Instruments That Contain Items That Function Differentially

question 78

Multiple Choice

Instruments that contain items that function differentially

• A) may have reduced validity.
• B) may have inflated reliability.
• C) are last to be banked in an item bank.
• D) are informally referred to as "DIFFED."

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Definitions:

Smoking Status

A classification of individuals based on their usage of tobacco products, typically categorized into current smoker, former smoker, and never smoked.

P-value

A statistical measure that indicates the probability of the observed data under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.

Sick Leave Rate

The ratio or percentage of employees taking absence from work due to illness within a specified time period.

Margin of Error

A measure of the range of uncertainty in survey or poll results, reflecting the sample size's impact on the accuracy of the estimates.