Response 1 to Reeve's Chapter: Applying Item Response Theory for Questionnaire Evaluation

Question Evaluation Methods: Contributing to the Science of Data Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 125-135

  Hays, Ron D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning (DIF) present, if response options are changed to a larger extent; Quantitative data, from IRT clues about survey item performance, combination of quantitative and qualitative methods; Response 1 to Reeve's chapter, overview of item response theory (IRT) application and CRCs, in evaluation of response options of each item

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942504579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118037003.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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