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Describing the elephant: Structure and function in multivariate data

McDonald, Roderick - In: Psychometrika 51 (1986) 4, pp. 513-534

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Advancing methodology in the study of HIV status disclosure: The importance of considering disclosure target and intent

Dima, Alexandra L.; Stutterheim, Sarah E.; Lyimo, Ramsey; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 108 (2014) C, pp. 166-174

Disclosure of HIV status has been the focus of three decades of research, which have revealed its complex relations to many behaviors involved in HIV prevention and treatment, and exposed its central role in managing the HIV epidemic. The causes and consequences of disclosure acts have recently...

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Towards a new paradigm of measurement in marketing

Salzberger, Thomas; Koller, Monika - In: Journal of Business Research 66 (2013) 9, pp. 1307-1317

In measuring latent variables, marketing research currently defines measurement as the assignment of numerals to … objects. On this basis, marketing researchers utilize a multitude of avenues to measurement. However, the scientific concept … of measurement requires the discovery of a specific structure in the data allowing for the inference of a quantitative …

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Relevance and advantages of using the item response theory

Bortolotti, Silvana; Tezza, Rafael; Andrade, Dalton; … - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 47 (2013) 4, pp. 2341-2360

The item response theory (IRT) also known as latent trait theory, is used for the development, evaluation and … administration of standardized measurements; it is widely used in the areas of psychology and education. This theory was developed … and expanded for over 50 years and has contributed to the development of measurement scales of latent traits. This paper …

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Measuring pregnancy planning

Rocca, Corinne; Krishnan, Suneeta; Barrett, Geraldine; … - In: Demographic Research 23 (2010) 11, pp. 293-334

We evaluated the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy among Indian women using classical methods and Item Response Modeling. The scale exhibited good internal consistency and internal structure, with overall scores correlating well with each itemâ€™s response...

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An Evaluation of the Precision of Measurement of Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales in a Population Sample

Abbott, Rosemary; Ploubidis, George; Huppert, Felicia; … - In: Social Indicators Research 97 (2010) 3, pp. 357-373

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Editing and multiply imputing German establishment panel data to estimate stochastic production frontier models

Kölling, Arnd; Rässler, Susanne - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2004

"This paper illustrates the effects of item-nonresponse in surveys on the results of multivariate statistical analysis when estimation of productivity is the task. To multiply impute the missing data a data augmentation algorithm based on a normal/Wishart model is applied. Data of the German IAB...

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Editing and multiply imputing German establishment panel data to estimate stochastic production frontier models

Kölling, Arnd; Rässler, Susanne - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2004

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Child labour, school attendance and academic performance : a review

Orazem, Peter F; Gunnarsson, Victoria - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2003

Explores methods for estimating the impact of child labour on student learning. Considers various measures of child labour and school performance and examines issues in sample design. Demonstrates the type of results that can be obtained with two multi-country data sets and makes suggestions for...

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Statistical measurement of gender wage differentials.

R, Rassou - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993

Describes various methodologies for measuring gender wage differentials and identifies their major advantages and weaknesses.

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