Differential Item Functioning in Biodata: Opportunity Access as an Explanation of Gender- and Race-Related DIF

Autor/inn/en	Imus, Anna; Schmitt, Neal; Kim, Brian; Oswald, Frederick L.; Merritt, Stephanie; Wrestring, Alyssa Friede
Titel	Differential Item Functioning in Biodata: Opportunity Access as an Explanation of Gender- and Race-Related DIF
Quelle	In: Applied Measurement in Education, 24 (2011) 1, S.71-94 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-7347
Schlagwörter	Test Bias; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Biographical Inventories; Student Experience; African American Students; White Students; College Students; Student Characteristics; Item Response Theory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testkritik; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Biography; Biographies; Research; Biographie; Forschung; Biografieforschung; Biografische Methode; Biografisches Interview; Studienerfahrung; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Item-Response-Theorie
Abstract	Investigations of differential item functioning (DIF) have been conducted mostly on ability tests and have found little evidence of easily interpretable differences across various demographic subgroups. In this study, we examined the degree to which DIF in biographical data items referencing academically relevant background, experiences, and interests was related to differences in judgments about access to these experiences by members of different gender and race subgroups. DIF in the location parameter was significantly related (r = -0.51, p less than 0.01) to gender differences in perceived accessibility to experience. No significant relationships with accessibility were observed for DIF in the slope parameter across gender groups or for the slope and location parameters associated with DIF across Black and White groups. Practical implications for use of biodata and theoretical implications for DIF research are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10