title: Methodological issues in using the Rasch model to select cross culturally equivalent items in order to develop a Quality of Life index: the analysis of four WHOQOL-100 data sets (Argentina, France, Hong Kong, United Kingdom).
authors.affiliation: INSERM Unit 292, Hopital de Bicetre, 82 rue de general Leclerc, 94276 LeKremlin-Bicetre Cedex, France. Alain.Leplege@wanadoo.fr
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leplege
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authors.lastname: Ecosse
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001118:Argentina; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D006113:United Kingdom