Differential item/test functioning, gender-related DIF/DTF, item/test bias, university entrance exam, national entrance exam
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The performance measurement of examinees through exerting statistical control on their ability may reveal different results in different gender groups. In this case, gender-related differential item functioning and differential test functioning as well as item/test bias is likely to occur. The main purpose of this research was to investigate the gender-related DIF/DTF and gender-related bias throughout national entrance exams in Iran. Then, special tests of a test booklet in 5 experimental groups participating in national entrance exams were chosen from 2008 to 2011 through one-stage cluster sampling method. Next, logistic regression and item response theory were used to investigate DIF and DTF, respectively. The results showed that, on average, about 14% of investigated test items had gender-related DIF with negligible effect size (EF
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Persian
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Journal of Measuring and Educational Evaluation Studies, Volume:7 Issue: 19, 2017
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41 to 73
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