Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Morning Plenary Session 1

Opening Plenary: Introduction to ICOM
Chair: Kendon J. Conrad (University of Illinois, Chicago, IL)
Location: Main Auditorium

Wim van der Linden (CTB/McGraw-Hill, Monterey, CA): ‘State of the Art of Psychometrics Today.’

Robert Massof (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD): ‘Patient-Generated Outcome Measures with Intervention-Specific Differential Item Functioning.’

Break

Concurrent Paper Session and Demonstrations 1A

1A.1: Causality
Chair: Karen M. Conrad
Discussant: Michael L. Dennis
Location: Conference Room D

1. A. Jackson Stenner*, Mark H. Stone, Donald S. Burdick, Stedman Stevens: ‘Causal Rasch Models’
   
   
2. Adam C. Carle*: ‘Using multiple group (MG) multiple indicator multiple cause (MIMIC) models to evaluate multiple sources of measurement bias simultaneously’
   
   
3. Andrė A. Rupp*: ‘Modern Diagnostic Measurement using Latent-variable Methods: Methods, Theory, and Applications’

1A.2: Item Development
Chair: Jessica Mislevy
Discussant: Richard Sawatzky
Location: Conference Room A

1. I-Chan Huang*, Pey-Shan Wen, Elizabeth Shenkman, Patricia Shearer, Gwendolyn Quinn: ‘Developing initial item pools to measure quality of life for young adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer’
   
   
2. Richard D. Lennox*: ‘Use of Cognitive Interviewing Techniques for Improving Outcome Measures’

1A.3: Considering Cronbach’s Alpha
Chair: Kendon J. Conrad
Discussant: Steven Reise
Location: Conference Room E1/E2

1. Agustin Tristan*: ‘Theoretical alpha values for objective tests’
   
   
2. David Andrich*: ‘Cronbach’s alpha in the presence of subscales’

Lunch

Post-Lunch Plenary Session 1

Chair: Kendon J. Conrad (University of Illinois, Chicago, IL)
Location: Main Auditorium

Steven Reise (University of California, Los Angeles, CA): ‘The Impact of Multidimensionality on Unidimensional Item Response Theory Model Parameters’

Karon Cook (University of Washington, Seattle, WA): ‘Bewildered, Befuddled, Be-Tooled: A Blue-Collar Psychometrician’s Defense of Measurement Models as Tools. . . Just Tools.’

Break

Concurrent Panel Session 1B

1B.1: Applications in Mental Health
Chair: Richard Lennox
Discussant: Paul Pilkonis
Location: Conference Room A

1. Pey-Shan Wen*, Kay Waid-Ebbs, Neila J. Donovan, Shelley C. Heaton, Craig A. Velozo: ‘The Rater Effects of the Behavior Rating Inventory of the Executive Function-Adult in Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Caregivers’
   
   
2. Jason E. Chapman*, Michael R. McCart, Ashli J. Sheidow, Elizabeth J. Letourneau: ‘The Use of Rasch and Many-Facet Rasch Models to Compare Untrained and Partially-Trained Raters in the Measurement of Therapist Adherence’
   
   
3. Ann M. Doucette*: ‘Implications of Unexamined Measurement Properties in Modeling Psychotherapy Intervention Outcomes’

1B.2: Cut Scores and Anchors
Chair: A. Jackson Stenner
Discussant: Ronald Hambleton
Location: Conference Room E1/E2

1. Brian J. Hess*, Weifeng Weng, Rebecca S. Lipner: ‘Setting Cutscores on Composite Measures of Clinical Performance’
   
   
2. Sergio Romero*: ‘Using the Rasch Model to investigate suggested cut-off score of the Berg Balance Scale (BBS)’
   
   
3. Monica K. Erbacher*, Karen M. Schmidt, Steven M. Boker, Cindy S. Bergeman: ‘Apples to Apples: A Comparison of Four Methods for Anchoring Partial Credit Model Trait Level Scores Across Time’

1B.3: CAT Topics
Chair: Carl Granger
Discussant: Richard Gershon
Location: Conference Room D

