Using Corpus Analyses to Help Address the DIF Interpretation: Gender Differences in Standardized Writing Assessment

Using Corpus Analyses to Help Address the DIF Interpretation: Gender Differences in Standardized Writing Assessment

Addressing differential item functioning (DIF) provides validity evidence to support the interpretation of test scores across groups. Conventional DIF methods flag DIF items statistically, but often fail to consolidate a substantive interpretation. The lack of interpretability of DIF results is part...

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Main Authors: Zhi Li, Michelle Y. Chen, Jayanti Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
writing assessment
gender differences
corpus analysis
linguistic features
differential item functioning
DIF
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01088/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01088/full

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