Assessing Differential Item Functioning on the Test of Relational Reasoning

dc.contributor.authorDumas, Denis
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-29T17:01:39Z
dc.date.available2018-06-29T17:01:39Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-02
dc.descriptionPartial funding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries' Open Access Publishing Fund.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe test of relational reasoning (TORR) is designed to assess the ability to identify complex patterns within visuospatial stimuli. The TORR is designed for use in school and university settings, and therefore, its measurement invariance across diverse groups is critical. In this investigation, a large sample, representative of a major university on key demographic variables, was collected, and the resulting data were analyzed using a multi-group, multidimensional item-response theory model-comparison procedure. No significant differential item functioning was found on any of the TORR items across any of the demographic groups of interest. This finding is interpreted as evidence of the cultural fairness of the TORR, and potential test-development choices that may have contributed to that cultural fairness are discussed.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M27S7HW27
dc.identifier.citationDumas D and Alexander P (2018) Assessing Differential Item Functioning on the Test of Relational Reasoning. Front. Educ. 3:14. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2018.00014en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/20703
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFrontiersen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Educationen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtHuman Development & Quantitative Methodologyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectdifferential item functioningen_US
dc.subjectrelational reasoningen_US
dc.subjectcultural fairnessen_US
dc.subjecteducational testing and assessmenten_US
dc.subjectpsychometricsen_US
dc.titleAssessing Differential Item Functioning on the Test of Relational Reasoningen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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