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Assessing the cognitive component of subjective well-being: Revisiting the satisfaction with life scale with classical test theory and item response theory

African Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2022
Life satisfaction is generally regarded as the cognitive component of subjective well-being, as opposed to positive and negative affect, which are regarded as the affective components. This topic has been extensively studied worldwide and has been linked
Tyrone B. Pretorius, Anita Padmanabhanunni   +1 more
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Rasch analysis of the Oxford Knee Score [PDF]

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2009
Use Rasch analysis to examine the psychometric properties of the Oxford Knee Score (OKS), particularly in respect to unidimensionality, and consistency of item functioning before and after total knee replacement and across age and gender groups.The 12-item OKS was administered to 1,712 patients before the surgery, and 1,322 and 855 patients were ...
Ko, Y., Lo, N.-N., Yeo, S.-J., Yang, K.-Y., Yeo, W., Chong, H.-C., Thumboo, J.   +6 more
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An alternative application of Rasch analysis to assess data from ophthalmic patient-reported outcome instruments.

PLoS ONE, 2018
PurposeTo highlight the potential shortcomings associated with the current use Rasch analysis for validation of ophthalmic questionnaires, and to present an alternative application of Rasch analysis to derive insights specific to the cohort of patients ...
Richard N McNeely, Salissou Moutari, Samuel Arba-Mosquera, Shwetabh Verma, Jonathan E Moore   +4 more
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Analysing Effects of Birth Order on Intelligence, Educational Attainment, Big Five, and Risk Aversion in an Indonesian Sample

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
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, Julia M. Rohrer, Ruben C. Arslan   +2 more
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Examining the validity and reliability of the Taita symptom checklist using Rasch analysis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015
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, Ay-Woan Pan, LyInn Chung, Tsyr-Jang Chen   +3 more
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Rasch Analysis of the Independent Mobility Questionnaire [PDF]

Optometry and Vision Science, 2016
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., O'Hare, Fleur, Deverell, Lil, Ayton, Lauren N., Luu, Chi D., McSweeney, Shane, Bentley, Sharon A., Guymer, Robyn H., Finger, Robert P.   +8 more
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A COMPARISON OF RELIABILITY TESTS IN FIELD RESEARCHES AND AN APPLICATION ON AGRICULTURAL DATA

Journal of Business Administration and Social Studies, 2021
Validity and reliability, so psychometric properties, are statistically significant in field researches. This study is an applied research on farmer problems in order to be an example of the research to be done and the main objective of the study is to ...
Doğan YILDIZ, Ece UZUNSAKAL
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Enhancing measurement in science education research through Rasch analysis: Rationale and properties

Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2014
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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The Rasch Analysis of Students’ Characteristics in Physics Concept Understanding Improvement through Challenge-Based Learning

JPPPF: Jurnal Penelitian & Pengembangan Pendidikan Fisika, 2022
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, Winny Liliawati, Irma Rahma Suwarma, Sariaman Siringo Ringo   +3 more
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A Rasch Analysis of the Irrational Procrastination Scale (IPS) [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
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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