Rasch fit statistics and sample size considerations for polytomous data

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Smith, Adam B ^a,b   Rush, Robert ^c   Fallowfield, Lesley J ^d   Velikova, Galina ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^e  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 46149106600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-8-33     Document Type: Article

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