Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences

• Main Authors: Boone, William J. (Author), Staver, John R. (Author), Yale, Melissa S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Assessment.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Statistics.; Science Education.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Educational Psychology.

Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences helps individuals, both students and teachers, master the key concepts and resources needed to use Rasch techniques for analyzing data from assessments to measure variables such as abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. Upon completion of the text, readers...

Table of Contents:

• What is Rasch Measurement & How Can Rasch Measurement Help Me?
• Rating Scale Surveys, A Rasch Rating Scale Analysis (Step I)-Reading Data and Running an Analysis
• Understanding Person Measures
• Item Measures
• Wright Maps - First Steps
• Wright Maps - Second Steps Fit
• How Well Does That Rating Scale Work? How Do You Know, Too?
• Person Reliability, Item Reliability and More
• What is an Ogive? How do I Use It?
• Some Wright Map Nuance, How To Set the Probability of Success at 65% (or whichever percentage you wish to choose)
• Differential Item Functioning
• Linking Surveys and Tests
• Setting Pass/Fail Points and Competency Levels
• Expressing Competency Levels
• Quality of Measurement and Sample Size
• Missing Data:  What should I do?
• Combining Scales
• Multifaceted Rasch Measurement
• The Rasch Model and Item Response Theory Models:  Identical, Similar, or Unique?
• What Tables to Use?
• Key Resources for Continued Expansion of Your Understanding of Rasch Measurement
• Where Have We Been & What’s Next?.