Graded response model-based item selection for behavior and symptom identification

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Normand, Sharon Lise T ^a,b   Belanger, Albert J ^a   Eisen, Susan V ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Item response theory; Latent traits; Mental illness; Multi dimensional; Ordinal data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 37849186594     PISSN: 13873741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-006-0005-0     Document Type: Article

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