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Table 7 Unidimensional and bifactor graded response IRT model: discrimination and item location parameters

From: Racism in obstetric care: a psychometric study of the Gendered Racial Microaggressions Scale among Global Majority birthing people in obstetric contexts 

Item

Discrimination parameters: Unidimensional model

 

α

b1

b2

b3

b4

b5

I have felt unheard

3.02

-2.51

-3.56

-4.70

-5.83

-6.58

My comments have been ignored

3.83

-3.47

-4.84

-6.16

-7.16

-8.19

Some challenged my authority/autonomy

3.77

-4.83

-5.87

-7.25

-7.95

-9.29

I have been disrespected

4.62

-5.64

-7.09

-8.18

-9.17

-10.09

Someone has tried to “put me in my place”

6.74

-8.92

-10.61

-11.90

-13.63

-14.27

Felt excluded from services or resources

4.17

-5.69

-6.95

-8.11

-9.26

-9.94

Assumed I did not have much to contribute to conversation 

4.57

-5.69

-7.10

-8.10

-8.92

-9.68

Someone told me told calm down

3.17

-3.10

-4.25

-5.32

-6.73

-8.20

Someone accused me of being angry when speaking calmly

3.70

-4.92

-5.67

-6.71

-8.09

-8.83

 

Discrimination parameters: Bifactor model

 

α

b1

b2

b3

b4

b5

I have felt unheard

3.74

-3.09

-4.46

-5.95

-7.72

-8.62

My comments have been ignored

6.19

-26.28

-37.12

-47.28

-60.17

-67.19

Some challenged my authority/autonomy

3.63

-4.78

-5.72

-7.11

-8.37

-9.68

I have been disrespected

3.04

-5.69

-7.13

-8.40

-9.39

-10.44

Someone has tried to “put me in my place”

3.69

-20.62

-24.67

-27.81

-33.58

NA

Felt excluded from services or resources

3.40

-5.35

-6.40

-7.50

-8.31

-9.23

Assumed I did not have much to contribute to conversation 

3.29

-4.87

-6.18

-7.33

-8.05

-8.73

Someone told me told calm down

2.23

-5.22

-7.06

-9.01

-11.0

-12.87

Someone accused me of being angry when speaking calmly

2.71

-4.63

-5.37

-6.26

7.77

-8.32

  1. N = 399; α: item discrimination parameter; b: item location parameter. Marginal discrimination parameters presented