Sex Differential Item Functioning for Mathematics test in Cognitive Development Program in Sultanate of Oman by Mental-Haenszel and Item Characteristic Curve Methods

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Yousef Abu Shindi ◽  
Ali Mahdi Kazem
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Sultanate Of Oman ◽  
Item Characteristic Curve ◽  
Mathematics Test ◽  
Item Functioning

scholarly journals Differential Item Functioning in Reports of Delinquent Behavior between Black and White Youth: Evidence of Measurement Bias in Self-Reports of Arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Angus Clark ◽  
Sarah Brislin ◽  
Duncan B. Clark ◽  
C. Emily Durbin ◽  
Ashley C. Parr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Development ◽  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
White Youth ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Callous Unemotional ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
Multiple Covariates

Youth self-reports are a mainstay of delinquency assessment. However, making valid inferences about delinquency using these assessments requires equivalent measurement across groups of theoretical interest. We therefore examined whether a brief 10-item delinquency measure exhibited measurement invariance across non-Hispanic White (n=6064) and Black (n=1666) youth (ages 10-11 years old) in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. We detected differential item functioning (DIF) in two items. Overall, Black youth were more likely to report being arrested or picked up by police than White youth of equivalent standing on the latent delinquency trait. Although multiple covariates (income, impulsivity, and callous-unemotional traits) reduced mean-level difference in overall delinquency, they had little effect on the DIF in the arrest item. However, the DIF in the arrest item was reduced in size and no longer significant after adjusting for neighborhood safety. Results illustrate the importance of considering measurement invariance when using self-reported delinquency scores to draw inferences about group differences, and the utility of measurement invariance analyses for identifying etiological mechanisms that may contribute to group differences.

Effects of the Common Scale Setting in the Assessment of Differential Item Functioning

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hung-Yu Huang
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Item Type ◽  
Parameter Estimates ◽  
Ability Estimates ◽  
Mathematics Test ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Ability Estimate ◽  
Biased Estimates

This study compares three methods of detecting differential item functioning (DIF), the equal mean difficulty (EMD), all-other-item (AOI), and constant item (CI) methods, in terms of estimation bias and rank order change of ability estimates using a series of simulations and two empirical examples. The CI method generated accurate DIF parameter estimates, whereas the EMD and AOI methods produced biased estimates. Moreover, as the percentage of DIF items in a test increased, the superiority of the CI method over the EMD and AOI methods became more apparent. The superiority of the CI method is independent of the sample size, test length, and item type (dichotomous or polytomous). Two empirical examples, a mathematics test and a hostility questionnaire, demonstrated that these three methods yielded inconsistent DIF detections and produced different ability estimate rankings.

Erfassung von mathematischen Kompetenzen im Vorschulalter mit MARKO-D

Diagnostica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Ariana Garrote ◽  
Elisabeth Moser Opitz
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Item Functioning

Zusammenfassung. In dieser Studie wurde der Test MARKO-D (Mathematik- und Rechenkonzepte im Vorschulalter–Diagnose) mit einer Stichprobe von Kindern aus der deutschsprachigen Schweiz ( N = 555) im ersten und zweiten Kindergartenjahr erprobt und es wurde analysiert, ob sich die Altersnormen der deutschen Stichprobe auf die Schweiz übertragen lassen. Zudem wurde der Test mit einer Teilstichprobe ( n = 87) hinsichtlich Messinvarianz über die Zeit untersucht. Die Ergebnisse des eindimensionalen Rasch-Modells zeigen, dass das Instrument für die Schweiz geeignet ist. Die Testleistungen hängen jedoch vom Kindergartenbesuch ab. Für die Schweiz müssten deshalb nebst Altersnormen auch Normen pro Kindergartenhalbjahr verwendet werden. Die Analyse mittels Differential Item Functioning ergab, dass 17 von 55 Items von großer Messvarianz über die Zeit betroffen sind. Um das Instrument für Längsschnittuntersuchungen einsetzen zu können, müsste es weiterentwickelt werden.

Differential Item Functioning in Brief Instruments of Disordered Eating

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 823-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desiree Thielemann ◽  
Felicitas Richter ◽  
Bernd Strauss ◽  
Elmar Braehler ◽  
Uwe Altmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
German Population ◽  
Test Fairness ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Multiple Indicator

Abstract. Most instruments for the assessment of disordered eating were developed and validated in young female samples. However, they are often used in heterogeneous general population samples. Therefore, brief instruments of disordered eating should assess the severity of disordered eating equally well between individuals with different gender, age, body mass index (BMI), and socioeconomic status (SES). Differential item functioning (DIF) of two brief instruments of disordered eating (SCOFF, Eating Attitudes Test [EAT-8]) was modeled in a representative sample of the German population ( N = 2,527) using a multigroup item response theory (IRT) and a multiple-indicator multiple-cause (MIMIC) structural equation model (SEM) approach. No DIF by age was found in both questionnaires. Three items of the EAT-8 showed DIF across gender, indicating that females are more likely to agree than males, given the same severity of disordered eating. One item of the EAT-8 revealed slight DIF by BMI. DIF with respect to the SCOFF seemed to be negligible. Both questionnaires are equally fair across people with different age and SES. The DIF by gender that we found with respect to the EAT-8 as screening instrument may be also reflected in the use of different cutoff values for men and women. In general, both brief instruments assessing disordered eating revealed their strengths and limitations concerning test fairness for different groups.

An IRT Investigation of the Validity of Non-Patient Analogue Research Using the Beck Depression Inventory

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean M. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Latent Trait ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Patient Groups ◽  
Analogue Research ◽  
Rating Scale Model

This paper presents an IRT analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory which was carried out to assess the assumption of an underlying latent trait common to non-clinical and patient samples. A one parameter rating scale model was fitted to data drawn from a patient and non-patient sample. Findings suggest that while the BDI fits the model reasonably well for the two samples separately there is sufficient differential item functioning to raise serious duobts of the viability of using it analogously with patient and non-patient groups.

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