Curtailment and Stochastic Curtailment to Shorten the CES-D

Autor/inn/en	Finkelman, Matthew D.; Smits, Niels; Kim, Wonsuk; Riley, Barth
Titel	Curtailment and Stochastic Curtailment to Shorten the CES-D
Quelle	In: Applied Psychological Measurement, 36 (2012) 8, S.632-658 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-6216
DOI	10.1177/0146621612451647
Schlagwörter	Measures (Individuals); Depression (Psychology); Test Length; Computer Assisted Testing; Adaptive Testing; Adolescents; Simulation; Scoring; Item Response Theory; Comparative Analysis; Foreign Countries; Netherlands; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Messdaten; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Bewertung; Item-Response-Theorie; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	The Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale is a well-known self-report instrument that is used to measure depressive symptomatology. Respondents who take the full-length version of the CES-D are administered a total of 20 items. This article investigates the use of curtailment and stochastic curtailment (SC), two sequential analysis methods that have recently been proposed for health questionnaires, to reduce the respondent burden associated with taking the CES-D. A post hoc simulation based on 1,392 adolescents' responses to the CES-D was used to compare these methods with a previously proposed computerized adaptive testing (CAT) approach. Curtailment lowered average test lengths by as much as 22% while always matching the classification decision of the full-length CES-D. SC and CAT achieved further reductions in average test length, with SC's classifications exhibiting more concordance with the full-length CES-D than do CAT's. Advantages and disadvantages of each method are discussed. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10