1. Craig Velozo*, Leigh Lehman, Ying-Chih Wang, Pey-Shan Wen, Sergio Romero: ‘Developing a Hierarchically-Based Physical Function CAT Battery’
   
   
2. Richard Sawatzky*, Pamela A. Ratner, Bruno D. Zumbo, Jacek A. Kopec, Amery Wu: ‘Examining the Implications of Sample Heterogeneity with Respect to the Measurement Validity of Computerized Adaptive Tests’
   
   
3. Jessica Mislevy*, André Rupp*, Jeffrey Harring: ‘Identifying Local Item Dependence in Computer Adaptive Health-Outcomes Assessments’

1B.4 Measurement Error and Demographics
Chair: Junius Gonzalez
Discussant: Barth B. Riley
Location: Conference Room B

1. Adam C. Carle*: ‘Systematic measurement error’s influence on disparities in national rates of children with special health care needs across Spanish and English speaking households.’
   
   
2. Adrienne Garro*: ‘Measuring Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in Families of Children with Asthma: A Comparison between Latinos and Caucasians’
   
   
3. Agustin Tristan*: ‘Scale development of a nursing program of cultural home care for elderly adults, using the Rasch model’

Dinner (Offsite: Positano’s)

Registration & Coffee/Morning Snack

Plenary Session 2

Comparing and Integrating Classical and Modern
Measurement Models
Discussant: Michael L. Dennis
(Chestnut Health Systems, Normal, IL)
Location: Main Auditorium

David Andrich (University of Western Australia): ‘Cronbach’s Alpha and the Rasch model indices of reliability in the presence of skewed distributions of subscales’

Carl Granger and Paulette M. Niewczyk (University at Buffalo, Amherst, NY): ‘Combining Classical and Rasch Techniques in Developing a Pediatric Measure’

Break

Concurrent Paper Session and Demonstrations 2A

2A.1: Interpreting DIF
Chair: Robert Massof
Discussant: Paul Pilkonis
Location: Conference Room E1/E2

1. I-Chan Huang*, Pey-Shan Wen, John Nackashi, Dennis Revicki, Elizabeth Shenkman: ‘Using different techniques to detect differential item functioning in pediatric quality of life between children with and without special health care needs: do they make differences?’
   
   
2. Curt Hagquist*: ‘Resolving Differential Item Functioning using principles of equating’
   
   
3. Adam C. Carle*: ‘A new method for evaluating and translating measurement bias’ practical impact: A description and example using the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener.’

2A.2: CAT Applications
Chair: Thomas F. Hilton
Discussant: Wim van der Linden
Location: Conference Room D

1. Stephen F. Butler*, Ryan A. Black*: ‘Developing a Computerized Adaptive Testing Version of the ASI-MV®’
   
   
2. Barth B. Riley*, Michael L. Dennis, Kendon J. Conrad: ‘CAT Item Selection, Person Fit and Detection of Atypical Suicide’

2A.3: Substance Abuse Measurement
Chair: Jessica Mazza
Discussant: Brian Rush
Location: Conference Room A

1. Zhiqun Tang*, Ronald E. Claus, Robert G. Orwin, Carlos Arieira, Wendy Kissin: ‘Combining CTT and Rasch Modeling to Create a Scale for Gender Sensitive Programming in Substance Abuse Treatment: Dealing with Small Sample Size and Potential Multi-Dimensional Issues’
   
   
2. Jason E. Chapman*, Ashli J. Sheidow, Scott W. Henggeler: ‘Rasch-Based Evaluation of a Test for Measuring Longitudinal Changes in Therapist Knowledge of an Evidence-Based Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use’
   
   
3. Gopika Chandra*, Thomas Lyons, Edward Mensah, Jacek L. Ubaka: ‘Does Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES) Measure Transtheoretical Model of Change for methamphetamine users?’

