Book Review: Modern Psychometrics With R

Modern psychometrics applied in rheumatology--a systematic review.

BACKGROUND Although item response theory (IRT) appears to be increasingly used within health care research in general, a comprehensive overview of the frequency and characteristics of IRT analyses within the rheumatic field is lacking. An overview of the use and application of IRT in rheumatology to date may give insight into future research directions and highlight new possibilities for the im...

Book review ENZYME KINETICS A Modern Approach

a review on the book “modern epidemiology”

سومین چاپ کتاب «اپیدمیولوژی نوین» (modern epidemiology) در سال 2008 میلادی و توسط انتشارات lippincott williams wilkins با قیمت 101 دلار، روانه بازار کتاب شد. سرنوشت این کتاب، همانند سرنوشت دانش اپیدمیولوژی، بسیار جذاب و شنیدنی است. چاپ اول کتاب 20 سال قبل از چاپ سوم، یعنی در سال 1988 میلادی منتشر شده بود. چاپ اول، فقط یک نویسنده داشت و بسیار کم حجم بود. چاپ دوم کتاب 12 سال بعد از چاپ اول، یعنی ...

Psycho-informatics: Big Data shaping modern psychometrics.

For the first time in history, it is possible to study human behavior on great scale and in fine detail simultaneously. Online services and ubiquitous computational devices, such as smartphones and modern cars, record our everyday activity. The resulting Big Data offers unprecedented opportunities for tracking and analyzing behavior. This paper hypothesizes the applicability and impact of Big D...

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