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Session: Uses of Path Analysis, Factor Analysis , and Item Response Theory in Public Health Research
5147.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Uses of Path Analysis, Factor Analysis , and Item Response Theory in Public Health Research
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):Linda Marc, ScD, MPH
12:30 PM   Leadership, communication, and social networking in public health emergency preparedness: Construct validity of a measurement tool
Elena Savoia, MD MPH, Marcia A. Testa, MPH PhD, Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP, Paul Campbell, ScD, Rebecca Orfaly Cadigan, MS, Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, Michael Stoto, PhD
12:50 PMUsing item response theory (IRT) to evaluate the equivalence of surveys translated into different languages: An illustrative empirical example
Adam C. Carle, MA, PhD
1:10 PM   Seemingly unrelated regression models as a generalized least squares solution to path Analysis
T. Mark Beasley, PhD
1:30 PMDynamic Factor Models: A Tool for Analyzing Longitudinal Public Health and Medical Databases
Ruth L. Eudy, MSW, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Statistics
Endorsed by:Epidemiology
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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