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Item Response Theory, Computerized Adaptive Testing, and PROMIS: Assessment of Physical Function

James F. Fries, James Witter, Matthias Rose, David Cella, Dinesh Khanna and Esi Morgan-DeWitt
The Journal of Rheumatology January 2014, 41 (1) 153-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.130813
James F. Fries
From the Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Medical School Charité, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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