Journal of Applied Measurement
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Table of Contents
Vol.
1, No. 1, Spring 2000
Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Scaling and Standard Setting using Rasch Measurement
Everett V. Smith, Jr. and Brian D. Johnson
An
Investigation
of Factors Affecting Test Equating in Latent Trait Theory
Surintorn Suanthong,Randall E. Schumacker, and Michael
M. Beyerlein
An Approach
to Studying Scale for Students in Higher Education:
A Rasch
Measurement Model Analysis
Russell F. Waugh, Teck Kiong Hii, and Atique
Islam
Modeling
Effects of Differential Item Functioning in Polytomous Items
Wen-Chung Wang
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Rasch Models Overview
Benjamin D. Wright and Magdalena Mok
Vol.
1, No. 2, Summer 2000
Development
of a Nutritional Self-Efficacy Scale for Prospective
Physicians
Jessica A. Schulman and Edward W. Wolfe
The Impact
of Receiving the Same Items on Consecutive Computer Adaptive Test
Administrations
Thomas O’Neill, Mary E. Lunz, and Keith
Thiede
A Critique
of Rasch Residual Fit Statistics
George Karabatsos
Construct
Validity of Scores/Measures from a Developmental Assessment of Mathematics
using Classical and Many-Facet Rasch Measurement
Madhabi Banerji
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Fit Analysis
in Latent Trait Measurement Models
Richard M. Smith
Vol.
1, No. 3, Fall 2000
Development
of a Scale for Measuring Invasive Plant Environmentalism
Edward W. Wolfe and Hallie Dozier
Factorial
Modeling of Differential Distractor Functioning in Multiple-Choice
Items
Wen-Chung Wang
Measurement
of Cognitive Performance in Computer Programming Concept Acquisition: Interactive
Effects of Visual Metaphors and the Cognitive Style
Construct
Elspeth McKay
CAT
Administration
of Language Placement Examinations
John Stahl, Betty Bergstrom, and Richard
Gershon
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Metric Development and Score Reporting in Rasch
Measurement
Everett V. Smith, Jr.
The Social
Physique Anaxiety Scale: An
Example of the Potential Consequences of Negatively Worded Items in Factorial
Validity Studies
Robert W. Motl, David E. Conroy, and Patrick M.
Horan
Moral and
Evaluative Reasoning Across the Life-span
Theo Linda Dawson
Methodological
Issues in Using the Rasch Model to Select Cross Culturally Equivalent Items
in Order to Develop a Quality of Life Index: The Analysis of Four WHOQOL-100
Data Sets (Argentina, France, Hong Kong, United Kingdom)
Alain Leplege, Emmanuel Ecosse,
and WHOQOL Rasch Project Scientific Committee
Simultaneous
Measurement of Reading Growth, Gender, and Relative-Age Effects: Many-Faceted
Rasch Applied to CBM Reading Scores
Peter MacMillan
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Equating
and Item Banking with the Rasch Model
Edward W. Wolfe
Vol.
2, No. 1, Spring 2001
Historical
View of the Influences of Measurement and Reading Theories on the Assessment
of Reading
George Engelhard, Jr.
The Assessment
of Unidimensionality of Normal and Lognormal Data: A Look at Two Nonparametric
Procedures
Anne E. Seraphine, James J. Algina, and M. David
Miller
Rasch
Measurement
in the Assessment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adult
Patients
Luis Prieto, Montse Roset, and Xavier Badia
An
Investigation
of Gender Differences in the Components Influencing the Difficulty of Spatial
Ability Items
Gene A. Kramer and Richard M. Smith
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Partial
Credit Model and Pivot Anchoring
Rita K. Bode
Book Review-
Measurement in Psychology: A Critical History of the Methodological Concept
by Joel Michell
Trevor Bond
Vol.
2, No. 2, Summer 2001
Using the
Rasch Measurement Model to Investigate the Construct of Motor Ability in
Young Children
Beth Hands and Dawne Larkin
The Alternate
Forms Reliability of the New Tasks Added to the Assessment of Motor and
Process Skills
Stephanie Ellison, Anne G. Fisher, and Lelie Duran
Cross-Cultural
validation of the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM): Motivation Orientations
of Navajo and Anglo Students
Dennis M. McInerney, Alexander Seeshing Yeung, and Valentina
McInerney
All Prompts
are Created Equal, But Some Prompts are More Equal than
Others
Mark D. Shermis, Jeffrey Lee Rasmussen, D. W. Rajecki,
and Jennifer Olson
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Objective Standard Setting
Gregory E. Stone
Vol.
2, No. 3, Fall 2001
Congruence
between
a Theoretical Continuum of Masculinity and the Rasch Model: Examining the
Conformity to
Masculine Norms Inventory
Larry H. Ludlow and James R. Mahalik
Detecting
Unexpected
Variables in the MMPI-2 Social Introversion Scale
Chih-Hung Chang and Benjamin D. Wright
A
Cross-cultural
Procedure to Assess Reliability and Measurement Invariance
Anil Mathur, Benny Barak, Yong Zhang, and Kuen S.
