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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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PARADISE 24: a measure to assess the impact of brain disorders on people's lives
Alarcos Cieza,Carla Sabariego,Marta Anczewska,Carolina S. Ballert,Jerome Bickenbach,Maria Cabello,Ambra Mara Giovannetti,Teemu Kaskela,Blanca Mellor,Tuuli Pitkänen,Rui Quintas,Alberto Raggi,Piotr Świtaj,Somnath Chatterji +13 more
TL;DR: A metric of the impact of brain disorders on people’s lives, based on the psychosocial difficulties (PSDs) that are experienced in common across brain disorders, is constructed, called PARADISE 24, which affirms that people with brain disorders commonly experience PSDs.
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Rasch analysis of inattentive, hyperactive and impulsive behaviour in young children and the link with academic achievement.
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TL;DR: The exploration of ADHD criteria used to assess children at the end of their first year at school in England raised issues about the appropriateness of the use of the criteria across all ages and suggested that one of the currently recognised ADHD sub-types could be further sub-divided into verbal and physical hyperactivity.
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Evaluation of CPD programmes: challenges and implications for leader and leadership development
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Does interview mode matter for food security measurement? Telephone versus in-person interviews in the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement
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TL;DR: Findings suggest that effects of interview mode on food security measurement in the CPS-FSS are small, or at most modest.
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Quality of life of caregivers of children with congenital glaucoma: development and validation of a novel questionnaire (CarCGQoL).
TL;DR: A psychometrically robust 20-item caregiver derived questionnaire, the CarCGQoL, that is a valid and reliable measure of QoL of caregivers of children with PCG has potential for use as an outcome measure in clinical trials of treatment of PCG.
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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.