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ERIC Number: EJ1217845
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1536-6367
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Simultaneously Modeling Differential Testlet Functioning and Differential Item Functioning: Addressing Variance Heterogeneity with a Multigroup One-Parameter Testlet Model
Luo, Yong; Liang, Xinya
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, v17 n2 p93-105 2019
Current methods that simultaneously model differential testlet functioning (DTLF) and differential item functioning (DIF) constrain the variances of latent ability and testlet effects to be equal between the focal and the reference groups. Such a constraint can be stringent and unrealistic with real data. In this study, we propose a multigroup one-parameter testlet model (M1PLTM) that relaxes this equal variance assumption and also allows simultaneous modeling of DTLF and DIF. M1PLTM is a more generalized version of the extant models. The results of a simulation study show that parameters of M1PLTM could be accurately recovered via a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method; when data were generated based on M1PLTM, falsely assuming equal variances of latent ability and testlet effects resulted in inferior parameter recovery.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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