1.0Vereniging voor Epidemiologiehttps://www.epidemiologie.nl/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="P70V9gwHeU"><a href="https://www.epidemiologie.nl/en/cursus/item-response-theory/">Item Response Theory</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.epidemiologie.nl/en/cursus/item-response-theory/embed/#?secret=P70V9gwHeU" width="600" height="338" title="“Item Response Theory” — Vereniging voor Epidemiologie" data-secret="P70V9gwHeU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.epidemiologie.nl/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> In medicine and health sciences we often measure constructs that are not directly observable, such as quality of life, pain, or depression. Measurement of such constructs requires use of questionnaires, which validity and reliability is assessed using statistical measurement models. The Item Response Theory (IRT) provides statistical models which model the relationship between the construct […]