Generic and specific instruments are applied to measure the self-reported health status of substance users; however, due to the subjective nature of health status self-reports, individuals from various groups may interpret the wording of the items in manners that are extraneous to the assessment, which means that items may be functioning differently [ 4].
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Not being privy to the instrument-design process, we were not able to craft the items in a manner consistent with our research goals and theoretical framework; thus, we were faced with a paucity of items relevant to particular constructs (e.g., achievement, homework) and potentially unreliable indicators for others (e.g., mindset).
The principle is to provide estimates of subjects standing on latent variables, e.g. depression, and choose subsequent items in a manner that will maximize information.
By constructing a series of items in this manner we allowed respondents to describe their attitudes and experiences as accurately as possible.
Multiple imputation with 10 data sets was then used to address missing data on these items in a manner designed to avoid bias and produce correct confidence intervals [ 22].
These effects are mainly tendencies of users to rate items in different manners (higher or lower ratings) or items that tend to be rated differently than the others.
