Item-focussed trees for the identification of items in differential item functioning

DOI10.1007/S11336-015-9488-3MaRDI QIDQ316723zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Gerhard Tutz, Moritz Berger

Publication date 27 September 2016

Published in Psychometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.04329

zbMATH Keywords

differential item functioningrecursive partitioningRasch modelitem-focussed trees

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to psychology (62P15)

Abstract: A new method for the identification of differential item functioning (DIF) by using recursive partitioning techniques is proposed. We assume an extension of the Rasch model that allows for DIF being induced by an arbitrary number of covariates for each item. Recursive partitioning on the item level results in one tree for each item and leads to simultaneous selection of items and variables that induce DIF. For each item it is possible to detect groups of subjects with different item difficulties, defined by combinations of characteristics that are not pre-specified. An algorithm is proposed that is based on permutation tests. Various simulation studies, including the comparison with traditional approaches to identify items with DIF, show the applicability and the competitive performance of the method. Two applications illustrate the usefulness and the advantages of the new method.

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Uses Software

• DIFtree
• difR
• DIFlasso

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