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Many Facet, Common Latent Trait Polytomous IRT Model and EM Algorithm [PDF]
, 2011 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 91E45.There are many areas of assessment where the level of performance can not be determined using ordinal, “objective” test. For example, there are aspects of writing language skills which should be subjectively
Atanasov, Dimitar
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Assessing adolescents’ perceived proficiency in critically evaluating nutrition information
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2018 Background Over the recent past, there has been an increase in nutrition information available to adolescents from various sources, which resulted into confusion and misinterpretation of the dietary advice.
Desire Alice Naigaga +3 more
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Item response theory and the measurement of deprivation: Evidence from PSELL-3 [PDF]
Item Response Theory (IRT) has recently been proposed as a framework to measure deprivation. It allows deriving a latent measure of deprivation from a set of dichotomous observed items of deprivation and analyzing determinants of deprivation.
Fusco, Alessio, Raileanu Szeles, Monica
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Scientific ReportsThe study aimed to assess the hen’s eggs knowledge, handling practices, and consumption among Palestinian consumers using the cross-sectional survey design.
Mohammed Sabbah +3 more
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Evaluating pain outcomes in Chinese ophthalmology patients using the APS-POQ-R-C: a Rasch analysis
Frontiers in PsychologyBackgroundThis study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire (APS-POQ-R-C) using Rasch analysis, to optimize the APS-POQ-R-C for effective pain assessment in ...
Meina Huang +3 more
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Some considerations on the partial credit model [PDF]
, 2008 The Partial Credit Model (PCM) is sometimes interpreted as a model for stepwise solution of polytomously scored items, where the item parameters are interpreted as difficulties of the steps. It is argued that this interpretation is not justified. A model
H. H. F. M. Verstralen, N. D. Verhelst
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Determining Food Insecurity: An Application of the Rasch Model with Household Survey Data in Uganda
International Journal of Food Science, 2014 The inexplicable nature of food insecurity in parts of Uganda and worldwide necessitated an investigation into the nature, extent, and differentials of household food security.
Abraham Owino +2 more
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lordif: An R Package for Detecting Differential Item Functioning Using Iterative Hybrid Ordinal Logistic Regression/Item Response Theory and Monte Carlo Simulations [PDF]
Logistic regression provides a flexible framework for detecting various types of differential item functioning (DIF). Previous efforts extended the framework by using item response theory (IRT) based trait scores, and by employing an iterative process ...
Laura E. Gibbons +2 more
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Discover PsychologyFew options are available for measuring the adult impact of childhood bullying. The Bullying Experiences and Exclusion Scale (BEES) is an 18-item retrospective self-report measure of school-age bullying experiences in three different roles (victim ...
Russell M. Deighton, Anna Murphy
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BMC Public HealthBackground During the COVID-19 pandemic, health literacy was found to be an asset to manage health-related information. The HLS-COVID-Q22 has been developed to measure COVID-19 health literacy.
Marlene Meyer +3 more
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