Use of NON-PARAMETRIC Item Response Theory to develop a shortened version of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Khan, Anzalee ^a,b,d   Lewis, Charles ^a,f   Lindenmayer, Jean Pierre ^c,d,e  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ProPhase LLC   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (United States)

^f EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITEM CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPTION CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PROBABILITY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 81055148205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-178     Document Type: Article

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