Open AccessPOSSIBLE DETERMINANTS OF GENDER DIF ON THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT PSYCHOLOGY TEST: FAMILIARITY, INTEREST, AND EMOTIONAL REACTION
Author(s) -
Stricker Lawrence J.,
Emmerich Walter
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ets research report series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.235
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2330-8516
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1997.tb01745.x
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , emotional reaction , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , paleontology , biology
This study evaluated the connection between gender differences in Advanced Placement (AP) Psychology students' familiarity, interest, and negative emotional reaction to items on the AP Psychology test and the items' gender differential item functioning (DDF). Gender DDF and gender differences in interest and emotional reaction varied appreciably with the content of the items. Gender differences in the three variables were substantially related to the items' gender DDF (e.g., R = .50). Much of the gender DDF on this test may be attributable to gender differences in these variables.