Journal article
Examining DIF in the Context of CDMs When the Q-Matrix Is Misspecified
Frontiers in psychology, Vol.9(MAY), pp.696-696
05/11/2018
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109549
PMCID: PMC5958216
PMID: 29867664
Abstract
The rise in popularity and use of cognitive diagnostic models (CDMs) in educational research are partly motivated by the models’ ability to provide diagnostic information regarding students’ strengths and weaknesses in a variety of content areas. An important step to ensure appropriate interpretations from CDMs is to investigate differential item functioning (DIF). To this end, the current simulation study examined the performance of three methods to detect DIF in CDMs, with particular emphasis on the impact of Q-matrix misspecification on methods’ performance. Results illustrated that logistic regression and Mantel–Haenszel had better control of Type I error than the Wald test; however, high power rates were found using logistic regression and Wald methods, only. In addition to the tradeoff between Type I error control and acceptable power, our results suggested that Q-matrix complexity and item structures yield different results for different methods, presenting a more complex picture of the methods’ performance. Finally, implications and future directions are discussed.
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- Title
- Examining DIF in the Context of CDMs When the Q-Matrix Is Misspecified
- Creators
- Dubravka Svetina - Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University BloomingtonYanan Feng - Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University BloomingtonJustin Paulsen - Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University BloomingtonMontserrat Valdivia - Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University BloomingtonArturo Valdivia - Department of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University BloomingtonShenghai Dai - Educational Psychology, College of Education, Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in psychology, Vol.9(MAY), pp.696-696
- Academic Unit
- UNKNOWN
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Identifiers
- 99900547211301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article