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Table 4 The results of automated item selection procedure

From: Item response analysis of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory among the elderly in China: dimensionality and differential item functioning test

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Results

Item Numbers

Scale 1

Scale 2

Scale 3

Scale 4

Unscalable

0ā€“0.4

1: 20

1ā€“20

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

0.45

1: 19

1ā€“11, 12ā€“20

Ā Ā Ā 

12

0.5ā€“0.55

2:16, 2

3ā€“11, 13ā€“17, 19ā€“20

12, 18

Ā Ā 

1, 2

0.6

2:14, 2

3, 5, 6ā€“11, 13, 15ā€“17, 19ā€“20

12, 18

Ā Ā 

1, 2, 4, 14

0.65

4: 9, 2, 2, 2

8ā€“11, 13, 15ā€“17, 19

12, 18

3, 4

6, 7

1, 2, 5, 20

0.7

3: 7, 3, 2

8ā€“9, 13, 15ā€“17, 19

3, 10, 11

12, 18

Ā 

1, 2, 4ā€“7, 14, 20

0.75

4: 4, 2, 2, 2

8ā€“9, 17, 19

3, 10

15, 16

12, 18

1, 2, 4-7, 11, 13-14, 20

0.8

2: 2, 2

9, 17

8, 19

Ā Ā 

1ā€“7, 10ā€“16, 18, 20

0.85

1: 2

9, 17

Ā Ā Ā 

1ā€“8, 10ā€“16, 18ā€“20