Search Results - subject:"Functioning"

Screening Test Items for Differential Item Functioning

Longford, Nicholas T. - In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 39 (2014) 1, pp. 3-21

A method for medical screening is adapted to differential item functioning (DIF). Its essential elements are explicit …

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Factors in the Development of Trade Credit: Case Study of Provinces in China

Yano, Go; Shiraishi, Maho - In: Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 50 (2014) 2S, pp. 114-134

intermediation via trade credit in developing economies. First, we confirm that a competitive market environment, a well-functioning …, corruption hinders its development. Second, we find that proper functioning of the legal system and bank lending to non …

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INSOLVENCY OF ADMINISTRATIVE-TERRITORIAL UNITS

VEDINAS, Verginia; CIOCHINA, Daniela - In: Internal Auditing and Risk Management 2 (2014) 34, pp. 239-244

regarding the manner of administrative-territorial organization of Romania, and the organization and functioning of public …

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Are we living longer but less healthy? Trends in mortality and morbidity in Catalonia (Spain), 1994-2011

Solé-Auró, Aida; Alcañiz, Manuela - Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP) - 2014

survival to provide estimates of life expectancy with and without diseases and functioning loss. We use a repeated cross …

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A peer adherence support intervention to improve the antiretroviral treatment outcomes of HIV patients in South Africa: The moderating role of family dynamics

Wouters, Edwin; Masquillier, Caroline; Ponnet, Koen; le … - In: Social Science & Medicine 113 (2014) C, pp. 145-153

Given the severe shortage of human resources in the healthcare sector in many countries with high HIV prevalence, community-based peer adherence support is being increasingly cited as an integral part of a sustainable antiretroviral treatment (ART) strategy. However, the available scientific...

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Perceived Family Life Quality in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong

Shek, Daniel; Leung, Hildie; Lu, Su - In: Social Indicators Research 117 (2014) 3, pp. 757-775

The present longitudinal study examined perceived family functioning and related socio-demographic correlates from the … perspective of adolescents in Hong Kong. Results showed that adolescent perceptions of family functioning based on different … family functioning than did girls; (b) adolescents from non-intact families had poorer perceived family functioning than …

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Detecting gender item bias and differential manifest response behavior: A Rasch-based solution

Salzberger, Thomas; Newton, Fiona J.; Ewing, Michael T. - In: Journal of Business Research 67 (2014) 4, pp. 598-607

Although gender is a salient variable in consumer research, researchers largely overlook whether, and how, it influences consumer response to indicators measuring latent variables. The authors therefore extend the framework of measurement equivalence assessment to the largely overlooked issue of...

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Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion?

Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Demography 51 (2014) 2, pp. 619-643

We study the effect of secondary education on cognitive performance toward the end of working age. We exploit the exogenous variation in years of schooling arising from compulsory schooling reforms implemented in six European countries during the 1950s and 1960s. Using data of individuals,...

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Analyses of Model Fit and Robustness. A New Look at the PISA Scaling Model Underlying Ranking of Countries According to Reading Literacy

Kreiner, Svend; Christensen, Karl - In: Psychometrika 79 (2014) 2, pp. 210-231

’s ranking of countries is confounded by model misfit and differential item functioning (DIF). To determine this, we reanalyzed …

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A factor mixture model for analyzing heterogeneity and cognitive structure of dementia

Cagnone, Silvia; Viroli, Cinzia - In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 98 (2014) 1, pp. 1-20

cognitive functioning responses through a factor mixture analysis model. The model extends recent proposals developed for binary …

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