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Difficulty in implementing continuous improvement – Rasch measurement analysis [PDF]

Business Process Management Journal, 2018
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define a general and common construct in order to measure the level of difficulty companies experience when they implement continuous improvement (CI). Additionally, a rank of barriers is obtained together with a rank of companies.
Sánchez Ruiz, Lidia, Blanco Rojo, Beatriz, Díaz Ruiz de Navamuel, Emma   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

For a Caring Geography: Situated Solidarities and Feminist Care Ethics During and Beyond Crisis

Area, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper calls for a caring geography that centres care and solidarity as interrelated, embodied practices rather than abstract concepts. Drawing on feminist ethics of care and scholarship on geographies of solidarity, I argue that care becomes politically transformative when coupled with solidarity, understood as negotiated mutuality across
Matina Kapsali
wiley   +1 more source

Impaired Parenting in Primiparous Mothers: Clinical Validation through Rasch Analysis

Aquichan, 2015
Introduction: A valid instrument is needed to establish a nursing diagnosis of impaired parenting and to conduct interventions. Objective: The purpose of this study is to validate the nursing diagnosis of impaired parenting using Rasch analysis with ...
Luis Carlos Orozco Vargas, Beatriz Villamizae Carvajal, Carolina Vargas Porras   +2 more
doaj  

IRT‐based response style models and related methodology: Review and commentary

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We provide a review and commentary on recent methodological research related to item response theory (IRT) modelling of response styles in psychological measurement. Our review describes the different categories of IRT models that have been proposed, their associated assumptions and extensions, and the varying purposes they can serve.
Daniel M. Bolt, Lionel Meng
wiley   +1 more source

Making Rasch decisions: The use of Rasch analysis in the construction of preference based health related quality of life instruments [PDF]

Objective: To set out the methodological process for using Rasch analysis alongside traditional psychometric methods in the development of a health state classification that is amenable to valuation.
Brazier, J., Coyne, K., Tsuchiya, A., Yang, Y., Young, T.   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

THE DEVELOPMENT OF COVID-19 BRIEF ANXIETY SCALE IN OMAN

The Indonesian Journal of Public Health
Introduction: The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused increased levels of anxiety and stress. A recent study reported that 99% of its sample experienced anxiety, stress, stigma, and concerns about potential social isolation.
Mustafa Ali Khalaf
doaj   +1 more source

Marker effects and examination reliability: a comparative exploration from the perspectives of generalizability theory, Rasch modelling and multilevel modelling [PDF]

, 2013
This study looked at how three different analysis methods could help us to understand rater effects on exam reliability. The techniques we looked at were: generalizability theory (G-theory) item response theory (IRT): in particular the Many-Facets ...
Baird, Jo-Anne, Hayes, Malcolm, Johnson, Rod, Johnson, Sandra, Lamprianou, Iasonas   +4 more
core  

Reliability measures in knowledge structure theory

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In knowledge structure theory (KST) framework, this study evaluates the reliability of knowledge state estimation by introducing two key measures: the expected accuracy rate and the expected discrepancy. The accuracy rate quantifies the likelihood that the estimated knowledge state aligns with the true state, while the expected discrepancy ...
Debora de Chiusole, Andrea Spoto, Umberto Granziol, Luca Stefanutti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Insomnia Severity Index among South African first responders: evidence from classical test theory, Rasch, and Mokken analyses

Frontiers in Sleep
BackgroundSleep is essential for physical health and psychological wellbeing, and insomnia is strongly associated with mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety, and fatigue.
Tyrone B. Pretorius, Anita Padmanabhanunni   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anchor methods for DIF detection: A comparison of the iterative forward, backward, constant and all-other anchor class [PDF]

, 2013
In the analysis of differential item functioning (DIF) using item response theory (IRT), a common metric is necessary to compare item parameters between groups of test-takers.
Kopf, Julia, Strobl, Carolin, Zeileis, Achim   +2 more
core   +1 more source