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Item parameter estimations for multidimensional graded response model under complex structures

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2022
Item parameter recovery in the compensatory multidimensional graded response model (MGRM) under simple and complex structures with rating-scale item response data was examined.
Olasunkanmi James Kehinde   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lifestyle Behaviors and Cardiotoxic Treatment Risks in Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Higher doses of anthracyclines and heart‐relevant radiotherapy increase cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. This study assessed CVD and CVD risk factors among adult childhood cancer survivors (CCSs) across cardiotoxic treatment risk groups and examined associations between lifestyle behaviors and treatment risks.
Ruijie Li   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bias factors in mathematics achievement tests among Israeli students from the Former Soviet Union

open access: yesCogent Education, 2016
This study explains mathematical difficulties of students who immigrated from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) vis-à-vis Israeli students, by identifying the existing bias factors in achievement tests.
Michal Levi-Keren
doaj   +1 more source

Anchoring and Adjusting in Questionnaire Responses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
When ordering items on attitude/opinion questionnaires, do survey designers bias respondents’ answers by the mere act of choosing to organize their survey in a particular way?
Barge, Scott, Gehlbach, Hunter
core   +1 more source

Parent‐to‐Child Information Disclosure in Pediatric Oncology

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Despite professional consensus regarding the importance of open communication with pediatric cancer patients about their disease, actual practice patterns of disclosure are understudied. Extant literature suggests a significant proportion of children are not told about their diagnosis/prognosis, which is purported to negatively ...
Rachel A. Kentor   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychometric properties of the WBIS/-M in a representative prebariatric sample – evidence for an improved 10-item version

open access: yesObesity Facts
Introduction The Weight Bias Internalization Scale and the Modified Weight Bias Internalization Scale are well-established self-report questionnaires for assessing weight bias internalization, which is widespread among bariatric patients.
Simon Schraven   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of disengagement levels and the impact of disengagement on item parameters between PISA 2015 and PISA 2018 in the United States

open access: yesLarge-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Background Examinees may not make enough effort when responding to test items if the assessment has no consequence for them. These disengaged responses can be problematic in low-stakes, large-scale assessments because they can bias item parameter ...
Huan Kuang, Fusun Sahin
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of interview modes on measurement of identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this paper, we investigate the effect of interview mode on responses to attitudinal and autobiographical questions: a 13-item multidimensional identity module.
Nandi, Alita, Platt, Lucinda
core  

Attentional Guidance from Multiple Working Memory Representations: Evidence from Eye Movements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Recent studies have shown that the representation of an item in visual working memory (VWM) can bias the deployment of attention to stimuli in the visual scene possessing the same features.
Doro, Mattia   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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