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ArticleStatistical methods in medical research2020

A study of alternative approaches to non-normal latent trait distributions in item response theory models used for health outcome measurement.

Niels Smits, Oğuzhan Öğreden, Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal, Caroline B Terwee, R Philip Chalmers

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Article in Statistical methods in medical research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Hungarian PROMIS-29+2: psychometric properties and population reference values.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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  5. Psychometric properties of the PROMIS-57 questionnaire, Norwegian version.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  8. Psychometric properties of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) pediatric item bank peer relationships in the Dutch general population.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Niels SmitsResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3669-9266
Oğuzhan ÖğredenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9949-3348
Mauricio Garnier-VillarrealMarquette University, College of Nursing, Milwaukee, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2951-6647
Caroline B TerweeDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
R Philip ChalmersQuantitative Methods, Faculty of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Models, StatisticalOutcome Assessment, Health CareData Interpretation, StatisticalItem response theorynormalitypatient-reported outcomesskewnesszero-inflation

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PMID32156195
PMCPMC7221458

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