Using a binomial-probability test, we identified nine patterns of responses (see Appendix C on how they were obtained).
This analysis allowed going further into the examination of the correlation matrix by investigating the individual's patterns of responses.
Compounds can have distinct patterns of responses on these pathways; this phenomenon is called 'biased agonism¿ or 'ligand-directed signalling¿ [14],[15].
Rasch analyses provided probabilistic results over large item and person groups, enabling meaningful inferences from patterns of responses at the construct level.
The initial theory and applications have been static, that is, lacking a time variable and focusing on patterns of responses, such as confusion matrices.
However, relevant features of the patterns of responses may be obtained using Metabolic Control Analysis (MCA) and Metabolic Control Design (MCD).
As opposed to a "scale" measure that is constructed by assigning scores to patterns of responses, an "index" measure is constructed by accumulating scores assigned to individual attributes [33].
Second, their patterns of responses to items on the test needed to conform to the expectations of the model in terms of getting the easier items right and the harder items wrong (i.e., infit mean squares between 0.75 and 1.25).
Differences in the patterns of responses to questions in the questionnaire related to satisfaction between the three clinical groups were evaluated by χ2 and Fisher's exact tests (α = 5%).
We know that these test takers had not resorted to large-scale guessing since, as explained above, one of the criteria for selecting these persons as anchors was that their patterns of responses to items on the 2013 test closely conform to the expectations of the Rasch model.
Eight items were selected on the basis that they covered a range of difficulties and their patterns of responses closely conformed to the Rasch model's expectations in terms of discriminating between test takers' ability measures (i.e., infit mean square for the items were 0.9 to 1.1).
