Differential item functioning impact in a modified version of the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 981-990

  Crane, Paul K ^a   Cetin, Karynsa ^b   Cook, Karon F ^b   Johnson, Kurt ^b   Deyo, Richard ^a   Amtmann, Dagmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Item response theory; Logistic regression; Test bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547492231     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9200-x     Document Type: Article

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