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Dating Apps and the Right to an Explanation

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that in countries where dating apps have become the primary means of meeting romantic partners and promise to help users find love, individuals should be entitled to access certain information about how their algorithms function. Specifically, we advocate for a legal right to an explanation that addresses the following, not
Bouke de Vries, Kristian González Barman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting Differential Item and Step Functioning with Rating Scale and Partial Credit Trees [PDF]

, 2014
Several statistical procedures have been suggested for detecting differential item functioning (DIF) and differential step functioning (DSF) in polytomous items.
Abou El-Komboz, Basil, Strobl, Carolin, Zeileis, Achim   +2 more
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Rasch analysis of an instrument for measuring occupational value: Implications for theory and practice

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2009
This study investigated psychometric properties of an instrument for assessing perceived occupational value, the 26-item OVal-pd. Data from 225 Swedish subjects with and without known mental illness were analysed regarding fit to the Rasch measurement model (partial credit model), differential item functioning (DIF), and functioning of the OVal-pd four-
Mona, Eklund, Lena-Karin, Erlandsson, Dennis, Persson, Peter, Hagell   +3 more
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Improving child mental health and learning outcomes and reducing stigma and discrimination in conflict setting: findings from a cluster randomized controlled trial of a classroom‐based psychosocial intervention in rural primary schools in Afghanistan

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Conflict and crises have long‐lasting and dramatic consequences on the mental health of children. We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a psychosocial intervention on child mental health in Afghanistan. Methods A two‐arm cluster‐randomized controlled trial was conducted in 83 rural primary schools within three provinces of Afghanistan.
Jean‐Francois Trani, Yiqi Zhu, Saria Bechara, Shuya Yin, Parul Bakhshi, Ian Kaplan, Ramkrishna K. Singh, Mohammed A. Modaber, Hashim Rawab, Madelyn Yoo, Kim Thuy Seelinger, Ganesh M. Babulal, Ramesh Raghavan   +12 more
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Measuring measuring: Toward a theory of proficiency with the Constructing Measures framework [PDF]

, 2009
This paper is relevant to measurement educators who are interested in the variability of understanding and use of the four building blocks in the Constructing Measures framework (Wilson, 2005).
Draney, K, Duckor, Brent M, Wilson, M
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Craniofacial Pain and Disability Inventory and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Study of Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Graphical abstract of the manuscript published at the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, showing the responsiveness and interpretability (Minimal Important Change [MIC]) scores for two questionnaires designed to assess patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: Craniofacial Pain and Disability Inventory (CF‐PDI) and Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia for ...
Juliana Homem Padilha Spavieri, Mariana Romano de Lira, Aroldo dos Santos Aguiar, Thaís Cristina Chaves   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measurement of level of PTSD with the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ): bias and precision when using full ordinal or dichotomized items

European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Background: The introduction of the WHO ICD-11 created a need for reliable and valid measures of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD (CPTSD).
Tine Nielsen, Ask Elklit, Sabrina Brødsgaard Nielsen, Mikkel Auning-Hansen, Svend Kreiner, Maria Louison Vang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring differential item functioning in the SF-36 by demographic, clinical, psychological and social factors in an osteoarthritis population [PDF]

, 2013
The SF-36 is a very commonly used generic measure of health outcome in osteoarthritis (OA). An important, but frequently overlooked, aspect of validating health outcome measures is to establish if items work in the same way across subgroup of a ...
A Williams, AJ Dallmeijer, AJ Perkins, B Pollard, BD Zumbo, BD Zumbo, Beth Pollard, C Bombardier, C Lewis, CA McHorney, Diane Dixon, DJ Cooke, F Wolfe, H Swaminathan, J Eachus, JA Teresi, JA Teresi, JA Teresi, JB Bjorner, JB Bjorner, JE Ware, JH Kellgren, M Reckase, Marie Johnston, N Bellamy, NW Scott, OPCS, P Juni, PB Baltes, PK Crane, RO Anderson, SP McKenna, T Covic, WF Velicer, WJ Taylor   +34 more
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The futuristic manifolds of REM sleep

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary Since one of its first descriptions 70 years ago, rapid eye movement sleep has continually inspired and excited new generations of sleep researchers. Despite significant advancements in understanding its neurocircuitry, underlying mechanisms and microstates, many questions regarding its function, especially beyond the early neurodevelopment ...
Liborio Parrino, Ivana Rosenzweig
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A comparison of the polytomous Rasch analysis output of RUMM2030 and R (ltm/eRm/TAM/lordif)

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2019
Background Patient-reported outcome measures developed using Classical Test Theory are commonly comprised of ordinal level items on a Likert response scale are problematic as they do not permit the results to be compared between patients.
Michael Robinson, Andrew M. Johnson, David M. Walton, Joy C. MacDermid   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source