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Raykov, Tenko; Pusic, Martin – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
This note is concerned with evaluation of location parameters for polytomous items in multiple-component measuring instruments. A point and interval estimation procedure for these parameters is outlined that is developed within the framework of latent variable modeling. The method permits educational, behavioral, biomedical, and marketing…
Descriptors: Item Analysis, Measurement Techniques, Computer Software, Intervals
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Friede, Tim; Röver, Christian; Wandel, Simon; Neuenschwander, Beat – Research Synthesis Methods, 2017
Meta-analyses in orphan diseases and small populations generally face particular problems, including small numbers of studies, small study sizes and heterogeneity of results. However, the heterogeneity is difficult to estimate if only very few studies are included. Motivated by a systematic review in immunosuppression following liver…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Diseases, Medical Research, Research Problems
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Parker, Richard I.; Vannest, Kimberly J.; Brown, Leanne – Exceptional Children, 2009
This article describes and field-tests the improved rate difference (IRD), a new effect size for summarizing single-case research data. Termed "risk difference" in medical research, IRD expresses the difference in successful performance between baseline and intervention phases. IRD can be calculated from visual analysis of nonoverlapping data, and…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Risk, Differences, Medical Research