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The Early Development Instrument: an evaluation of its five domains using Rasch analysis

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, January 2016
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Title
The Early Development Instrument: an evaluation of its five domains using Rasch analysis
Published in
BMC Pediatrics, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12887-016-0543-8
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Authors

Margaret Curtin, John Browne, Anthony Staines, Ivan J. Perry

Abstract

Early childhood development is a multifaceted construct encompassing physical, social, emotional and intellectual competencies. The Early Development Instrument (EDI) is a population-level measure of five domains of early childhood development on which extensive psychometric testing has been conducted using traditional methods. This study builds on previous psychometric analysis by providing the first large-scale Rasch analysis of the EDI. The aim of the study was to perform a definitive analysis of the psychometric properties of the EDI domains within the Rasch paradigm. Data from a large EDI study conducted in a major Irish urban centre were used for the analysis. The unidimensional Rasch model was used to examine whether the EDI scales met the measurement requirement of invariance, allowing responses to be summated across items. Differential item functioning for gender was also analysed. Data were available for 1344 children. All scales apart from the Physical Health and Well-Being scale reliably discriminated between children of different levels of ability. However, all the scales also had some misfitting items and problems with measuring higher levels of ability. Differential item functioning for gender was particularly evident in the emotional maturity scale with almost one-third of items (9 out of 30) on this scale biased in favour of girls. The study points to a number of areas where the EDI could be improved.

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Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 2%
Unknown 52 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 23%
Researcher 7 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Lecturer 4 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 6%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 17 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 8 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 13%
Psychology 5 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 8%
Arts and Humanities 2 4%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 20 38%
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#7,471,048
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#1,372
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#124,676
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#13
of 35 outputs
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