The Early Development Instrument: An evaluation of its five domains using Rasch analysis

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Curtin, Margaret ^a   Browne, John ^a   Staines, Anthony ^b   Perry, Ivan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RASCH ANALYSIS; WELLBEING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; IRELAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84969325387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-016-0543-8     Document Type: Article

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