ERIC Number: EJ954967
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
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An Outcomes-Based Assessment of Quality of Life in Social Services
Gomez, Laura Elisabet; Arias, Benito; Verdugo, Miguel Angel; Navas, Patricia
Social Indicators Research, v106 n1 p81-93 Mar 2012
The goal of this article consists of describing the calibration of an instrument to assess quality of life-related personal outcomes using Rasch analysis. The sample was composed of 3.029 recipients of social services from Catalonia (Spain) and was selected using a probabilistic polietapic sample design. Results related to unidimensionality, item and person separation reliability, calibration, items' level of difficulty, response categories and differential item functioning by gender and type of collective are provided and point out the general fit of the data to the model. However, it is recommended to include more difficult items and eliminate one that seems not to be adequate.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Test Bias, Quality of Life, Test Construction, Social Indicators, Sociometric Techniques, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Outcome Measures, Measures (Individuals)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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