Practical issues in the application of item response theory: A demonstration using items from the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) 4.0 generic core scales

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Hill, Cheryl D ^a   Edwards, Michael C ^b   Thissen, David ^c   Langer, Michelle M ^c   Wirth, R J ^c   Burwinkle, Tasha M ^d   Varni, James W ^d,e  

^a RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Pharmacology

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Instrument development; IRT; PedsQL

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUSTODY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDIATRICS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34247364657     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000259879.05499.eb     Document Type: Article

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