Gender and Ethnicity-Based Differential Item Functioning on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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dc.contributor.authorGratias, Melissa B.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHarvey, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:21:31Zen
dc.date.adate1997-05-07en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:21:31Zen
dc.date.issued1997-07-05en
dc.date.rdate1998-05-07en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-25en
dc.description.abstractItem Response Theory (IRT) methodologies were employed in order to examine the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) for differential item functioning (DIF) on the basis of crossed gender and ethnicity variables. White males were the reference group, and the focal groups were: black females, black males, and white females. The MBTI was predicted to show DIF in all comparisons. In particular, DIF on the Thinking-Feeling scale was hypothesized especially in the comparisons between white males and black females and between white males and white females. A sample of 10,775 managers who took the MBTI at assessment centers provided the data for the present experiment. The Mantel-Haenszel procedure and an IRT-based area technique were the methods of DIF-detection. Results showed several biased items on all scales for all comparisons. Ethnicitybased bias was seen in the white male vs. black female and white male vs. black male comparisons. Gender-based bias was seen particularly in the white male vs. white female comparisons. Consequently, the Thinking-Feeling showed the least DIF of all scales across comparisons, and only one of the items differentially scored by gender was found to be biased. Findings indicate that the gender-based differential scoring system is not defensible in managerial samples, and there is a need for further research into the study of differential item functioning with regards to ethnicity.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-235115949751281en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-235115949751281/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/30362en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.relation.haspartfigs.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartvita.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subjectItem Response Theoryen
dc.subjectDifferential Item Functioningen
dc.subjectItem Biasen
dc.titleGender and Ethnicity-Based Differential Item Functioning on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicatoren
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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