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Journal article

A comparison of the polytomous Rasch analysis output of RUMM2030 and R (ltm/eRm/TAM/lordif)

Abstract

BackgroundPatient-reported outcome measures developed using Classical Test Theory are commonly comprised of ordinal level items on a Likert response scale are problematic as they do not permit the results to be compared between patients. Rasch analysis provides a solution to overcome this by evaluating the measurement characteristics of the rating scales using probability estimates. This is typically achieved using commercial software dedicated …

Authors

Robinson M; Johnson AM; Walton DM; MacDermid JC

Journal

BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol. 19, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

12 2019

DOI

10.1186/s12874-019-0680-5

ISSN

1471-2288