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. 2016 Aug 1;19(4):284–290. doi: 10.1089/pop.2015.0101

Table 3.

Graded Response Model Item Parameter Estimates for All Four Reflective Elements of the WB5 with Standard Error Estimates in Parentheses

      Thresholds
Well-Being Element Item Slope α β1 β2 β3 β4
Purpose
  Item 1 1.261 (0.025) −2.062 (0.041) −0.948 (0.034) 0.263 (0.024) 1.655 (0.107)
  Item 2 3.065 (0.064) −2.441 (0.037) −1.590 (0.058) −0.589 (0.047) 0.836 (0.060)
  Item 3 1.753 (0.032) −2.041 (0.034) −1.021 (0.035) 0.185 (0.024) 1.827 (0.214)
  Item 4 3.105 (0.064) −2.114 (0.030) −1.278 (0.048) −0.335 (0.038) 0.944 (0.091)
  Item 5 1.616 (0.030) −2.680 (0.048) −1.351 (0.047) −0.038 (0.035) 1.472 (0.099)
Community
  Item 1 3.528 (0.057) −1.583 (0.018) −0.787 (0.027) 0.060 (0.020) 1.219 (0.328)
  Item 2 3.040 (0.078) −1.255 (0.019)      
  Item 3 4.150 (0.073) −1.716 (0.020) −1.002 (0.034) −0.104 (0.027) 1.003 (0.332)
  Item 4 3.210 (0.050) −2.029 (0.025) −1.286 (0.038) −0.242 (0.030) 0.943 (0.089)
  Item 5 1.251 (0.024) −3.973 (0.086) −2.512 (0.081) −0.927 (0.065) 1.237 (0.072)
  Item 6 1.514 (0.027) −2.824 (0.051) −1.772 (0.052) −0.760 (0.041) 0.736 (0.040)
  Item 7 0.544 (0.019) −1.077 (0.050) 0.875 (0.054) 2.556 (0.171) 4.782 (0.637)
Financial
  Item 1 1.444 (0.050) −2.131 (0.052)      
  Item 2 4.051 (0.127) −1.418 (0.019) −0.673 (0.047) 0.125 (0.030) 1.218 (1.103)
  Item 3 1.867 (0.035) −1.074 (0.022) −0.240 (0.018) 0.319 (0.021) 1.028 (0.076)
  Item 4 1.519 (0.044) −1.475 (0.033)      
  Item 5 2.326 (0.043) −2.483 (0.039) −1.577 (0.052) −0.582 (0.041) 0.838 (0.045)
Social
  Item 1 2.014 (0.041) −2.228 (0.037) −1.543 (0.049) −0.680 (0.037) 0.445 (0.029)
  Item 2 3.420 (0.096) −2.332 (0.035) −1.466 (0.073) −0.439 (0.058) 0.827 (0.085)
  Item 3 1.131 (0.025) −2.164 (0.046) −0.954 (0.037) 0.115 (0.025) 1.532 (0.085)
  Item 4 1.976 (0.040) −2.644 (0.046) −1.665 (0.056) −0.613 (0.044) 0.680 (0.040)

WB5, Well-Being 5.

Italicized standard error estimates are “approximate estimates” based on several modifications of options in the numerical optimization process.