Item Response Theory Applied to the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ) in Portuguese

The item response theory (IRT), or latent trace theory, is based on a set of mathematical models to complement the qualitative analysis of the items in a given questionnaire. This study analyzes the items of the Spiritual Needs Questionnaire (SpNQ) in the Portuguese version, applied to HIV+ patients...

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Main Authors: Cassiano Augusto Oliveira da Silva, Ana Paula Rodrigues Cavalcanti, Kaline da Silva Lima, Carlos André Macêdo Cavalcanti, Tânia Cristina de Oliveira Valente, Arndt Büssing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/3/139