David Thissen

18.3k citations
166 papers · 13.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 62

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David Thissen

162 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

Psychometric Evaluation and Calibration of Health-Related Quality of Life Item Banks 2007 · 1.2k citations
1.2k19972026200620164008001.2k

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David Thissen
Comparison fields: 5 of 212
  • Management Science and Operations Research 3.5k
  • Statistics and Probability 1.4k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.9k
  • Clinical Psychology 2.7k
  • Applied Psychology 549
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20241
2
Improving student understanding and motivation in learning heat transfer by visualizing thermal boundary layers
20186
3 2017144
4 201746
5 201620
6 201536
7 201510
8 2014116
9 2013181
10 201337
11 2013203
12 201080
13 2010385
14 20094
15 200751
16 200761
17 199810
18
Local Dependence Indexes for Item Pairs Using Item Response Theory
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1997505
19 19894
20
Three Steps Toward Robust Regression.
197617

About David Thissen

David Thissen is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Statistics and Probability, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Computer Networks and Communications, having authored 166 papers that have together received 13.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (65 papers), Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques (32 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (22 papers), Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (20 papers), Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (18 papers), Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (12 papers), Infant Development and Preterm Care (8 papers) and Optimal Experimental Design Methods (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management Science and Operations Research (3.5k citations), Statistics and Probability (1.4k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.9k citations), Clinical Psychology (2.7k citations) and Applied Psychology (549 citations). David Thissen has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and China. Frequent co-authors include Lynne Steinberg, Howard Wainer, Maria Orlando, Darren A. DeWalt, James W. Varni, Brian D. Stucky, Jin‐Shei Lai, Daniel Kuang, Esi Morgan DeWitt and Debra E. Irwin. Their work appears in journals such as Quality of Life Research, Psychometrika, Journal of Educational Measurement, Applied Psychological Measurement and Psychological Bulletin.

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