Using the Guttman scale to define and estimate measurement error in items over time: The case of cognitive decline and the meaning of "points lost"

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Tractenberg, Rochelle E ^a,b   Yumoto, Futoshi ^b,c   Aisen, Paul S ^d   Kaye, Jeffrey A ^e   Mislevy, Robert J ^f  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Collaborative for Research on Outcomes and Metrics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUTTMAN SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857166050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030019     Document Type: Article

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