Lunch

Post-Lunch Plenary Session 2

Chair: Tom Hilton (NIDA/NIH, Bethesda, MD)
Location: Main Auditorium

Mark Wilson (University of California, Berkeley, CA), Leah W. McGuire (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN): ‘Latent Growth Item Response Models’

Concurrent Paper Session 2B

2B.1: Applications of Rasch Measurement (Map, DIF, Person Fit) Using the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN)
Chair: Michael L. Dennis
Discussant: Brian Rush
Location: Conference Room D

1. Jessica Mazza*, Kendon J. Conrad, Karen M. Conrad, Barth B. Riley, Rod Funk, Michael L. Dennis: ‘Dimensionality, Hierarchical Structure, Validity, and Age Generalizability of an Externalizing Disorders Measure’
   
   
2. Karen M. Conrad*, Kendon J. Conrad, Barth B. Riley, Ya-Fen Chan, Michael L. Dennis: ‘Validation of the Crime and Violence Scale (CVS) Against the Rasch Measurement Model Including Differences by Gender, Race and Age In Assessing Criminality’
   
   
3. Kendon J. Conrad*, Karen M. Conrad, Barth B. Riley, Rod Funk, Michael L. Dennis: ‘Validation of Rasch Person-Fit Statistics in Biopsychosocial Screening’

2B.2: Measurements in Health Care
Chair: David Cella
Discussant: Allen Heinemann
Location: Conference Room A

1. Mary Slavin*, Alan M Jette*, David Tulsky,  Pamela Kisala, Pengsheng Ni: ‘A Contemporary Spinal Cord Injury Physical Function Outcome Instrument‘
   
   
2. J. Kay Waid-Ebbs*, Pey-Shan Wen, Shelley Heaton, Craig Velozo, Neila J. Donovan: ‘Using Rasch Analysis to examine the psychometric properties of the BRIEF-A on individuals with TBI’
   
   
3. Adam C. Carle*, Stephen J. Blumberg, Charlie Poblenz: ‘Internal Psychometric properties of the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener’

2B.3: Cautionary Tales
Chair: Craig Velozo
Discussant: Robert Massof
Location: Conference Room B

1. Michael Fendrich*, Ozgur Avci, Laura Otto-Salaj: ‘Refining an HIV Knowledge Measure: What Don’t We Know about ‘Don’t Know’ Responses?’
   
   
2. Karen M. Schmidt*: ‘More is NOT Better: Obtaining Ideal Rescoring Combinations for Lengthy Rating Scales’
   
   
3. Joan E. Broderick*, Arthur A. Stone, Kevin Weinfurt; ‘The Ecological Validity of Recall PROs: One Size Does Not Fit All’

Workshops

David Andrich (University of Western Australia): RUMM Workshop
Location: Conference Room C1/C2

Stacie Hudgens (Psychometrics & Statistics at Mapi Values, Boston, MA): The Application and Analysis of Patient Reported Outcomes Data using Rasch Measurement Models
Location: Conference Room J

Mark Wilson, Leah W. McGuire (University of California, Berkeley, CA): Fitting Latent Growth Item Response Models with ConQuest
Location: Conference Room G1/G2

Break

Concurrent Paper Session and Demonstration 2C

2C.1: Improving and Reducing Measures
Chair: Ann M. Doucette
Discussant: Bruno Zumbo
Location: Conference Room D

1. Glenn A. Phillips*, Lei Chen, Joseph Johnston, Virginia Stauffer, Bruce J. Kinon, Haya Ascher-Svanum, Sara Kollack-Walker, Dieter Naber: ‘Factor analysis and item response theory analysis of the Subjective Wellbeing Under Neuroleptic Treatment scale: Suggestion for item reduction’
   
   
2. Allen Heinemann*, Susan Magasi, Rita Bode, Joy Hammel, Dustin Williams: ‘Measuring Community Participation’

2C.2: Generalizing Measurement
Chair: Karon Cook
Discussant: Carl Granger
Location: Conference Room A

