Improving measurement in health education and health behavior research using item response modeling: Introducing item response modeling

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages

  Wilson, Mark ^a   Allen, Diane D ^a   Li, Jun Corser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 34347339679     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl108     Document Type: Article

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