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Using Mimic Methods To Detect And Identify Sources Of Dif Among Multiple Groups, Seokjoon Chun
Using Mimic Methods To Detect And Identify Sources Of Dif Among Multiple Groups, Seokjoon Chun
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This study investigated the efficacy of multiple indicators, multiple causes (MIMIC) methods in detecting uniform and nonuniform differential item functioning (DIF) among multiple groups, where the underlying causes of DIF was different. Three different implementations of MIMIC DIF detection were studied: sequential free baseline, free baseline, and constrained baseline. In addition, the robustness of the MIMIC methods against the violation of its assumption, equal factor variance across comparison groups, was investigated. We found that the sequential-free baseline methods provided similar Type I error and power rates to the free baseline method with a designated anchor, and much better Type I …