Dynamic assessment of health outcomes: time to let the CAT out of the bag?

Background. The use of item response theory (IRT) to measure self-reported outcomes has burgeoned in recent years. Perhaps the most important application of IRT is computer-adaptive testing (CAT), a measurement approach in which the selection of items is tailored for each respondent. Objective. To p...

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Publicado en:Health Services Research Vol. 40; no. 5P2; pp. 1694 - 1712
Autores principales: Cook KF, O'Malley KJ, Roddey TS
Formato: tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2005
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