Simulating computer adaptive testing with the Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire.
In a post hoc simulation study (N = 3,597 psychiatric outpatients), we investigated whether the efficiency of the 90-item Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire (MASQ) could be improved for assessing clinical subjects with computerized adaptive testing (CAT). A CAT simulation was performed on each o...
| Publicado en: | Psychological Assessment Vol. 28; no. 8; pp. 953 - 963 |
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American Psychological Association
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