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Development and Initial Validation of the Medical Fear Survey-Short Version
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Olatunji, Bunmi O.; Ebesutani, Chad; Sawchuk, Craig N.; McKay, Dean; Lohr, Jeffrey M.; Kleinknecht, Ronald A. – Assessment, 2012
The present investigation employs item response theory (IRT) to develop an abbreviated Medical Fear Survey (MFS). Application of IRT analyses in Study 1 (n = 931) to the original 50-item MFS resulted in a 25-item shortened version. Examination of the location parameters also resulted in a reduction of the Likert-type scaling of the MFS by removing…
Descriptors: Fear, Medicine, Surveys, Test Construction
Augmenting the Core Battery with Supplementary Subtests: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV Measurement Invariance across the United States and Canada
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Bowden, Stephen C.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Weiss, Lawrence G. – Assessment, 2011
Examination of measurement invariance provides a powerful method to evaluate the hypothesis that the same set of psychological constructs underlies a set of test scores in different populations. If measurement invariance is observed, then the same psychological meaning can be ascribed to scores in both populations. In this study, the measurement…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Construct Validity, Older Adults, Measures (Individuals)