Testing Measurement Invariance Across Gender in a Low Resource Setting Using the Computerized Battery for Neuropsychological Evaluation of Children (BENCI)
Rachel W Maina, Jelte Wicherts · 2025
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Rachel Maina and Jelte Wicherts check a children's brain test for fairness in a 2025 psychometric study from Kenya. Before scores can be compared between boys and girls, the test must measure the same abilities the same way in both groups. That property is called measurement invariance, and building fair tools in low-resource settings is hard.
About six hundred children took the computerized BENCI battery, organized around fluency, reasoning, memory, and flexibility. Stepwise statistical tests confirmed the structure matched across genders and that loadings and thresholds held at the stricter levels examined. The authors argue the battery can support fair comparisons in this setting.
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| CREATOR | Rachel W Maina, Jelte Wicherts |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |