Testing the ruler with item response theory: increasing precision of measurement for relationship satisfaction with the Couples Satisfaction Index.
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Summary
Compared with the MAS and the DAS, the CSI scales were shown to have higher precision of measurement and correspondingly greater power for detecting differences in levels of satisfaction, suggesting that they assess the same theoretical construct as do prior scales.
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- article
- Published
- 2007-12-01
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- 1,772
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- 37
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- Open access
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Keywords
Psychology, Construct (python library), Social psychology, Nomological network, Construct validity
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