An alternative application of Rasch analysis to assess data from ophthalmic patient-reported outcome instruments

• Richard N. McNeely,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cathedral Eye Clinic, 89-91 Academy Street, Belfast BT1 2 LS, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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• Salissou Moutari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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• Samuel Arba-Mosquera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical Engineering Office, Research and Development, SCHWIND Eye-Tech-Solutions, Mainparkstraße 6-10, D-63801 Kleinostheim, Germany, Recognized Research Group in Optical Diagnostic Techniques, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, Department of Ophthalmology and Sciences of Vision, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

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• Shwetabh Verma,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomedical Engineering Office, Research and Development, SCHWIND Eye-Tech-Solutions, Mainparkstraße 6-10, D-63801 Kleinostheim, Germany, Experimental Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, Central Institute for Computer Engineering (ZITI), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany

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• Jonathan E. Moore

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmoorecathedral@gmail.com

  Affiliations Cathedral Eye Clinic, 89-91 Academy Street, Belfast BT1 2 LS, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3133-0825

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