Evaluating Item discrimination power of WHOQOL-BREF from an item response model perspectives

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-153

  Lin, Ting Hsiang ^a   Yao, Grace ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Item analysis; Item response theory; Quality of life; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

EID: 61349198260     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9273-0     Document Type: Article

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