Accounting for CAT-Induced Dependency in Differential Item Functioning Detection: A Multilevel Modeling Framework
Applied Psychological Measurement
Published online on May 15, 2026
Abstract
Applied Psychological Measurement, Ahead of Print.
Differential item functioning (DIF) detection is an important yet understudied problem in computerized adaptive testing (CAT). In this article, we proposed a two-level logistic model to improve DIF detection in CAT by explicitly accounting for nuisance ...
Differential item functioning (DIF) detection is an important yet understudied problem in computerized adaptive testing (CAT). In this article, we proposed a two-level logistic model to improve DIF detection in CAT by explicitly accounting for nuisance ...