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Differential Item Functioning Analysis Of The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, Jared Andrew Lees
Differential Item Functioning Analysis Of The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, Jared Andrew Lees
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Differential item functioning (DIF) is present when examinees who have the same level of a trait have a different probability of correctly answering a test item intended to measure that trait (Shepard & Averill, 1981). The following study is a DIF analysis of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI), a preference profiling instrument developed by Herrmann International to help individuals identify their dominant preferences and then classify their level of dominance into four preference quadrants. Examinees who completed the American English version of the instrument were classified as the reference group and examinees of the International English version were classified …