Lee
Detecting
Differential
Rater Functioning over Time (DRIFT) Using the Rasch Multi-faceted Rating Scale
Model
Edward W. Wolfe, Bradley C. Moulder, and Carol
Myford
Understanding
Rasch
Measurement: Evidence for the Reliability of Measures and the Validity of
Measure
Interpretations
Everett V. Smith, Jr.
Vol.
2, No. 4, Winter 2001
Toward
Establishing
a Unified Metric for Performance and Learning Goal
Orientations
Everett V. Smith, Jr. and Caroline Dupeyrat
Controlling for
Rater Effects when Comparing Survey Items with Incomplete Likert
Data
E. Matthew Schulz and Anji Sun
Polychotomous
Modeling
of Cognitive Errors in Computer Adaptive Testing
LihShing Wang and Chun-Shan Li
Comparing
Holistic
and Analytic Scoring for Performance Assessment with Many-facet Rasch
Measurement
Eunlim Chi
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: The Rasch Model, Additive Conjoint Measurement, and New Models of
Probabilistic Measurement Theory
George Karabatsos
Book Review -
The Mathematics of Measurement: A Critical History by J.
Roche
William P. Fisher, Jr.
Vol.
3, No. 1, Spring 2002
A Confirmatory
Study of Rasch-based Optimal Categorization of a Rating Scale
Weimo Zhu
Dimensionality
and Construct
Validity of School Development Expectation Scale for Secondary
Students
Mo Ching Magdalena Mok and Marcellin Flynn
Item Grouping
Effects on Invariance
of Attitude Items
Catherine Frantom, Kathy E. Green, and Tony C.M.
Lam
Level of
Activity in Profound/Sever
Mental Retardation (LAPMER): A Rasch-derived Scale of Disability
Luigi Tesio, Maria Rosa Valsecchi, Marina Sala, Paolo
Guzzon,
and Mario Alberto Battaglia
Understanding
Rasch
Measurement: Optimizing Rating Scale Category
Effectiveness
John M. Linacre
Vol.
3, No. 2, Summer 2002
An Eigenvector
Method for
Estimating Item Parameters of the Dichotomous and Polychotomous
Rasch Models
Mary Garner and George Engelhard, Jr.
Two Strategies
for Fitting Real
Data to Rasch Polytomous Models
Antonio J. Rojas Tejada, Andres Gonzalez Gomez, Jose L.
Padilla
Garcia,
and Cristino Perez Melendez
A Comparison of
Three Developmental
Stage Scoring Systems
Theo Linda Dawson
Development of
a Functional
Movement Scale for Infants
Suzann K. Campbell, Benjamin D. Wright, and J. Michael
Linacre
Understanding
Rasch
Measurement: Detecting and Evaluating the Impact of Multidimensionality
using Item Fit Statistics and Principal Component Analysis of
Residuals
Everett V. Smith, Jr.
Vol.
3, No. 3, Fall 2002
Test Scores,
Measurement, and the
Use of Analysis of Variance: An Historical Overview
Joseph Romanoski and Graham Douglas
Using Rasch
Measurement to
Investigate the Cross-form Equivalence and Clinical Utility of Spanish and English
Versions of a Diabetes
Questionnaire: A Pilot Study
Ben Gerber, Everett V. Smith,Jr., Mariela Girotti, Lourdes
Pelaez,
Kimberly Lawless, Louanne Smolin, Irwin Brodsky, and Arnold
Eiser
Moving the Cut
Score on Rasch
Scored Tests
G. Edward Miller and S. Natasha Beretvas
Examining Item
Difficulty and
Response Time on Perceptual Ability Test Items
Chien-Lin Yang, Thomas R. O'Neill, and Gene A.
Kramer
When Raters
Disagree, Then What:
Examining a Third-rating Discrepancy Resolution Procedure and Its Utility for
Identifying Unusual Patterns
of Rating
Carol M. Myford and Edward V. Wolfe
Understanding
Rasch
Measurement: Understanding Resistance to the Data-model Relationship in Rasch's
Paradigm: A
Reflection for the Next Generation
David Andrich
Vol.
3, No. 4, Winter 2002
A Multi-factor
Rasch Scale for Artistic Judgment
Nikolaus Bezruczko
Establishing
Longitudinal Factorial Construct Validity of the Quality of School Life Scale for
Secondary Schools
Magdalena Mo Ching Mok and Marcellin Flynn
Rasch-transformed
Raw Scores and Two-way ANOVA: A Simulation Analysis
Joseph Romanoski and Graham Douglas
Development of
Measurability and Importance Scales for the NATA Athletic Training Educational
Competencies
Edward W. Wolfe and Sally Nogle
Measuring
Leader Perceptions of School Readiness for Reform: Use of an Iterative Model
Combining Classical and Rasch Methods
Madhabi Chatterji
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Construction of Measures from Many-facet
Data
John M. Linacre
Book Review:
Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences by Trevor G.
