Native Language-Based DIF across the Subtests: A Study of the Iranian National University Entrance Exam

Native Language-Based DIF across the Subtests: A Study of the Iranian National University Entrance Exam

This paper reports on an investigation of native language-based differential item functioning (DIF) across the subtests of Iranian Undergraduate University Entrance Special English Exam (IUUESEE). Fourteen thousand one hundred seventy two foreign-language test takers (including four groups of Azeri,...

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Main Authors:	Parviz Ajideh, Massoud Yaghoubi-Notash, Hamid Babaee Bormanaki
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Tabriz 2022-11-01
Series:	Journal of English Language Teaching and Learning
Subjects:	iranian undergraduate university entrance special english exam (iuuesee) rasch analysis differential item functioning native language
Online Access:	https://elt.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_15063_3a72bab7589f23b0b40d64c5d6d7319d.pdf

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