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Abstract Few studies have examined birth order effects on personality in countries that are not Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD). However, theories have generally suggested that interculturally universal family dynamics are the mechanism behind birth order effects, and prominent theories such as resource dilution would ...
Laura J. Botzet +2 more
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Examining the validity and reliability of the Taita symptom checklist using Rasch analysis
The Taita symptom checklist (TSCL) is a standardized self-rating psychiatric symptom scale for outpatients with mental illness in Taiwan. This study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the TSCL using Rasch analysis.
Yun-Ling Chen +3 more
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Rasch Analysis of the Independent Mobility Questionnaire [PDF]
ABSTRACT Purpose The Independent Mobility Questionnaire (IMQ) assesses participants' perceived ability for independent mobility. However, it has not been validated in a severely visually impaired population.
Fenwick, Eva K. +8 more
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Enhancing measurement in science education research through Rasch analysis: Rationale and properties
This article presents the basic rationale of Rasch theory and seven core properties of Rasch modeling; analyses of test targeting, person separation, person fit, item fit, differential item functioning, functioning of response categories and tests of ...
Jørgen Sjaastad
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Concept mastery is one of the main goals in the learning process. This study aimed to analyze the improvement of students’ physics concept mastery by implementing challenge-based learning with Edmodo-assisted learning.
Muhammad Bohori +3 more
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Stress and anxiety among late adulthood in Indonesia during COVID-19 outbreak
This study analyzes the condition of stress and anxiety in late adulthood in Indonesia during the COVID-19 pandemic based on demographics. The research used quantitative methods with an online survey by survey monkey program involved 669 respondents ...
Ifdil Ifdil +2 more
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A Rasch Analysis of the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) [PDF]
The present study analyses the psychometric properties of the irrational procrastination scale (IPS; Steel, 2002, 2010) in a sample of United States college students using the Rasch modeling approach. Results showed that the IPS items had a high level of reliability, good content validity, structural validity, and substantive validity, and no ...
Amy Shaw, Jennifer J. Zhang
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Purpose: Visual functioning evaluated by the Catquest-9SF questionnaire has shown to be a valid measure for assessing a patient's prioritization for cataract surgery.
Ishith Seth +4 more
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Objectives: In this monograph we examine the added value of new psychometric methods (Rasch measurement and Item Response Theory) over traditional psychometric approaches by comparing and contrasting their psychometric evaluations of existing sets of ...
J Hobart, S Cano
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An Estimation and Analysis Framework for the Rasch Model
The Rasch model is widely used for item response analysis in applications ranging from recommender systems to psychology, education, and finance. While a number of estimators have been proposed for the Rasch model over the last decades, the available analytical performance guarantees are mostly asymptotic. This paper provides a framework that relies on
Lan, Andrew S. +2 more
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