The potential synergy between cognitive models and modern psychometric models

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-274

  Bjorner, Jakob B ^a   Ware Jr , John E ^b   Kosinski, Mark ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cognitive aspects; Item response models; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038219532     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023295421684     Document Type: Conference Paper

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