Item response theory; Goodness-of-fit tests; Monte Carlo method
Item response theory (IRT) is expanding to diverse research settings, without accompanying access to easily implemented model fit methods. One simple model fit approach involves x2/df ratios. However, its utility is not known across several...
Athletic cleated shoe failures are commonplace to competitive-level ultimate
frisbee players. Currently, there are no athletic cleated shoes designed for the sport of
ultimate frisbee; players generally choose between football or soccer cleated...
Coronary heart disease--Treatment--Cost effectiveness; Angioplasty; Medical laws and legislation--Kentucky
A myocardial infarction (MI) occurs when blood supply to the heart is cut off by a blockage in one of the coronary arteries. Most hospitals treat a patient with thrombolysis or a percutaneous coronary intervention (PC I). The latter has been...
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700; Geographical discoveries in literature
It is the purpose of this thesis to show what influence the sixteenth century voyagers had on the Elizabethan writers. For expediency, we have divided these voyages into two classes: namely, the early, from Columbus, 1492, to Vasca de Gama, 1498;...
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler of Versailles, Kentucky, Governor of Kentucky from 1935-1939 (and again from 1955-1959), reading from a paper and holding a gavel. Photograph has been cut irregularly, the paper he is holding has been cut from...
Portrait of May (Mrs. Richard H.) Hundley of Louisville, Kentucky wearing her hair cut short and a string of pearls around her neck. The photograph has been cut to an irregular shape, so that only her image is visible and painted on. Handwritten on...
Two sets of railroad tracks running through a gorge with sheer rock walls on either side. A bridge, with a train passing underneath, is in the distance. Two people, possibly children, stand on the tracks about halfway down. Descriptive information...
Two sets of railroad tracks curve to the left around a steep, jagged rock wall. Telephone or electric poles line the right side of the set of tracks. Title: Rock Cut, near Huntingdon. Text on left: Purviance's Stereographs. On the Pennsylvania...
Set of railroad tracks between two steep rock walls. The tracks disappear around a curve between the cliffs. Title: Bloomer Cut, 800 feet long, looking East. Text on left: Central Pacific Railroad. Text on right: California. Descriptive information...
Two men stand on a road in the "cut" between two cliffs near Cogar's Landing on the Kentucky River in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Thomas Cogar operated a ferry at the landing until 1871. The University of Louisville Photographic Archives...
Cut and pasted paper, pencil, ink, and watercolor on paper. “Ernst's appreciation for visual and linguistic puns was likely fostered by Freud’s book Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. Here, Ernst cut, pasted, and stacked photographs...
Baseball cards; Athletes; Baseball players; Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)
Harry Krause or Harry William Krause (1888-1940) also known as Hal. Color portrait of Harry Krause. An elephant is in the top left corner and 'Athletics' is in the top right. The team is the Philadelphia Athletics. Verso: Harry Krause. Harry...
Address: Second and Bloom Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Orphans pose for a portrait on a playground at the Masonic Widows & Orphans Home. They wear baggy dresses with dark stockings and have the same "bowl cut" hair style. They are...
Railroad tracks cut across an area of trees and bushes parallel to a river. Utility poles stand along the tracks. Across the river a piece of machinery appears to be harvesting some farmland.
Trolley tracks cut across the cobblestone at the corner of Sixth and Main Streets in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. At 532 W. Main, the corner building houses the State Board of Health of Kentucky as well as the State Tax Commission Office and the...
Address: 231 E. Market Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A black car parks at the curb in front of S. Goodman & Sons. Beyond the car a pair of horses wait with a cart which has a loading ramp extended. On the side of the cart is printed, "1228...
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Louisville City Hospital
Address: 323 E. Chestnut Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Two symmetrical wings flank the main building of Louisville City Hospital where a sidewalk and stairs lead up to the main entrance. Small trees on the lawn are staked with wood supports....
Address: 3936 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. (This address is now Shelbyville Road.) Railroad tracks parallel Frankfort Avenue and cut through Meridian Avenue. Plehn's Bakery stands on the corner. A house and gas station are visible across...
Women and a couple of children stand around tables labeled "Garden Information" at the Kentucky State Fair. The exhibit shows cut flowers, birdhouses, potted plants, and photographs. A sign at the side of the booth reads, "He who...
