Using Differential Item Functioning (Dif) Procedures for Investigating the Cross -Cultural Equivalence of Personality Tests

The results showed that the extraversion scale of the 16PF had the same factor structure across the two groups only in that it had the same number of factors and the same items on each factor. According to the DIF results, the choice of matching variables based on a combination of internal and external measures appeared to have little effect and the iterative purification method was unsuccessful. The DIF results were relatively consistent across two DIF methods and item types. However, there was found the possibility of incorrectly classifying items as DIF or non-DIF when dichotomizing polytomous items. In addition, LDFA seemed to perform more consistently across item types than SIBTEST. In summary, the results generally showed a small number of DIF items on each scale, except for scales A and N where about half of the items showed DIF. From the qualitative review of items, the main reasons for DIF were found to be translation difficulty and differences in cultural relevance.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Sohn, Wonsook Julie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wardrop, James L.

• Education, Educational Psychology

Language dc:language

eng

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(MiAaPQ)AAI3023202

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79630