Differential item functioning analysis without a priori information on anchor items: QQ plots and graphical test

DOI10.1007/s11336-021-09746-5zbMath1477.62361OpenAlexW3135745031MaRDI QIDQ2066581

Yuting Han, Ke-Hai Yuan, Hong-Yun Liu

Publication date: 14 January 2022

Published in: Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-021-09746-5

zbMATH Keywords

confidence intervaldifferential item functioninggraphical testRCD-QQ plotrelative change of difficulty difference

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

Related Items

DIF statistical inference without knowing anchoring items ⋮ Not all DIF is shaped similarly

Uses Software

• R
• IRTPRO
• mirt
• DIFlasso
• difR
• bootstrap
• lordif
• DFIT8
• bootlib

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