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The article was published on 1982-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1897 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Rating scale & Polytomous Rasch model.read more
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Banking non-dichotomously scored items
Geofferey N. Masters,John Evans +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method for constructing a bank of items scored in two or more ordered response categories is described, which enables multistep problems, rating scale items, question "clus...
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Dimensional analyses of complex data
TL;DR: In this article, scales constructed using principal components and Rasch measurement methods are compared under difficult circumstances, when constructs are unclear and sample sizes marginal, and effects of item positions on the scales are noted and discussed.
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Migration and coastal resource use in Papua New Guinea
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined reasons for migration in 14 coastal communities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and compared coastal resource use and socioeconomic conditions between migrants and non-migrants to test the hypothesis that migrants have different levels of coastal resource usage than nonmigrants and found that migrants had lower participation in the fishery, ranked fishing as a less important livelihood strategy, and had lower involvement in village decision-making, but had higher levels of human development.
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Rasch analysis of Minimum Data Set mandated in skilled nursing facilities.
TL;DR: The constructed validity of the physical functioning and cognition scales of the MDS, in general, was supported and future investigations into the function of the rating scale and the necessity of adding challenging items are recommended.
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The initial development of an item bank to assess and screen for psychological distress in cancer patients.
A. Smith,Robert Rush,Robert Rush,Galina Velikova,Lucy Wall,E. P. Wright,Dan Stark,Dan Stark,Peter Selby,Michael Sharpe +9 more
TL;DR: This study aimed to use Rasch models to develop an item‐bank which would provide the basis for better means of assessing psychological distress in cancer patients.