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Table 4 Parameter estimates of the graded response model on loneliness questionnaire

From: Loneliness in the elderly in Mexico, challenges to the public policies

 

β1

β2

β3

β4

α

Item 1

− 0.559

0.208

1.698

2.476

1.029

Item 2

0.665

2.045

4.833

6.157

2.071

Item 3

− 0.117

0.830

3.111

4.295

1.648

Item 4

0.640

2.018

4.562

6.131

2.337

Item 5

0.276

1.380

4.139

5.290

2.163

Item 6

1.020

2.432

4.726

6.021

2.563

Item 7

0.563

1.475

3.582

4.680

1.752

Item 8

0.853

1.937

4.718

5.962

2.481

Item 9

0.524

1.711

4.588

5.809

2.717

Item 10

1.107

2.294

4.601

5.908

2.586

Item 11

2.583

4.195

6.597

8.349

3.617

Item 12

2.043

3.328

6.162

7.605

3.201

Item 13

0.101

1.203

3.535

4.883

2.165

Item 14

0.910

1.782

3.642

4.705

1.803

Item 15

0.100

0.969

3.460

4.801

1.719

Item 16

1.236

2.370

4.674

6.020

2.040

Item 17

2.471

3.624

6.085

7.486

3.063

Item 18

1.399

2.572

4.866

6.089

2.622

Item 19

0.639

1.774

4.365

5.642

2.104

Item 20

− 0.483

0.613

3.829

4.937

1.839

  1. Note: The four β’s refer to the category-boundary difficulty parameter estimates, and α refers to the item discrimination parameter estimate