Beyond Traditional Differential Item Functioning Detection: A Rasch Tree Approach to Evaluating Item Fairness in a Large-Scale German Reading Comprehension Test
Published online on June 10, 2026
Abstract
Language Testing, Ahead of Print.
A key psychometric phenomenon in educational testing is differential item functioning (DIF), which evaluates whether specific test items function differently across subgroups of examinees who have the same level of the underlying (latent) ability. DIF ...
A key psychometric phenomenon in educational testing is differential item functioning (DIF), which evaluates whether specific test items function differently across subgroups of examinees who have the same level of the underlying (latent) ability. DIF ...