1. Ryan A. Black*, Stephen F. Butler*: ‘Examining Dimensionality in the SOAPP-R’
   
   
2. Richard P. Moser*, Brad Hesse, Abdul Shaikh, Paul Courtney, Gordon Willis: ‘The Grid-Enabled Measures (GEM) Database:  A research tool that uses Web 2.0 capabilities to facilitate the use of standardized measures and sharing harmonized data’
   
   
3. Ning Yan Gu*, Trevor G. Bond, Benjamin M. Craig: ‘Evaluating the Measurement Properties of an Augmented EQ-5D Using the US National Representative Sample’

2C.3: Status of evaluation in education and health in Latin America
Chair: Jessica Mazza
Discussant: Ken Conrad
Location: Conference Room E1/E2

1. Nelcy Rodriguez*: ‘National Exams in Colombia’
   
   
2. Andres Sanchez-Moguel*, Hector Robles*: ‘National Exams in Mexico’
   
   
3. Aura Nidia Herrera*, Agustin Tristan*: ‘Psychometrics in Education and Health in Latin America’

Workshops cont'd

Poster Session

Location: East Side of the Lower Atrium

1. Isam Atroshi*, Per‐Erik Lyrén, Christina Gumesson: ‘Responsiveness of the 6‐item CTS symptoms scale in carpal tunnel syndrome’
   
   
2. P. Birjandi, Parisa Daftarifard, Agustin Tristan*: ‘Scaling of the IELTS. The Case of Iran’
   
   
3. Amaia Bilbao, Jose M. Quintana*, Antonio Escobar, Carlota Las Hayas, Miren Orive: ‘Validation of a proposed WOMAC short form for patients undergoing total hip replacement’
   
   
4. Shu-Ren Chang*, Gene A. Kramer*, Chien-Lin Yang*, Tsung-Hsun Tsai*, Shu-Mei Lien*: ‘The impact of scored pretest items on proficiency/below proficiency decisions’
   
   
5. Lei Chen*, Glenn Phillips, Joseph Johnston, Virginia Stauffer, Bruce Kinon, Haya Ascher-Svanum, Sara Kollack-Walker, Paul Succop, Dieter Naber: ‘Relationships among Multiple Outcome Measures in the Study of Schizophrenia’
   
   
6. Desiree A. Crevecoeur-MacPhail*, Richard A. Rawson*, Ana Ceci Myers*, Loretta Ransom*, Nancy Diep*: ‘Inside the Black Box of Treatment: Using Encounters to Assess Outcomes and Program Performance’
   
   
7. Doris Howell*, Margaret Fitch, Debra Bakker, Esther Green, Jonathan Sussman, Diane Doran, Tala Chulak, Samantha Mayo, Shan Mohammed, Charlotte Lee: ‘Patient-Centered Outcomes in Cancer: Reaching Consensus on a Core Set for Monitoring Clinical Care Quality’
   
   
8. Jose M. Quintana*, Amaia Bilbao, Nerea Fernandez de Larrea, Marisa Bare, Eduardo Briones: ‘Identification of variables of adverse evolution at the hospital ER in patients with COPD exacerbation’
   
   
9. Corrie L. Vilsaint*, Melvin N. Wilson, Thomas J. Dishion: ‘Measure of Drug and Alcohol Use Consequences: Differential Item Functioning by Ethnicity’

Registration and Coffee/Morning Snack

Plenary Session 3

PROMIS Panel
Moderator: Barth Riley (Lighthouse Institute of Chestnut Health Systems, Oak Park, IL)
Discussant: Bryce Reeve (University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, NC)
Location: Main Auditorium

Panel Members:

Richard Gershon (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL)

Seung Choi (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL)

David Cella (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL)

Break

Plenary Session 4

The Future of Measurement
Moderator: Ann Doucette (George Washington University, Washington, DC)
Location: Main Auditorium

Panel Members

Richard Gershon (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL)

Wim van der Linden (CTB/McGraw-Hill, Monterey, CA)

Mark Wilson (University of California, Berkeley, CA)

Bruno Zumbo (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC)

Karon Cook (University of Washington, Seattle, WA)