Methodological issues regarding power of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT)-based approaches for the comparison of patient-reported outcomes in two groups of patients - A simulation study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sébille, Véronique ^a,b   Hardouin, Jean Benoit ^a   Le Néel, Tanguy ^a   Kubis, Gildas ^a   Boyer, François ^c,d   Guillemin, Francis ^e   Falissard, Bruno ^f,g  

^a Universite de Nantes   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne   (France)

^d Sebastopol Hospital   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^f Universite Paris Sud   (France)

^g HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77951553336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-24     Document Type: Article

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