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The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Using Rasch Measurement Theory in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association, 2021
Background: Depression and anxiety are prevalent and can cause suffering in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The Korean version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (K-HADS) has been widely used to assess depression and anxiety symptoms in
Jin-Hyuk Choi, S. Jeon, S. Hong, Ahro Kim, Ji-Yun Park, Hui-Jun Yang   +5 more
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A unique double tango: Construct validation and reliability analysis of risk perception, attitude and practice (RPAP) questionnaire on dengue infection.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Introduction/backgroundDengue fever remains a public health threat despite being preventable. A solution to the constant problem of dengue infection will require active intervention and a paradigm shift.
Mohd 'Ammar Ihsan Ahmad Zamzuri, Mohd Nazrin Jamhari, Hasanain Faisal Ghazi, Muhamad Hazizi Muhamad Hasani, Noor Khalili Mohd Ali, Mohammad Faid Abd Rashid, Rozita Hod, Rahmat Dapari, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan   +8 more
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Rasch model analysis gives new insights into the structural validity of the Quick-DASH in patients with musculoskeletal shoulder pain [PDF]

, 2017
Study Design: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study Background: The Quick-DASH is a widely used outcome measure which has been extensively evaluated using classical test theory (CTT). Rasch model analysis can identify strengths
Chester, Rachel, Jerosch-Herold, Christina, Shepstone, Lee   +2 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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Rasch model of the bridging social capital questionnaire

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Bridging social capital is defined as the connections between individuals who are dissimilar with respect to socioeconomic status and other characteristics. We previously identified an important gap in the literature related to its measurement.
E. Villalonga-Olives, I. Kawachi, A.M. Rodríguez   +2 more
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Constructing three emotion knowledge tests from the invariant measurement approach [PDF]

, 2017
Background. Psychological constructionist models like the Conceptual Act Theory (CAT) postulate that complex states such as emotions are composed of basic psychological ingredients that are more clearly respected by the brain than basic emotions.
Burin, Debora Ines, Delgado, Ana R., Prieto, Gerardo   +2 more
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Evaluation of the Impact of Calibration of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures on Clinical Trial Results: A Simulation Study based on Rasch Measurement Theory

, 2021
BackgroundIn the analysis of clinical trial endpoints, calibration of patient-reported outcomes (PRO) instruments ensures that resulting “scores” represent the same quantity of the measured concept between applications.
A. Loubert, A. Regnault, V. Sébille, J. Hardouin   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Causal Rasch models

Frontiers in Psychology, 2013
Rasch’s unidimensional models for measurement show how to connect object measures (e.g., reader abilities), measurement mechanisms (e.g., machine-generated cloze reading items), and observational outcomes (e.g., counts correct on reading instruments ...
A. Jackson Stenner, William P Fisher, Mark eStone, Donald eBurdick   +3 more
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Using item response theory to explore the psychometric properties of extended matching questions examination in undergraduate medical education [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: As assessment has been shown to direct learning, it is critical that the examinations developed to test clinical competence in medical undergraduates are valid and reliable. The use of extended matching questions (EMQ) has been advocated to
A Van Alphen, B Chopin, BA Fenderson, BD Wright, C Hagquist, CD Kreiter, D Andrich, D Andrich, D Andrich, DL Streiner, G Karabastos, G Rasch, G Rasch, GE Miller, GE Stone, General Medical Council, J Dobby, J Kehoe, J Umar, JC Impara, JM Bland, M Banerji, M Kane, R Hambleton, RD Luce, RF Burton, RK Hambelton, RM Smith, S Alagumalai, SM Case, SM Case, TA Van Batenburg, V Wass, W Wang, WH Angoff, WJ Popham   +35 more
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Improving the evaluation of therapeutic interventions in multiple sclerosis: the role of new psychometric methods

Health Technology Assessment, 2009
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
doaj   +1 more source