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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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Beyond psychometrics: Measurement, non‐quantitative structure, and applied numerics
TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that psychometrics is a pathology of science and that it is to be concerned with the logic of its measurement, rather than the ever-increasing complexity of its numerical and statistical operations.
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Measuring students’ transition into university and its association with learning outcomes
TL;DR: In this paper, a longitudinal survey of students entering different programs in five universities was conducted to identify the students' perceptions of the transitional experience, and measure the association with learning outcomes.
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Understanding Rasch and item response theory models: applications to the estimation and validation of interval latent trait measures from responses to rating scale questionnaires.
TL;DR: This article offers a tutorial review of Rasch theory and item response theory and of the analytical methods employed by the two theories to estimate and validate measures.
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Development and validity of a work functioning impairment scale based on the Rasch model among Japanese workers
Yoshihisa Fujino,Masamichi Uehara,Hiroyuki Izumi,Tomohisa Nagata,Keiji Muramatsu,Tatsuhiko Kubo,Ichiro Oyama,Shinya Matsuda +7 more
TL;DR: A work functioning impairment scale based on the Rasch model among Japanese workers is developed and validity of this scale is found.
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A Scientometric Review of Rasch Measurement: The Rise and Progress of a Specialty.
TL;DR: It is proposed that sociocultural and ethnographic factors have a huge capacity to influence fields of science and should be considered in future investigations of psychometrics and 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.