DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING AND MALE-FEMALE DIFFERENCES ON MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS IN ECONOMICS

Authors
WALSTAD WB ROBSON D
Citation
Wb. Walstad et D. Robson, DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING AND MALE-FEMALE DIFFERENCES ON MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTS IN ECONOMICS, The Journal of economic education, 28(2), 1997, pp. 155
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research",Economics
Journal title
The Journal of economic education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220485
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0485(1997)28:2<155:DIFAMD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Item Response Theory (IRT) methods were applied to data from the natio nal norming of the Test of Economic Literacy (TEL) to identify test qu estions with large male-female differences; economic ability was contr olled by removing related questions from the test. The subsequent regr ession analysis showed a significant decrease in the magnitude of the gender difference, although a difference was still present.