Rating scales and Rasch measurement

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 571-585

  Andrich, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

graded response model; item response theory; ordered category formats; Rasch measurement; Rasch models; rating scales

Indexed keywords

ASHWORTH SCALE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE TONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE TONUS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 80053548119     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.11.59     Document Type: Review

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