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Possible Determinants of Differential Item Functioning: Familiarity, Interest, and Emotional Reaction
Author(s) -
Stricker Lawrence J.,
Emmerich Walter
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-3984.1999.tb00561.x
Subject(s) - psychology , differential item functioning , developmental psychology , differential (mechanical device) , emotional reaction , test (biology) , social psychology , item response theory , psychometrics , engineering , aerospace engineering , paleontology , biology
This study evaluated the connection between gender differences in examinees’ familiarity, interest, and negative emotional reactions to items on the Advanced Placement Psychology Examination and the items’ gender differential item functioning (DIF). Gender DIF and gender differences in interest varied appreciably with the content of the items. Gender differences in the three variables were substantially related to the items’ gender DIF (e.g., R = .50). Much of the gender DIF on this test may be attributable to gender differences in these variables.