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Exponential distribution of total depressive symptom scores in relation to exponential latent trait and item threshold distributions: a simulation study.


ABSTRACT: Total depressive symptom scores in the general population have been reported to follow an exponential distribution except at the lowest end of the range of scores. To verify the hypothesis that total depressive symptom scores follow the distribution of the latent trait, we performed a simulation study of depressive symptom scoring modeled after the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R). To simulate the scoring of ordinal scale items in CIS-R, two sets of random numbers were generated, one expressing the degree of the latent trait of depressive symptoms and another expressing the threshold for each item. Random latent trait numbers greater than those of item thresholds indicated the presence of specific symptoms.When exponential distribution was set to the latent trait's random numbers and each item's threshold had a certain degree of standard deviation, simulated total depressive symptom scores showed a linear pattern except at the lowest end of scores with a log-normal scale. Our results suggest that total depressive symptom scores follow the distribution of the latent trait of depressive symptoms due to the property of ordinal scales, which is characterized by individual differences in the threshold of each item.

SUBMITTER: Tomitaka S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701434 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Exponential distribution of total depressive symptom scores in relation to exponential latent trait and item threshold distributions: a simulation study.

Tomitaka Shinichiro S   Kawasaki Yohei Y   Ide Kazuki K   Akutagawa Maiko M   Yamada Hiroshi H   Furukawa Toshiaki A TA  

BMC research notes 20171123 1


<h4>Objectives</h4>Total depressive symptom scores in the general population have been reported to follow an exponential distribution except at the lowest end of the range of scores. To verify the hypothesis that total depressive symptom scores follow the distribution of the latent trait, we performed a simulation study of depressive symptom scoring modeled after the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R). To simulate the scoring of ordinal scale items in CIS-R, two sets of random numbers w  ...[more]

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