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...
| Published in: | Health Services Research Vol. 40; no. 5P2; pp. 1694 - 1712 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct2005
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