Artículo de revista
Funcionamiento diferencial de los ítems: una revisión conceptual y metodológica
Fecha
2001-07Registro en:
0123-9155
Autor
Herrera-Rojas, Aura Nidia
Sánchez-Pedraza, Ricardo
Gómez-Benito, Juana
Institución
Resumen
Today, identifying biased item tests is an inevitable task in the process of construction and validation of psychological tests. Thus, it is important to understand the concepts related to Differential Items Functioning (DIF) and the methods for its detection. This paper re¬views the basic concepts related to DIF within the context of tests construct validity. In addition, some important methods, commonly used for DIF detection, are described em¬phasizing the advantages and limitations for its practical use.