CLAUDE MESSAN SETODJI, Ph.D., M.Sc.

Pilot Investigator

Pilot Study
"Evaluating differential item functioning by race/ethnicity and age in Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) item banks in the Consumer Assessment of Health Providers and Systems (CAHPS)." (2007-2008)

Address
Rand Corp.
4570 Fifth Ave. #600
Pittsburg, PA 15213

Phone
(412) 683-2300, x4920

Fax
(412) 683-2800

Email
setodji@rand.org

Biography
Claude Setodji, Ph.D. is an Associate Statistician at RAND, Corp. Pittsburgh, PA, where he has been since receiving his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Minnesota in 2003. Dr. Setodji is originally from Togo, West Africa. Dr. Setdodji’s areas of research are bio-terrorism preparedness and quality of care including quality of care in nursing homes and quality of care for patients facing language barriers. Dr. Setodj also has expertise in psychometric evaluation methodologies including exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory and statistical data reduction.