The DIF-Free-Then-DIF Strategy for the Assessment of Differential Item Functioning

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 687-708

  Wang, Wen Chung ^a   Shih, Ching Lin ^b   Sun, Guo Wei ^b  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

differential item functioning; item response theory; likelihood ratio tests; matching variables; scale purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863578806     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164411426157     Document Type: Article

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