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Table 4 Norm values for DESC-II

From: Validation of the Rasch-based Depression Screening in a large scale German general population sample

raw score

frequency

percentage

percentiles

θ

Z

T

0

963

38.4

38.4

-6.03

-1.02

40

1

273

10.9

49.3

-4.74

-0.36

46

2

244

9.7

59.0

-3.93

0.05

50

3

159

6.3

65.3

-3.41

0.31

53

4

129

5.1

70.5

-3.00

0.52

55

5

120

4.8

75.2

-2.66

0.70

57

6

106

4.2

79.5

-2.35

0.85

59

7

81

3.2

82.7

-2.08

0.99

60

8

58

2.3

85.0

-1.82

1.12

61

9

54

2.2

87.2

-1.58

1.25

62

10

55

2.2

89.4

-1.35

1.36

64

11

47

1.9

91.2

-1.13

1.48

65

12

37

1.5

92.7

-0.92

1.58

66

13

44

1.8

94.5

-0.71

1.69

67

14

37

1.5

95.9

-0.51

1.79

68

15

30

1.2

97.1

-0.31

1.89

69

16

17

.7

97.8

-0.11

1.99

70

17

17

.7

98.5

0.08

2.09

71

18

5

.2

98.7

0.27

2.19

72

19

6

.2

98.9

0.46

2.29

73

20

6

.2

99.2

0.65

2.38

74

21

3

.1

99.3

0.84

2.48

75

22

7

.3

99.6

1.03

2.58

76

23

2

.1

99.6

1.22

2.67

77

24

3

.1

99.8

1.41

2.77

78

25

1

.0

99.8

1.61

2.87

79

26

1

.0

99.8

1.82

2.98

80

27

2

.1

99.9

2.05

3.10

81

30

1

.0

100.0

2.86

3.51

85

>/= 31

1

.0

100.0

3.22

3.69

87

  1. Note: θ: estimated person's latent trait score for depression; Z: mean = 0, SD = 1; T: mean = 50, SD = 10