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When individuals are asked to determine the numbers of briefly presented visual items, differences in the slope accuracy are typically found between small versus large numbers [1], [2].
For example, Steinmetz [ 5] found that in scales with four or six items, differences in (unstandardized) factor loadings of 0.3 in one or two items may have only small, but differences in intercepts of 0.075 times the scale range may have considerable impact on latent and composite mean differences.
For the other items, differences in the relative contribution to the information between the two cutoffs were also small, which means that for differentiating respondents around the higher cutoff (X+ = 12), the relative importance of the items is the same as for differentiating around the lower cutoff (X+ = 9).
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In addition, paired comparisons reveal statistically significant per-item differences in mean response between evolution and creationism (Student's t-test, p < 0.01 for each item).
With regard to items, differences were significant in Items 6, 10, 7, 8, 2 and 5 (in descending order with regard to effect size) and there at least of medium size.
In examining the nine items in the FKSI-DRS (Table 3, bold items), the differences in means significantly favoured sunitinib (P<0.05) in six of nine items (lack of energy, fatigue, coughing, breathlessness, weight loss, and fever).
The remaining 81 items were excluded because of: difficulties in presentation (1 item); low levels of variation in response pattern (28 items); significant differences in measurement characteristics for males and females or for respondents under or over 85 years old (26 items); or lack of model fit to the data at item level (26 items).
Items with differences in factor loadings between 0.20 and 0.29 were reviewed as possible items.
Pin and colleagues [ 42] demonstrated the sensitivity of the AIMS items to differences in preterm infant motor development that typically result in lower scores for preterm than for full term infants [ 32].
The SUD and SMI groups only differed in Vitality, General Health and in the Health Transition item, without differences in the rest of the scales (see Table 4).
For subspecialty fellows, item differences were seen in equipment maintenance and food on-call, with procedural fellows expressing lower satisfaction.
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