DIFDETECT: Stata module to detect and adjust for differential item functioning (DIF)

Laura Gibbons ()
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Laura Gibbons: General Internal Medicine, University of Washington

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: Detection of and adjustment for differential item functioning (DIF): Identifies differential item functioning, creates dummy/virtual items to be used to adjust ability (trait) estimates, and calculates the ability estimates and standard errors.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 13, spost9.ado from Spost9
Keywords: differential; item; functioning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-05-13
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install difdetect". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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