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Nonparametric IRT analysis of Quality-of-Life Scales and its application to the World Health Organization Quality-of-Life Scale (WHOQOL-Bref)

BACKGROUND: This study investigates the usefulness of the nonparametric monotone homogeneity model for evaluating and constructing Health-Related Quality-of-Life Scales consisting of polytomous items, and compares it to the often-used parametric graded response model. METHODS: The nonparametric mono...

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Autores principales: Sijtsma, Klaas, Emons, Wilco H. M., Bouwmeester, Samantha, Nyklíček, Ivan, Roorda, Leo D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2238782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18246447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-007-9281-6