Education Entrance Examination is a national high-stake test for the placement of medical graduates in specialization training Turkey. purpose this study to determine whether items display gender-related differential item functioning (DIF) by using Mantel-Haenszel and logistic regression methods. To presence bias, content experts reviewed items. analyzes were conducte...

The impact of curricular reform efforts that are incorporated into the Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSIs) program were examined at the item level using data from the 1990, 1992, and 1996 NAEP state administrations. The item-level data from the State NAEP for grade 8 from 1990, 1992, and 1996 and for grade 4 from 1992, and 1996 were examined applying methodology developed for the study of dif...

The validity of large-scale assessments may be compromised, partly due to their content inappropriateness or construct underrepresentation. Few validity studies have focused on such assessments within an argument-based framework. This study analyzed the domain description and evaluation inference of the Ph.D. Entrance Exam of ELT (PEEE) sat by Ph.D. examinees (n = 999) in 2014 in Iran....

This study's purpose is to analyze the psychometric properties of Indonesian version Warwick-Edinburgh Mental WellBeing Scale (WEMWBS) using Rasch model measurement analysis test its reliability measurements, item fit statistics, rating scale functions, and differential functioning. A total 855 samples completed 14-items in WEMWBS. The indicates that data model, item-person above 0.8, separatio...

PURPOSE To further refine the Adult Strabismus 20 (AS-20) health-related quality of life (HRQOL) questionnaire using Rasch analysis. METHODS Rasch analysis was performed independently on the original AS-20 using the following steps: dimensionality, response ordering, local dependence, infit and outfit analyses, differential item functioning, subject targeting, and confirmatory dimensionality....

BACKGROUND The Ruminative Response Scale (RRS)-short form is one of the most widely used measures of rumination, comprising ten items and two components: reflection and brooding. The aim of this study was to investigate RRS validity and reliability in a clinical sample of French patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Outpatients with a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of MDD w...