detecting the differential item function of gender on the emotional balance scale using Mantel Hansel Method According to the assumptions of the item response theory

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Department of Educational Psychology - Faculty of Education - Minia University- Egypt

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The aim of this research is to be detecting the differential item function of gender on the emotional balance scale using Mantel Hansel Method According to the assumptions of the item response theory, then he assumes a several questions that express the research problem, which are: To what extent are the assumptions of the item response theory fulfilled in the data taken from the performance of the grading sample on the emotional balance scale? , What is the possibility of detecting the differential item function of gender on the emotional balance scale using Mantel Hansel Method? To answer the previous questions, the researcher applied his research on a sample of (639) male and female students of the scientific and literary specialization in the first and fourth year, at Faculty of Education, Minya University. The data were analyzed according to the program (Winsteps 3.73). The results showed that: the assumptions of the item response theory in the data taken from the performance of the grading sample on the emotional balance scale in the current research were fulfilled, the possibility of detecting the differential item function on the scales of the emotional balance scale using Mantel Hansel Method.

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