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. 2014 Apr 29;75(2):338–358. doi: 10.1177/0013164414532944

Table 6.

NCDIF Recommended Effect Size—Large DIF: Category C (3PL).

Model → 3PL 3PL 3PL 3PL 3PL 3PL 3PL 3PL
Discrimination → 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00
Difficulty ↓
−3 0.012 0.003 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
−2 0.017 0.008 0.003 0.002 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
−1.5 0.019 0.012 0.006 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001
−1 0.021 0.015 0.011 0.008 0.006 0.004 0.003 0.003
−0.5 0.023 0.019 0.015 0.012 0.010 0.008 0.007 0.006
0 0.024 0.021 0.018 0.016 0.014 0.012 0.011 0.010
0.5 0.024 0.022 0.020 0.017 0.016 0.015 0.015 0.014
1 0.024 0.021 0.019 0.017 0.016 0.016 0.015 0.015
1.5 0.023 0.019 0.017 * * * * *
2 0.021 0.017 * * * * * *
3 0.019 * * * * * * *

Note. NCDIF = noncompensatory differential item functioning; DIF = differential item functioning.

*

MH never reached large DIF (Category C). Therefore, no corresponding NCDIF value is reported.