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KernSmoothIRT: An R Package for Kernel Smoothing in Item Response Theory
Journal of Statistical Software, 2014 Item response theory (IRT) models are a class of statistical models used to describe the response behaviors of individuals to a set of items having a certain number of options.
Angelo Mazza +2 more
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BMC Psychiatry, 2017 Background The Somatic and Psychological HEalth REport (SPHERE) is a 34-item self-report questionnaire that assesses symptoms of mental distress and persistent fatigue.
Baptiste Couvy-Duchesne +4 more
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The Use of Nonparametric Item Response Theory to Explore Data Quality [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this chapter is to provide insight into a number of commonly used nonparametric item response theory (NIRT) methods and to show how these methods can be used to describe and explore the psychometric quality of questionnaires used in patient-reported outcome measurement and, more in general, typical performance measurement (personality, mood,
Meijer, Rob R. +2 more
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Psychometric validation of Czech version of the Sport Motivation Scale.
PLoS ONE, 2020 The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) is a widely used instrument that assesses motivational processes within sport and exercise environments. The scale has demonstrated validity and reliability in multiple cultures, however, there is yet no empirical ...
Martin Komarc +2 more
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Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2017 Objective: To distinguish normative fears from problematic fears and phobias. Methods: We investigated 2,512 children and adolescents from a large community school-based study, the High Risk Study for Psychiatric Disorders.
Paola P. Laporte +8 more
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International Journal of Assessment Tools in EducationAssessment literacy's vital role in faculty effectiveness within higher education lacks sufficient tools for measuring faculty attitudes on this matter. Employing a sequential mixed-methods approach, this study utilized the theory of planned behavior to ...
Stefanie Wind +2 more
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Item response analysis of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale
BMC Psychiatry, 2007 Background Statistical models based on item response theory were used to examine (a) the performance of individual Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) items and their options, (b) the effectiveness of various subscales to discriminate among ...
Lindenmayer Jean-Pierre +3 more
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Cognitive Assessment Models with Few Assumptions, and Connections with Nonparametric Item Response Theory [PDF]
Applied Psychological Measurement, 2001 Some usability and interpretability issues for single-strategy cognitive assessment models are considered. These models posit a stochastic conjunctive relationship between a set of cognitive attributes to be assessed and performance on particular items/tasks in the assessment.
Junker, B.W., Sijtsma, K.
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Undergraduate Students’ Solutions of Modeling Problems in Algorithmic Graph Theory
Mathematics, 2019 Graphs can be considered as useful mathematical models. Graph algorithms are a common part of undergraduate courses in discrete mathematics. Even though they have been successfully implemented in secondary curricula, little research has been dedicated to
Janka Medová +3 more
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Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2017 Background Shared decision-making is a cornerstone of patient-centred care. The 9-item Shared Decision-Making Questionnaire (SDM-Q-9) is a brief self-assessment tool for measuring patients’ perceived level of involvement in decision-making related to ...
Javier Ballesteros +5 more
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