5147.0 Uses of Path Analysis, Factor Analysis , and Item Response Theory in Public Health Research

Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 12:30 PM
Oral
Moderator:
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 and Michael Stoto, PhD
           
12:50 PM
Using 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 PM
Dynamic 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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