Bond and Christine M. Fox
Reviewed by Edward W. Wolfe
Vol.
4, No. 1, Spring 2003
The Effect of
Missing Data on Estimating a Respondent’s Location using Ratings Data
R.J. De Ayala
Rasch Simultaneous
Vertical Equating for Measuring Reading Growth
Lee Ong Kim
An Examination of
Exposure Control and Content Balancing Restrictions on Item Selection in CATs using the
Partial Credit Model
Laurie Laughlin Davis, Dena A. Pastor, Barbara G. Dodd, Claire
Chiang,
and Steven J. Fitzpatrick
Aerobic Exercise
Equipment Preferences among Older Adults: A Preliminary Investigation
Marilyn A. Looney and James H. Rimmer
Measurement
Precision of the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS): A Rasch Model Analysis
Elizabeth J. Betemps, Richard M. Smith, Dewleen G. Baker,
and Barbara A. Rounds-Kugler
A Comparative
Evaluation of Methods of Adjusting GPA for Differences in Grade Assignment Practices
Pui-Wa Lei, Dina Bassiri, and E. Matthew Schulz
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: An Introduction to Multidimensional Measurement
Derek C. Briggs and Mark Wilson
Vol.
4, No. 2, Summer 2003
Maximum Information
Approach to Scale Description for Affective Measures Based on the Rasch Model
Huynh Huynh and J. Patrick Meyer
Measuring Client Satisfaction
with Public Education I: Meeting Competing Demands in Establishing State-wide Benchmarks
John A. King and Trevor G. Bond
Developing an Initial
Physical Function Item Bank from Existing Sources
Rita K. Bode, David Cella, Jin-shei Lai, and Allen W. Heinemann
Breakthrough Measuring
Neighborhoods
Nikolaus Bezruczko
Rasch Fit Statistics
as a Test of the Invariance of Item Parameter Estimates
Richard M. Smith and Kyunghee K. Suh
Measuring Attitudes
and Behaviors to Studying and Learning for University Students: A Rasch Measurement Model Analysis
Russell Waugh
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Rasch Techniques for Detecting Bias in Performance Assessment:
An Example Comparing the Performance of Native and Non-Native Speakers on a Test of Academic English
Catherine Elder, Tim McNamara, and Peter Congdon
Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 2003
Conditional Pairwise Estimation in the Rasch Model for Ordered Response Categories using Principal Components
David Andrich and Guanzhong Luo
Reliability and True-score Measures of Binary Items as a Function of Their Rasch Difficulty Parameter
Dimiter M. Dimitrov
Using Logistic Regression to Detect Item-level Non-response Bias in Surveys
Edward W. Wolfe
Rasch Measurement in the Assessment of Amytropic Lateral Sclerosis Patients
Josephine M. Norquist, Ray Fitzpatrick, and Crispin Jenkinson
Measuring Client Satisfaction with Public Education II: Comparing Schools with State Benchmarks
Trevor G. Bond and John A. King
The Recovery of the Density Scale using a Stochastic Quasi-Realization of Additive Conjoint Measurement
Timothy W. Pelton and C. Victor Bunderson
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Substantive Scale Construction
Mark H. Stone
Vol. 4, No. 4, Winter 2003
Measurement: A Beginner’s Guide
Joel Michell
Rasch Modeling and the Measurement of Social Participation
Claire Dumont, Richard Bertrand, Patrick Fougeyrollas, and Marie Gervais
Measuring Client Satisfaction with Public Education III:
Trevor G. Bond and John A. King
Examining Reliability and Validity of Job Analysis Survey Data
Ning Wang
Measuring Coping at a University Using a Rasch Model
Russell F. Waugh
Towards a Hierarchical Goal Theory Model of School Motivation
Dennis M. McInerney, Herbert W. Marsh, and Alexander Seeshing Yeung
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Detecting and Measuring Rater Effects Using Many-facet Rasch Measurement: Part I
Carol M. Myford and Edward W. Wolfe
Vol. 5, No. 1, Spring 2004
Establishing Mathematical Laws of Geonomic Variation
Nathan J. Markward
Comparing Traditional and Rasch Analyses of the Missippippi PTSD Scale:
Revaling Limitations of Reverse Scored Items
Kendon J. Conrad, Benjamin D. Wright, Patrick McKnight, Miles McFall, Alan Fontana, and Robert Rosenheck
Evaluating Judge Performance in Sport
Marilyn A. Looney
The Effect of Sample Size for Estimating Rasch/IRT Parameters with Dichotomous Items
Mark Stone and Futoshi Yumoto
Equating Student Satisfaction Measures
Svetlana A. Beltyukova, Gregory E. Stone, and Christine M. Fox
Treating Test-item Nonresponse
Hamish Coats
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Rasch Model Estimation: Further Topics
John M. Linacre
Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 2004
The Impact
of Model Misfit on Partial Credit Model Parameter Estimates
Randall D. Penfield
Calibrating the Genome
Nathan J. Markward and William P. Fisher, