Emergence of item response modeling in instrument development and data analysis

Medical Care

Volumn 38, Issue 9 SUPPL. 2, 2000, Pages

  Hambleton, Ronald K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical test theory; Computer adaptive testing; Item response modeling; Item response theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 0034266061     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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