Journal article
Detection of Sex Differential Item Functioning in the Cornell Critical Thinking Test
European journal of psychological assessment : official organ of the European Association of Psychological Assessment, Vol.28(3), pp.201-207
01/01/2012
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000127
Abstract
Critical thinking (CT) can be described as the conscious process a person does to explore a situation or a problem from different perspectives. Accurate measurement of CT skills, especially across subgroups, depends in part on the measurement properties of an instrument being invariant or similar across those groups. The assessment of item-level invariance is a critical component of building a validity argument to ensure that scores on the Cornell Critical Thinking Test (CCTT) have similar meanings across groups. We used logistic regression to examine differential item functioning by sex in the CCTT-Form X. Results suggest that the items function similarly across boys and girls with only 5.6% (4) of items displaying DIF. This implies that any mean differences observed are not a function of a lack of measurement invariance and supports the validity of the inferences drawn when comparing boys and girls on scores on the CCTT.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Detection of Sex Differential Item Functioning in the Cornell Critical Thinking Test
- Creators
- Brian F. French - Washington State UniversityBrian Hand - University of IowaWilliam J. Therrien - University of IowaJuan Antonio Valdivia Vazquez - Washington State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- European journal of psychological assessment : official organ of the European Association of Psychological Assessment, Vol.28(3), pp.201-207
- Publisher
- Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
- DOI
- 10.1027/1015-5759/a000127
- ISSN
- 1015-5759
- eISSN
- 2151-2426
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2012
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984372056602771
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