Search for dissertations about: "item response theory"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words item response theory.
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16. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Incidence, Occupational Risk, Treatment and Outcome Meassures
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17. Bayesian Cluster Analysis : Some Extensions to Non-standard Situations
Abstract : The Bayesian approach to cluster analysis is presented. We assume that all data stem from a finite mixture model, where each component corresponds to one cluster and is given by a multivariate normal distribution with unknown mean and variance. READ MORE
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18. Prior Knowledge and Recognition Memory : a Computational Modeling Approach
Abstract : For more than a century, an immense interest has been devoted to the study of recognition memory, where a multitude of memory phenomena has been explained. Recognition memory is usually described with parsimonious measurement and statistical models, stemming from dual process theory and signal detection theory. READ MORE
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19. Theory and validity evidence for a large-scale test for selection to higher education
Abstract : Validity is a crucial part of all forms of measurement, and especially in instruments that are high-stakes to the test takers. The aim of this thesis was to examine theory and validity evidence for a recently revised large-scale instrument used for selection to higher education in Sweden, the Swedish Scholastic Assessment Test (SweSAT), as well as identify threats to its validity. READ MORE
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20. Patients’ experiences of continuity of care : What is needed and how can it be measured?
Abstract : Aim: The overall aim for this thesis was to explore continuity of care through patients’, family carers’, and health care personnel’s perceptions, and to develop and evaluate a patient-reported experience measure of continuity of care.Method: This thesis consists of four studies; I have a qualitative explorative design and II have a qualitative descriptive design, whereas III and IV are methodological studies. READ MORE