TitleMethodological issues for building item banks and computerized adaptive scales
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsThissen, D, Reeve, BB, Bjorner, JB, Chang, C-H
JournalQuality of Life Research
Volume16
NumberS1
Pagination109-119,
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0962-93431573-2649
Abstract

Abstract This paper reviews important methodological considerations for developing item banks and computerized adaptive scales (commonly called computerized adaptive tests in the educational measurement literature, yielding the acronym CAT), including issues of the reference population, dimensionality, dichotomous versus polytomous response scales, differential item functioning (DIF) and conditional scoring, mode effects, the impact of local dependence, and innovative approaches to assessment using CATs in health outcomes research.