A Kernel-Smoothed Version of SIBTEST with Applications to Local DIF Inference and Function Estimation

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 333-363

  Douglas, Jeffrey A ^a   Stout, William ^b   DiBello, Louis V ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Law School Admission Council

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Item response function; Kernel smoothing; Local DIF; SIBTEST; Smoothed SIBTEST; TESTGRAF

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030360150     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986021004333     Document Type: Article

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