A Note on Statistical Hypothesis Testing Based on Log Transformation of the Mantel–Haenszel Common Odds Ratio for Differential Item Functioning Classification

Insu Paek () and Paul Holland ()

Psychometrika, 2015, vol. 80, issue 2, 406-411

Abstract: When differential item functioning (DIF) is investigated, DIF classification is made using statistical test results and estimated DIF sizes in practice. One of the well-known DIF classifications is that of the Educational Testing Service (ETS) A (negligible DIF), B (medium DIF), and C (large DIF) rules. This article provides a clarifying note on (a) a sketch of the proof of the asymptotic normality of what is known as the Mantel–Haenszel (MH) delta, which provides the basis of a point and an interval null hypothesis test based on the MH delta, and (b) how to conduct an interval null hypothesis test using the MH delta, which is necessary for the C DIF classification. Copyright The Psychometric Society 2015

Date: 2015
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s11336-013-9394-5 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:psycho:v:80:y:2015:i:2:p:406-411

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer. ... gy/journal/11336/PS2

DOI: 10.1007/s11336-013-9394-5

Access Statistics for this article

Psychometrika is currently edited by Irini Moustaki

More articles in Psychometrika from Springer, The Psychometric Society
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().