Recent advances in analysis of differential item functioning in health research using the Rasch model
Abstract Background Rasch analysis with a focus on Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is increasingly used for examination of psychometric properties of health outcome measures. To take account of DIF in order to retain precision of measurement, split of DIF-items into separate sample specific item...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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Series: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-017-0755-0 |