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Results of preparatory simulation study: Type I error of the four methods (columns) conditional on ability mean differences between reference and focal groups (x axis) and the data-generating item response theory model (rows). Settings with model misspecification are marked by the capital letter “M.” The dashed line indicates the nominal significance level of α = .05.
