TY - BOOK AU - Bezruczko, Nikolaus, TI - Rasch measurement in health sciences SN - 0975535129 (hard cover) AV - R853 .M3B49 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Maple Grove, Minn. PB - JAM Press KW - Medical sciences KW - Mathematics KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Psychology KW - Mathematical models N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Measurement theory foundations; Nikolaus Bezruczko, John M. Linacre --; Rasch model essentials; Nikolaus Bezruczko --; Quality and outcome measures for medical rehabilitation; Carl V. Granger ... [et al.] --; Refining a measure of brain injury sequelae: The Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory; James F. Malec ... [et al.] --; Measuring patient satisfaction and dissatisfaction; Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella --; Measurement consistency for different language versions of health-related quality of life instruments; Chih-Hung Chang, David Cella, Benjamin D. Wright --; Credentialing health care professionals; Anne Wendt, Donna Surges Tatum --; Task specificity and case dependency of standardized patient-based performance assessment; Linjun Shen --; Assessing radiographic status of rheumatoid arthritis: introduction of a shortened erosion scale; Frederick Wolfe, Désirée van der Heijde, Arvi Larsen --; Using Rasch measurement with medical data; Kyle Perkins, Benjamin D. Wright, J. Kevin Dorsey --; Rater effects on disease activity scale; Rita K. Bode ... [et al.] --; Representing treatment effects with variable maps; Everett V. Smith Jr. -- The LIFEware system and Rasch analysis: evaluating functional status of multiple sclerosis patients; Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin --; Several noncategorical measures define air pollution construct; Pedro Alvarez --; Development of a short osteoporosis quality of life questionnaire by equating items from two existing instruments; Xavier Badia .. [et al.] --; Measuring change: functional activity item calibrations at admission vs. discharge; Larry H. Ludlow, Patricia Andres, Stephen M. Haley --; Rasch model comparison of Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory; Zhixiao Wang .. [et al.] --; Dimensionality and scaling issues measuring activities of daily living (ADL); Weimo Zhu, Jae Kennedy --; Fundamental measurement for MEPS/CAHPS quality of care scales; William P. Fisher, Jr., George Karabatsos --; Rasch model isolates quality of life construct in Six WHOQOL-100 data sets (Argentina, France, Hong Kong, Spain, USA, and UK); Emmanuel Ecosse, Alain Leplege, the WHOQOL Rasch group --; Measurement in health research; Alan Tennant ER -