Recent advances in analysis of differential item functioning in health research using the Rasch model

Abstract Background Rasch analysis with a focus on Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is increasingly used for examination of psychometric properties of health outcome measures. To take account of DIF in order to retain precision of measurement, split of DIF-items into separate sample specific item...

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Main Authors: Curt Hagquist, David Andrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0755-0