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ERIC Number: EJ517181
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-7347
A Comparison of Lord's Chi-Square, Raju's Area Measures, and the Likelihood Ratio Test on Detection of Differential Item Functioning.
Kim, Seock-Ho; Cohen, Allan S.
Applied Measurement in Education, v8 n4 p291-312 1995
Three procedures for the detection of differential item functioning under item response theory were compared. Data for 2 forms of a mathematics test taken by 1,490 college students were analyzed through F. M. Lord's chi-square, N. S. Raju's area measures, and the likelihood ratio test. (SLD)
Descriptors: Chi Square, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Identification, Item Bias, Item Response Theory, Mathematics, Student Placement, Test Items
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Likelihood Ratio Tests
Note: Portions of this paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April 4-8, 1994).