Dissertation
EXAMINING MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE AND DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING IN READING SELF-CONCEPT
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
05/2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000007451
Abstract
Reading self-concept is a key predictor of academic (e.g., performance) and non-academic outcomes (e.g., career progress). The present doctoral dissertation examines (1) what psychometrics properties of reading self-concept measurement instruments were provided through a comprehensive systematic literature review, (2) to what extent reading self-concept measurement instruments in international large-scale assessments (i.e., Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)) hold sex-related measurement invariance with a series of multi-group confirmatory factor analyses, (3) to what extent items in reading self-concept measurement instruments in international large-scale assessments exhibit sex-related differential item functioning (DIF) with item response theory models, and (4) what potential underlying factors may have been contributing to the presence of sex-related differential item functioning in items in reading self-concept measurement instruments in PISA with a machine learning approach. Overall, the systematic literature review found a significant lack of providing psychometrics evidence for the use of reading self-concept measurement instruments. Testing for measurement invariance found that there was at least one violation on establishing measurement invariance in reading self-concept measurement instruments across PISA and PIRLS assessments. Detection of DIF in each PISA and PIRLS assessments showed that at least one item in reading self-concept measurement instruments exhibited DIF. Finally, machine learning analysis results showed differential predictions of endorsing a reading self-concept item across sexes which could help explain the underlying potential factors that contribute to the existence of DIF. Implications, limitations and future directions of the present doctoral dissertation are discussed.
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- Title
- EXAMINING MEASUREMENT INVARIANCE AND DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING IN READING SELF-CONCEPT
- Creators
- Onur Ramazan
- Contributors
- Robert W. Danielson (Co-Chair)Shenghai Dai (Co-Chair)Chad M. Gotch (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 199
- Identifiers
- 99901220328701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation