The purpose of this study was to examine whether there are advantages in terms of outcome assessment of using Rasch methods of scoring the 12-item Oxford Hip Score (OHS) questionnaire over ...

Background: To clarify the relationship between the probability of prostate cancer scaled using a 5-point Likert system and the biological characteristics of corresponding tumor foci. Methods: The ...

The Likert scale was something I was familiar with. This five-point scoring system is used by radiologists to assess the likelihood of prostate cancer – 1 indicates a very low probability of cancer, ...

This posting is a sidebar, a bit of a rant. But if I can be a small part of saving the Likert Scale from death by its ongoing misuse, it'll have been worthwhile. You may receive a phone call about the ...

Clinical and pathological characteristics of the 44 patients were as follows: mean age, 67.1 years, median age, 68 years (range: 52–77); median PSA, 6.91 ng/mL (range: 1.75–37.6); median time between ...