Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas
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Resumo: | The aim of this study was to determine whether the items from a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese function differently across students from rural and urban areas, which biases the test validity and the equity in assessment. The sample was composed of 653 students from second, third and fourth grades. The presence of differential item functioning (DIF) was analysed using logistic regression and the Mantel–Haenszel procedure. Although 17 items were flagged with DIF, only five items showed non-negligible DIF in all effect-size measures. The evidence of invariance across students with rural or urban backgrounds for most of the items supports the validity of the test though the five identified items should be further investigated. |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areasDifferential item functioningReading comprehensionVocabularyWorld knowledgeCiências Sociais::PsicologiaSocial SciencesThe aim of this study was to determine whether the items from a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese function differently across students from rural and urban areas, which biases the test validity and the equity in assessment. The sample was composed of 653 students from second, third and fourth grades. The presence of differential item functioning (DIF) was analysed using logistic regression and the Mantel–Haenszel procedure. Although 17 items were flagged with DIF, only five items showed non-negligible DIF in all effect-size measures. The evidence of invariance across students with rural or urban backgrounds for most of the items supports the validity of the test though the five identified items should be further investigated.This research was supported by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) [grant numberFCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-010733] and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) through the European program COMPETE (Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors) under the National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN) and by FCT [grant number SFRH/BD/39980/2007].CIEC – Research Centre on Child Studies, UM (FCT R&D 317)RoutledgeUniversidade do MinhoCadime, Irene Maria DiasViana, Fernanda LeopoldinaRibeiro, Iolanda da Silva2014-01-182014-01-18T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/31440eng1740-56291740-561010.1080/17405629.2014.938629info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:15:57Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/31440Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:08:29.399220Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas Cadime, Irene Maria Dias Differential item functioning Reading comprehension Vocabulary World knowledge Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Social Sciences |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Invariance on a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese: a differential item functioning analysis between students from rural and urban areas |
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Cadime, Irene Maria Dias |
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Cadime, Irene Maria Dias Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina Ribeiro, Iolanda da Silva |
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Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina Ribeiro, Iolanda da Silva |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Cadime, Irene Maria Dias Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina Ribeiro, Iolanda da Silva |
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Differential item functioning Reading comprehension Vocabulary World knowledge Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Social Sciences |
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Differential item functioning Reading comprehension Vocabulary World knowledge Ciências Sociais::Psicologia Social Sciences |
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The aim of this study was to determine whether the items from a reading comprehension test in European Portuguese function differently across students from rural and urban areas, which biases the test validity and the equity in assessment. The sample was composed of 653 students from second, third and fourth grades. The presence of differential item functioning (DIF) was analysed using logistic regression and the Mantel–Haenszel procedure. Although 17 items were flagged with DIF, only five items showed non-negligible DIF in all effect-size measures. The evidence of invariance across students with rural or urban backgrounds for most of the items supports the validity of the test though the five identified items should be further investigated. |
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