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Measuring youth civic development in Malaysia: Conceptualization, instrument development using the Rasch measurement model, and substantive outcomes

open access: yes, 2010
This study concerned the development of measures for youth civic development in Malaysia with four major goals in mind, namely conceptual, measurement, baseline/pragmatic, and predictive goals.
Tor, Geok Hwa
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Patient Activation in Childhood, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Current Insights and Implications for Survivorship Care—A Systematic Review From the e‐QuoL Project

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, Volume 73, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Purpose Patient activation—encompassing knowledge, confidence, and skills in managing individual's health—is a cornerstone of person‐centered care. However, its significance among childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors (CAYACS) remains unexplored. This article examines the application of the 13‐item Patient Activation Measure (
Charlotte Demoor‐Goldschmidt   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rasch Model and Its Extensions for Analysis of Aphasic Deficits in Syntactic Comprehension

open access: yes, 2011
Aphasia is the loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to injury to brain areas responsible for these functions. Aphasic patients’ performance on comprehension tests has traditionally been related both to the patient’s individual ...
DeDe, Gayle   +3 more
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Individual Uncertainty and Policy Compliance During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

open access: yesRisk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Ample scholarship examines the extent to which public policies in representative democracies reflect the priorities and needs of the public, often finding that individuals are unaware of many policy issues and policy responses. This may be especially true when issues of risk and scientific uncertainty are involved, which can be difficult for ...
Nathan Jeschke   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonparametric Identification of Multivariate Mixtures [PDF]

open access: yes
This article analyzes the identifiability of k-variate, M-component finite mixture models in which each component distribution has independent marginals, including models in latent class analysis.
Shimotsu, Katsumi, Kasahara, Hiroyuki
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Sitting Less, Moving More: A Compositional Data Analysis of Movement Behaviours and Adolescent Health‐Related Quality of Life

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, Volume 115, Issue 6, Page 1266-1273, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To predict changes in health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) when sedentary behaviour was hypothetically replaced with other movement behaviours (sleep, standing, light physical activity and moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity) in adolescents.
Deborah M. Telford   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychometrics With R: A Review Of CRAN Packages For Item Response Theory

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper we review the current state of R packages for Item Response Theory (IRT). We group the available packages based on their purpose and provide an overview of each package's main functionality.
Mair, Patrick   +2 more
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Psychometric Properties of Measures to Assess Pre‐School Children's Literacy and Mathematics Developmental Skills

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examined the psychometric properties of two new assessment measures, which consist of developmental progressions of pre‐school children in literacy skills and mathematics skills respectively. Researchers gathered data to measure the extent of children's engagement with an educational gaming system and the skill levels they attained ...
Chuang Wang, Qiao Liu, Richard Lambert
wiley   +1 more source

Rasch mxture models for DIF detection: A comparison of old and new score specifications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Rasch mixture models can be a useful tool when checking the assumption of measurement invariance for a single Rasch model. They provide advantages compared to manifest DIF tests when the DIF groups are only weakly correlated with the manifest covariates ...
Zeileis, Achim   +2 more
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Optimizing Large‐Scale Mathematical Assessments: Leveraging Hierarchical Attribute Structures and Diagnostic Classification Models for Enhanced Student Diagnostics

open access: yesEducational Measurement: Issues and Practice, Volume 45, Issue 2, Summer 2026.
Abstract Diagnostic classification models (DCMs) assess students’ mastery of cognitive attributes to provide personalized ability profiles. Retrofitting DCMs to large‐scale mathematics assessments usually relies on inferred Q‐matrices, which can reduce accuracy and diagnostic value.
Farshad Effatpanah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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