Health Measurement

Richard C. Gershon; Ron D. Hays; Michael A. Kallen

doi:10.1201/9781315119144-70

Health Measurement

Richard C. Gershon, Ron D. Hays, Michael A. Kallen

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The application of item response theory (IRT) in health measurement has virtually taken the field by storm. A recent Google search identified 401, 000 hits for these relatively new concepts versus 483, 000 hits for “item response theory” and “education.” Most of this growth, however, has taken place in relative secret to those who typically identify IRT as only being associated with educational measurement. This chapter overviews numerous areas of health measurement, which are actively taking advantage of IRT, and shares examples of how some health measurement problems have been resolved using novel applications of IRT.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Handbook of Item Response Theory
Subtitle of host publication	Three Volume Set
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	349-363
Number of pages	15
Volume	1-3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781482282474
ISBN (Print)	9781466514393
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315119144-70
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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