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[XS-DIF: program for analysis of Differential Item Functioning in Excel]
Xavier G Ordóñez1, Sonia J Romero
1Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. xavor@edu.ucm.es
Abstract:
XS-DIF is a program for detection of Differential Item Functioning (DIF) using Item Response Theory (IRT). It calculates Lords Chi-Square, Raju's Signed Area and Unsigned Area, and Kim and Cohen's Closed-interval signed area and Closed-interval unsigned area. XS-DIF was designed to be executed in Excel 2000 and it has a capacity of analysis of up to 100 items. It is useful to support data analysis of research projects and in detection and teaching processes in DIF.
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