Differential functioning of mini-mental test items according to disease
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Differential functioning of mini-mental test items according to disease.
INTRODUCTION Comparing the height of males and females would be impossible if the measuring device did not have the same properties for both populations. In a similar way, the cognitive level of diverse groups of patients should not be compared if the test has different measurement properties for these groups. Lack of Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is a condition for measurement invariance...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurología (English Edition)
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2173-5808
DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2011.01.007