Rasch measurement in health sciences / Nikolaus Bezruczko.

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Measurement theory foundations / Nikolaus Bezruczko, John M. Linacre -- Rasch model essentials / Nikolaus Bezruczko -- Quality and outcome measures for medical rehabilitation / Carl V. Granger ... [et al.] -- Refining a measure of brain injury sequelae: The Mayo-Portland Adaptability Inventory / James F. Malec ... [et al.] -- Measuring patient satisfaction and dissatisfaction / Elizabeth A. Hahn, David Cella -- Measurement consistency for different language versions of health-related quality of life instruments / Chih-Hung Chang, David Cella, Benjamin D. Wright -- Credentialing health care professionals / Anne Wendt, Donna Surges Tatum -- Task specificity and case dependency of standardized patient-based performance assessment / Linjun Shen -- Assessing radiographic status of rheumatoid arthritis: introduction of a shortened erosion scale / Frederick Wolfe, Désirée van der Heijde, Arvi Larsen -- Using Rasch measurement with medical data / Kyle Perkins, Benjamin D. Wright, J. Kevin Dorsey -- Rater effects on disease activity scale / Rita K. Bode ... [et al.] -- Representing treatment effects with variable maps / Everett V. Smith Jr. -- The LIFEware system and Rasch analysis: evaluating functional status of multiple sclerosis patients / Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin -- Several noncategorical measures define air pollution construct / Pedro Alvarez -- Development of a short osteoporosis quality of life questionnaire by equating items from two existing instruments / Xavier Badia .. [et al.] -- Measuring change: functional activity item calibrations at admission vs. discharge / Larry H. Ludlow, Patricia Andres, Stephen M. Haley -- Rasch model comparison of Mood and Anxiety Symptom Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory / Zhixiao Wang .. [et al.] -- Dimensionality and scaling issues measuring activities of daily living (ADL) / Weimo Zhu, Jae Kennedy -- Fundamental measurement for MEPS/CAHPS quality of care scales / William P. Fisher, Jr., George Karabatsos -- Rasch model isolates quality of life construct in Six WHOQOL-100 data sets (Argentina, France, Hong Kong, Spain, USA, and UK) / Emmanuel Ecosse, Alain Leplege, the WHOQOL Rasch group -- Measurement in health research / Alan Tennant.