scholarly journals An Analysis of Test Bias and Differential Item Functioning due to Race on the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale

1998 ◽  
Vol 53B (6) ◽  
pp. P370-P374 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Woodard ◽  
A. P. Auchus ◽  
R. E. Godsall ◽  
R. C. Green
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Test Bias ◽  
Mattis Dementia Rating Scale ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Dementia Rating Scale

An IRT Investigation of the Validity of Non-Patient Analogue Research Using the Beck Depression Inventory

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean M. Hammond
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Latent Trait ◽  
Scale Model ◽  
Item Functioning ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Patient Groups ◽  
Analogue Research ◽  
Rating Scale Model

This paper presents an IRT analysis of the Beck Depression Inventory which was carried out to assess the assumption of an underlying latent trait common to non-clinical and patient samples. A one parameter rating scale model was fitted to data drawn from a patient and non-patient sample. Findings suggest that while the BDI fits the model reasonably well for the two samples separately there is sufficient differential item functioning to raise serious duobts of the viability of using it analogously with patient and non-patient groups.

scholarly journals Using Differential Item Functioning to Test for Interrater Reliability in Constructed Response Items

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 808-820
Author(s):  
Cindy M. Walker ◽  
Sakine Göçer Şahin
Keyword(s):  
Differential Item Functioning ◽  
Interrater Reliability ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Kappa Statistic ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Constructed Response ◽  
Polytomous Item ◽  
Item Functioning

The purpose of this study was to investigate a new way of evaluating interrater reliability that can allow one to determine if two raters differ with respect to their rating on a polytomous rating scale or constructed response item. Specifically, differential item functioning (DIF) analyses were used to assess interrater reliability and compared with traditional interrater reliability measures. Three different procedures that can be used as measures of interrater reliability were compared: (1) intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), (2) Cohen’s kappa statistic, and (3) DIF statistic obtained from Poly-SIBTEST. The results of this investigation indicated that DIF procedures appear to be a promising alternative to assess the interrater reliability of constructed response items, or other polytomous types of items, such as rating scales. Furthermore, using DIF to assess interrater reliability does not require a fully crossed design and allows one to determine if a rater is either more severe, or more lenient, in their scoring of each individual polytomous item on a test or rating scale.

scholarly journals Comparative sensitivity of the MoCA and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale‐2 in Parkinson's disease

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taylor R. Hendershott ◽  
Delphine Zhu ◽  
Seoni Llanes ◽  
Cyrus P. Zabetian ◽  
Joseph Quinn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Comparative Sensitivity ◽  
Mattis Dementia Rating Scale ◽  
Dementia Rating Scale

The agreement of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale with the Mini-Mental State Examination

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 685-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Freidl ◽  
W.-J. Stronegger ◽  
A. Berghold ◽  
B. Reinhart ◽  
K. Petrovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Mattis Dementia Rating Scale ◽  
Dementia Rating Scale ◽  
State Examination
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