Linking scores from multiple health outcome instruments

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 85-94

  Dorans, Neil J ^a  

^a EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Concordance; Cross walk table; Equating; IRT; Linking

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SHORT FORM 36;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 34447118323     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9155-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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