Using differential item functioning to evaluate potential bias in a high stakes postgraduate knowledge based assessment
Abstract Background Fairness is a critical component of defensible assessment. Candidates should perform according to ability without influence from background characteristics such as ethnicity or sex. However, performance differs by candidate background in many assessment environments. Many potenti...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Medical Education |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1143-0 |