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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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Assessing Invariance Across Sex and Race/Ethnicity in Measures of Youth Psychopathic Characteristics
TL;DR: Results of the multigroup invariance analyses indicated that these measures are invariant across sex and between Hispanic and Black youth and parent-report version of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits.
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Evidence of validity in a new method for measurement of dexterity in children and adolescents.
Brigitte Vollmer,Linda Holmström,Lea Forsman,Lena Krumlinde-Sundholm,Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas,Hans Forssberg,Fredrik Ullén +6 more
TL;DR: A recently developed assessment tool (the Strength–Dexterity Test), which is based on manipulation of unstable objects, is evaluated in a paediatric population for accurate assessment of an individual’s ability to coordinate fingertip forces.
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Measurement precision of the disability for back pain scale-by applying Rasch analysis
Yen-Mou Lu,Yuh-Yih Wu,Ching-Lin Hsieh,Chih-Lung Lin,Shiuh-Lin Hwang,Kuang-I Cheng,Yi-Jing Lue +6 more
TL;DR: The ODI can precisely estimate the level of dysfunction, and the item difficulty of the ODI matches the person ability, which could help clinicians design progressive programs for patients with back pain.
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Developing a comprehensive scale to assess college multicultural programming.
TL;DR: Focus groups of campus administrators, student affairs staff, and undergraduate instructors who identified a full range of racial/ethnic multicultural competencies that undergraduates should possess suggested good factor stability, reliability, and discriminant validity of the 48-item EMC/RSEE in these undergraduate samples.
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Evaluation of social interaction during occupational engagement.
TL;DR: The Evaluation of Social Interaction has the potential to provide a quantitative assessment of social interaction performance in the natural context of a person's desired occupation and may be useful for intervention planning and outcome measurement.
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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.