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A Bayesian MIMIC Model for Testing Non-uniform DIF in Two and Three Groups
dc.contributor.advisor | Wu, Wei | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Woods, Carol M | |
dc.contributor.author | Harpole, Jared Kenneth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-12T02:42:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-12T02:42:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-12-31 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:14343 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/21697 | |
dc.description.abstract | Multiple-indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) models have become a popular latent variable method to detect differential item functioning (DIF) by practitioners. The ease of including groups for DIF testing and the implementation of MIMIC models in structural equation modeling software have helped drive the use of MIMIC models by applied researchers. However, there are several shortcomings within the methodological literature that are important questions yet to be addressed. First, only the case of two groups have been studied in simulations studies, yet practitioners are increasingly utilizing MIMIC models on more than two groups (e.g. Fleishman, Spector, & Altman, 2002; Sacco, Casado, & Unick, 2011; Sacco, Torres, Cunningham-Williams, Woods, & Unick, 2011; Woods, Oltmanns, & Turkheimer, 2009; Yang, Tommet, & Jones, 2009). Second, MIMIC models can be parameterized to test for non-uniform DIF (e.g. Woods & Grimm, 2011), but in current implementations Type I error rates were too high possibly due to assumption violations in the estimation of the latent interaction. Third, almost all previous simulations for MIMIC models have not considered the MIMIC model’s robustness to violations of the homogeneity of variance assumption (see Carroll, 2014 for an exception). A Monte Carlo simulation study was conducted to address these three shortcomings utilizing a 2 (number of groups) x 3 (latent variance differences) x 3 (sample size imbalance) factorial design and compar- ing the proposed Bayesian MIMIC model with an improved version of Lord’s (1980) χ 2 . Results of the simulation study indicated that when the assumption of homogeneity of latent variances held the Bayesian MIMIC model was a competitive method for assessing DIF. However, when the assumption was not met the Bayesian MIMIC model would not be recommended due to poor parameter recovery. Overall, this research provides evidence that practitioners should not use MIMIC models for testing DIF. | |
dc.format.extent | 161 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | Copyright held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Quantitative psychology | |
dc.subject | Psychology | |
dc.subject | Educational tests & measurements | |
dc.subject | Bayesian | |
dc.subject | Differential Item Functioning | |
dc.subject | MIMIC Model | |
dc.subject | Multiple Groups | |
dc.subject | Psychometrics | |
dc.subject | Structural Equation Modeling | |
dc.title | A Bayesian MIMIC Model for Testing Non-uniform DIF in Two and Three Groups | |
dc.type | Dissertation | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | DeBoeck, Pascal R | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Skorupski, William P | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Templin, Jonathan | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Johnson, David K | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Psychology | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | Ph.D. | |
dc.identifier.orcid | ||
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |
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