International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2018 In this study, it is aimed to investigate theimpact of different missing data handling methods on the detection ofDifferential Item Functioning methods (Mantel Haenszel and Standardizationmethods based on Classical Test Theory and Likelihood Ratio Test ...
Hüseyin Selvi, Devrim Özdemir Alıcı
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A genome-wide association study demonstrates significant genetic variation for fracture risk in Thoroughbred racehorses [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Thoroughbred racehorses are subject to non-traumatic distal limb bone fractures that occur during racing and exercise. Susceptibility to fracture may be due to underlying disturbances in bone metabolism which have a genetic cause.
Blott, Sarah C. +8 more
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Levosimendan for patients with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function and/or low cardiac output syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery. a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Background: Previous studies have shown beneficial effects of levosimendan in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Two large randomized controlled trials (RCTs), however, showed no advantages of levosimendan.
Arcadipane, Antonio +8 more
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Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2011 The Xiphias gladius (Linnaeus, 1758) data used in the present study were obtained from commercial fishing cruises of the pelagic longline fleet based in Itajaí, operating in the Southwest Atlantic.
Ana Lia Campos Quaggio +3 more
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Complications of hypertension in Minhang District of Shanghai based on electronic health records
Shanghai yufang yixue, 2022 ObjectiveTo determine the complications of hypertension among local residents in Minhang district of Shanghai， and provide scientific evidence for key preventive intervention.MethodsWe retrieved the data from the electronic health records， in which ...
WANG Jiayun +8 more
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Applying Item Response Theory (IRT) Modeling to an Observational Measure of Childhood Pragmatics: The Pragmatics Observational Measure-2 [PDF]
, 2019 Assessment of pragmatic language abilities of children is important across a number of childhood developmental disorders including ADHD, language impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Cordier, Reinie +5 more
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Conducting Meta-Analyses in R with the metafor Package [PDF]
Journal of Statistical Software, 2010 The metafor package provides functions for conducting meta-analyses in R. The package includes functions for fitting the meta-analytic fixed- and random-effects models and allows for the inclusion of moderators variables (study-level covariates) in these
Wolfgang Viechtbauer
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Irregular menstrual cycles as a risk factor of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women of childbearing age
JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2021 Background: Irregular menstrual cycles are a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in women. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate irregular menstrual cycles as a risk factor of type 2 DM in women of childbearing age with body fat ...
Dhea Aghestya +3 more
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DIF in the Spanish Version of the Verbal Selective Reminding Test Using Samples From Hispanics in the United States, Mexicans, and Spaniards [PDF]
, 2019 Aim: Before a test can be used in the target population, it is necessary to demonstrate that there is measurement equivalence. One way to do this is by studying differential item functioning (DIF).
Morales Ortiz, Manuel +1 more
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DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING AND THE MANTEL‐HAENSZEL PROCEDURE [PDF]
ETS Research Report Series, 1986 ABSTRACTThe Mantel‐Haenszel procedure is a noniterative contingency table method for estimating and testing a common two‐factor association parameter in a 2×2×k table. As such it may be used to study “item bias” or differential item functioning in two groups of examinees.
Paul W. Holland, Dorothy T. Thayer
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