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Li, Hongli; Hunter, Charles Vincent; Bialo, Jacquelyn Anne – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of this study is to review the status of differential item functioning (DIF) research in language testing, particularly as it relates to the investigation of sources (or causes) of DIF, which is a defining characteristic of the third generation DIF. This review included 110 DIF studies of language tests dated from 1985 to 2019. We…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Language Tests, Statistical Analysis, Evaluation Research
Wang, Chun; Lu, Jing – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2021
In cognitive diagnostic assessment, multiple fine-grained attributes are measured simultaneously. Attribute hierarchies are considered important structural features of cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs) that provide useful information about the nature of attributes. Templin and Bradshaw first introduced a hierarchical diagnostic classification…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Models, Vertical Organization, Classification
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Razavipour, Kioumars; Raji, Behnaz – Language Testing in Asia, 2022
The credibility of conclusions arrived at in quantitative research depends, to a large extent, on the quality of data collection instruments used to quantify language and non-language constructs. Despite this, research into data collection instruments used in Applied Linguistics and particularly in the thesis genre remains limited. This study…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Test Reliability, Language Tests, Credibility