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Methodological issues for building item banks and computerized adaptive scales

  • David Thissen*
  • , Bryce B. Reeve
  • , Jakob Bue Bjorner
  • , Chih Hung Chang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Quality Metric Incorporated
  • Health Assessment Lab.
  • Northwestern University

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Abstract

This paper reviews important methodological considerations for developing item banks and computerized adaptive scales (commonly called computerized adaptive tests in the educational measurement literature, yielding the acronym CAT), including issues of the reference population, dimensionality, dichotomous versus polytomous response scales, differential item functioning (DIF) and conditional scoring, mode effects, the impact of local dependence, and innovative approaches to assessment using CATs in health outcomes research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)109-119
Number of pages11
JournalQuality of Life Research
Volume16
Issue numberSUPPL. 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 08 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Computerized adaptive scale
  • Computerized adaptive test
  • Differential item functioning
  • Dimensionality assessment
  • Item bank
  • Item response theory
  • Local dependence

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