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50 Years of ERIC
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Improving Measurement in Health Education and Health Behavior Research Using Item Response Modeling: Comparison with the Classical Test Theory Approach
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Wilson, Mark; Allen, Diane D.; Li, Jun Corser – Health Education Research, 2006
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about using IRMs introduced in an earlier paper. It then applies a comparison scheme based on the AERA/APA/NCME "Standards for Educational and Psychological…
Descriptors: Health Education, Self Efficacy, Health Behavior, Measures (Individuals)
Improving Measurement in Health Education and Health Behavior Research Using Item Response Modeling: Introducing Item Response Modeling
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Wilson, Mark; Allen, Diane D.; Li, Jun Corser – Health Education Research, 2006
This paper is the first of several papers designed to demonstrate how the application of item response models in the behavioral sciences can be used to enhance the conceptual and technical toolkit of researchers and developers and to understand better the psychometric properties of psychosocial measures. The papers all use baseline data from the…
Descriptors: Health Education, Self Efficacy, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification
Introducing Multidimensional Item Response Modeling in Health Behavior and Health Education Research
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Allen, Diane D.; Wilson, Mark – Health Education Research, 2006
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these cases, the application of a multidimensional measurement model is both technically appropriate and potentially advantageous in substance. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Change
Does Participation in an Intervention Affect Responses on Self-Report Questionnaires?
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Baranowski, Tom; Allen, Diane D.; Masse, Louise C.; Wilson, Mark – Health Education Research, 2006
There has been some concern that participation in an intervention and exposure to a measurement instrument can change participants' interpretation of the items on a self-report questionnaire thereby distorting subsequent responses and biasing results. Differential item functioning (DIF) analysis using item response modeling can ascertain possible…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Test Bias, Intervention, Self Efficacy