Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsMODERATING ABILITY OF ITEM RESPONSE THEORY THROUGH PRIOR GUESSING PARAMETERSiow Hoo Leong, Siew Eng Ling, Rasidah MahdiA psycho-technology approach to discouraging guessing in multiple-choice formatted item can be done through reducing the a priori guessing probability of an item. This study proposes a psychometrics framework of Item Response Theory (IRT) to model the effect of having various priori guessing probabilities across different items. A prior guessing parameter is proposed to serves as a moderator of the … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 9, Issue 4 · 26 Sep 2013 · 7,116 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractBarriers to Research Utilization among Registered Nurses at Hamad Medical CorporationAbdulqadir J. Nashwan, Ahmad A. Abujaber, Dana B. MansourThis study aimed to determine the barriers to research utilization from HMC registered nurses' perspectives. This quantitative descriptive study used a newly developed 25-item questionnaire. The questions were categorized into three domains: Nurse-related, System-related and Research-related Barriers. The questionnaire was distributed electronically via e-mail service to all registered nurses in Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) (N = 5000). About 901 responses … …International Journal of Research in Nursing, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 1 Dec 2016 · 8,130 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Primer on the One-Parameter Rasch ModelRandy McCameyThe Rasch measurement model improves on traditional test construction by creating tests in which the person’s ability is independent of the sample of items used and the norm group used to calibrate the test. This article is an introductory review of the Rasch Model and describes properties of the Item Characteristic Curve (ICC) and discusses the utility of having person … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 5 Jan 2015 · 6,762 accessesView PDFCite