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ERIC Number: EJ443846
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-6216
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A Comparison of Two Area Measures for Detecting Differential Item Functioning.
Kim, Seock-Ho; Cohen, Allan S.
Applied Psychological Measurement, v15 n3 p269-78 Sep 1991
The exact and closed-interval area measures for detecting differential item functioning are compared for actual data from 1,000 African-American and 1,000 white college students taking a vocabulary test with items intentionally constructed to favor 1 set of examinees. No real differences in detection of biased items were found. (SLD)
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Comparative Testing, Equations (Mathematics), Higher Education, Item Bias, Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models, Racial Bias, Test Items, Vocabulary, White Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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