Measuring global physical health in children with cerebral palsy: illustration of a multidimensional bi-factor model and computerized adaptive testing.

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to apply a bi-factor model for the determination of test dimensionality and a multidimensional CAT using computer simulations of real data for the assessment of a new global physical health measure for children with cerebral palsy (CP).Methods: Parent respond...

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Published in:Quality of Life Research Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 359 - 371
Main Authors: Haley SM, Ni P, Dumas HM, Fragala-Pinkham MA, Hambleton RK, Montpetit K, Bilodeau N, Gorton GE, Watson K, Tucker CA, Haley, Stephen M, Ni, Pengsheng, Dumas, Helene M, Fragala-Pinkham, Maria A, Hambleton, Ronald K, Montpetit, Kathleen, Bilodeau, Nathalie, Gorton, George E, Watson, Kyle, Tucker, Carole A
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Apr2009
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