Using differential item functioning to evaluate potential bias in a high stakes postgraduate knowledge based assessment

Fairness is a critical component of defensible assessment. Candidates should perform according to ability without influence from background characteristics such as ethnicity or sex. However, performance differ...

Source: BMC Medical Education - April 3, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: David Hope, Karen Adamson, I. C. McManus, Liliana Chis and Andrew Elder Tags: Research article Source Type: research