Abstract
In 2004, the NIH awarded contracts to initiate the development of high-quality psychological
and neuropsychological outcome measures for the improved assessment of health-related
outcomes. The workshop introduced these measurement development initiatives, the measures
created and the NIH-supported resource (Assessment Center) for internet or tablet-based test
administration and scoring. Presentations covered item response theory and assessment of test
bias, construction of item banks and computerized adaptive testing, and the different ways in
which qualitative analyses contribute to the definition of construct domains and the refinement
of outcome constructs. The panel discussion included questions about representativeness of
samples and the assessment of cultural bias.
Templin, T. N., Hays, R. D., Gershon, R. C., Rothrock, N., Jones, R. N., Teresi, J. A., Stewart, A., Weech-Maldonado, R., & Wallace, S. (2013). Introduction to patient-reported outcome item banks: Issues in minority aging research. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 13, 183-186.
