Statistics used to detect differential item functioning can also reflect differential strengths and weaknesses in the performance characteristics of population subgroups. In turn, item features ...
Background The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) is a widely used patient reported outcome in osteoarthritis. An important, but frequently overlooked, aspect of ...
Establishing measurement equivalence is important because inaccurate assessment may lead to incorrect estimates of effects in research, and to suboptimal decisions at the individual, clinical level.
When contextual features of test-taking environments differentially affect item responding for different test-takers and these features vary across test administrations, they may cause differential ...
Citations: Panter, A., Taya Cohen, Brenda DeVellis, Robert DeVellis, Thespina Yamanis, Joanne Jordan. 2009. Factor Structure and Differential Item Functioning of the Center for Epidemological ...