Power and sample size determination in the Rasch model: evaluation of the robustness of a numerical method to non-normality of the latent trait.

Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) have gained importance in clinical and epidemiological research and aim at assessing quality of life, anxiety or fatigue for instance. Item Response Theory (IRT) models are increasingly used to validate and analyse PRO. Such models relate observed variables to a laten...

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Main Authors: Alice Guilleux, Myriam Blanchin, Jean-Benoit Hardouin, Véronique Sébille
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24427276/?tool=EBI