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Detection of Differential Item Functioning Using the Lasso Approach

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  • David Magis

    (KU Leuven University of Liège)

  • Francis Tuerlinckx

    (University of Leuven)

  • Paul De Boeck

    (Ohio State University University of Leuven)

Abstract

This article proposes a novel approach to detect differential item functioning (DIF) among dichotomously scored items. Unlike standard DIF methods that perform an item-by-item analysis, we propose the “LR lasso DIF method†: logistic regression (LR) model is formulated for all item responses. The model contains item-specific intercepts, an effect of the sum score, and item-group interaction (i.e., DIF) effects, with a lasso penalty on all DIF parameters. Optimal penalty parameter selection is investigated through several known information criteria (Akaike information criterion, Bayesian information criterion, and cross validation) as well as through a newly developed alternative. A simulation study was conducted to compare the global performance of the suggested LR lasso DIF method to the LR and Mantel–Haenszel methods (in terms of false alarm and hit rates). It is concluded that for small samples, the LR lasso DIF approach globally outperforms the LR method, and also the Mantel–Haenszel method, especially in the presence of item impact, while it yields similar results with larger samples.

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  • David Magis & Francis Tuerlinckx & Paul De Boeck, 2015. "Detection of Differential Item Functioning Using the Lasso Approach," Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, , vol. 40(2), pages 111-135, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jedbes:v:40:y:2015:i:2:p:111-135
    DOI: 10.3102/1076998614559747
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    1. Gerhard Tutz & Moritz Berger, 2016. "Item-focussed Trees for the Identification of Items in Differential Item Functioning," Psychometrika, Springer;The Psychometric Society, vol. 81(3), pages 727-750, September.

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