Rasch measurement using dichotomous scoring

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 328-349

  Schumacker, Randall E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHOTOMOUS SCORING; MOBILITY SCALE; RASCH MEASUREMENT;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATING; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CALIBRATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3242740942     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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