A bayesian model for mixed responses and skew laten variable to measure HRQoL in children

The aim of the thesi is to formulate a suitable Item Response Theory (IRT) based model to measure HRQoL (as latent variable) using a mixed responses questionnaire and relaxing the hypothesis of normal distributed latent variable. The new model is a combination of two models already presented in lit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Broccoli, Serena <1982>
Other Authors: Montanari, Angela
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2010
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/2342/