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Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences
Trevor G. Bond,Christine M. Fox +1 more
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This volume contends that Rasch measurement is the model of choice because it is the closest to realizing the sort of objective fundamental measurement so long revered in the physical sciences.Abstract:
For many researchers, the Rasch model provides a very practical solution to data analysis in the social sciences. This volume contends that Rasch measurement is the model of choice because it is the closest to realizing the sort of objective fundamental measurement so long revered in the physical sciences. Trevor Bond has worked with leading Rasch theoreticians for more than 15 years, advising developmentalists and teachers on how to conduct and interpret Rasch analyses of their own data. After each of his many research presentations, Dr. Bond was asked to recommend a suitable text for those who wish to learn more about Rasch analysis. Unfortunately, the books published to date require a significant knowledge of statistics and not easily accessible to many practicing researchers. This lack of a suitable introductory text is the driving force behind this book.
The goals of this authored volume are:
* to present an accessible overview of the basic properties and principles of Rasch analysis, that does not require a sophisticated statistical background,
* to demonstrate how Rasch analysis can be applied to a number of generic problems encountered by psychologists and educators, and
* to prepare readers for performing their own analyses and interpreting the results.
This book is ideal for all researchers in the human sciences interested in learning how to actually implement the Rasch model with their own data.read more
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Job Satisfaction among Practicing Pharmacists: A Rasch Analysis
TL;DR: The most significant finding from this study is that age, income, and practice site can predict job satisfaction among practicing pharmacists.
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Comparison of the Berg Balance Scale and the Mini-BESTest for Assessing Balance in Ambulatory People With Spinal Cord Injury: Validation Study.
TL;DR: Both the BBS and Mini-BESTest were found to be valid scales for assessing balance control in individuals with chronic SCI and may be preferable for this group primarily due to the lack of a ceiling effect.
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Alfred binet and the concept of heterogeneous orders.
TL;DR: In a comment, hitherto unremarked upon, Alfred Binet claimed that his scale did not measure intelligence, but only enabled classification with respect to a hierarchy of intellectual qualities, which became a basis for the “quantity objection” to psychological measurement, as developed first by Tannery (1875a,b) and then by Bergson (1889).
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The Development of Frequency-Based Assessments of Vocabulary Breadth and Depth for L2 Arabic
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the 25-item National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire.
TL;DR: The results suggest that both the conventional psychometric properties and potential weakness of the Chinese version of NEI-VFQ-25 are similar to those of the English version.
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The distribution of piagetian stages of thinking in british middle and secondary school children
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the proportion of children showing early and late concrete operational thinking and formal operational thinking in a sample of 10,000 children between the ages of 9 and 14.
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A Rasch Analysis of a Measure of Computer Anxiety
John King,Trevor G. Bond +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the dimensionality of the computer-anxiety index (CAIN) by Rasch analysis of the responses of 372 eleven-to twelve-year-old elementary school students was tested.