title: Differential functioning of Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test items.
abstract: Differential Item Functioning (DIF) refers to items that do not function the same way for comparable members of different groups. The present study focuses on analyzing and classifying sex-related differential item functioning in the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test. Subjects were 1,052 children attending public schools (513 boys, 539 girls, ages 6-10 years). The protocols were scored using the Bender Graduated Scoring System, which evaluates only the distortion criterion using the Rasch logistic response model. The scoring system fit the Rasch model, although two items were found to be biased by sex. When analyzing differential functioning of items for boys and girls separately, the number of differentially functioning items was equal.
authors.affiliation: Universidade São Francisco. fermino.sisto@gmail.com
authors.forename: Fermino Fernandes
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Sisto
authors.forename: Acácia Aparecida Angeli
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Ana Paula Porto
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Noronha
mesh_terms: D001538:Bender-Gestalt Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015982:Bias; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors