The assessment of change in patient-reported outcomes is hindered by the fact that there are different types of change. Besides 'true' change, different types of response shift, such as recalibration, ...

Assessments for quality of life (QOL) of the adolescent have received relatively little attention in the literature. Although there is no consensus on the definition of adolescent QOL and what aspects ...

Structural equation modeling (SEM) encompasses such diverse statistical techniques as path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, causal modeling with latent variables, and even analysis of variance ...

Structural equation modeling (SEM) encompasses such diverse statistical techniques as path analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, causal modeling with latent variables, and even analysis of variance ...

Statistical model infrastructures at financial institutions are often developed using a piecemeal approach to model building, in which different components of complex interrelated statistical models ...

Regulators need a method that is versatile, is easy to use and can handle complex path models with latent (not directly observable) variables. In a first application of partial least squares ...