Scaling and Scale Linking OECD IALS NALS IRT DIF

Author(s):

Yamamoto, Kentaro

Publication Year:

1998

Source:

Murray, T. Scott; Kirsch, Irwin S.; Jenkins, Lynn B. (eds.) Adult Literacy in OECD Countries: Technical Report on the First International Adult Literacy Survey. Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, Jan 1998, p161-178

Document Type:

Chapter

Page Count:

18

Subject/Key Words:

Adult Literacy, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), Scaling, Scale Linking, National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), Item Response Theory (IRT), Mantel-Haenszel Statistic, Item Parameter Estimation, Differential Item Functioning (DIF)