Gender differential item functioning on a national field-specific test: The case of PhD entrance exam of TEFL in Iran

Differential Item Functioning (DIF) exists when examinees of equal ability from different groups have different probabilities of successful performance in a certain item. This study examined gender differential item functioning across the PhD Entrance Exam of TEFL (PEET) in Iran, using both logistic...

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Main Authors: Alireza Ahmadi, Ali Darabi Bazvand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Urmia University 2016-01-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research
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Online Access:http://www.urmia.ac.ir/sites/www.urmia.ac.ir/files/%285%29_0.pdf