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

C Hagquist, D Andrich - Health and quality of life outcomes, 2017‏ - Springer
Background Rasch analysis with a focus on Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is
increasingly used for examination of psychometric properties of health outcome measures …

Validation of the 12-item Short Form of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire in the Chinese context: confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis

J He, S Sun, X Fan - Eating and Weight Disorders-Studies on Anorexia …, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract Purpose As a 12-item Short Form of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
(EDE-QS), the EDE-QS was developed based on Rasch modeling to address certain …

Applying latent variable models to estimate cumulative exposure burden to chemical mixtures and identify latent exposure subgroups: A critical review and future …

SH Liu, Y Chen, JR Kuiper, E Ho, JP Buckley… - Statistics in …, 2024‏ - Springer
Environmental mixtures, which reflect joint exposure to multiple environmental agents, are a
major focus of environmental health and risk assessment research. Advancements in latent …

Robust and nonrobust linking of two groups for the Rasch model with balanced and unbalanced random DIF: A comparative simulation study and the simultaneous …

A Robitzsch - Symmetry, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
In this article, the Rasch model is used for assessing a mean difference between two groups
for a test of dichotomous items. It is assumed that random differential item functioning (DIF) …

The impact of education on depression assessment: differential item functioning analysis

BJ Taple, R Chapman, BD Schalet, R Brower… - …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A person's level of education can affect their access to health care, and their health
outcomes. Increasing rates of depression are another looming public health concern …

Treatments of differential item functioning: a comparison of four methods

X Liu, H Jane Rogers - Educational and Psychological …, 2022‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Test fairness is critical to the validity of group comparisons involving gender, ethnicities,
culture, or treatment conditions. Detection of differential item functioning (DIF) is one …

Validation of Generalized Anxiety Disorder 6 (GAD-6)—a modified structure of screening for anxiety in the adolescent French population

A Todorović, C Baumann, M Blanchin… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Anxiety disorders remain underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially in child and
adolescent populations. This study aimed to examine the construct validity of the …

Examining the impact of differential item functioning on classification accuracy in cognitive diagnostic models

J Paulsen, D Svetina, Y Feng… - Applied Psychological …, 2020‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs) are of growing interest in educational research
because of the models' ability to provide diagnostic information regarding examinees' …

The Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index: Measurement equivalence among college students in the US and Mexico.

BE Armenta, ML Cooper - Psychological assessment, 2019‏ - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI) is widely used to assess alcohol-related
problems among college students within the US and internationally. Despite its wide usage …

Assessing the evidence for the comparability of socioeconomic status between students with and without immigrant background in Norway and Sweden

O Mittal, R Scherer, T Nilsen - Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2022‏ - Springer
The prerequisite for meaningful comparisons of educational inequality indicators across
immigration status is the comparability of socioeconomic status (SES) measures. The …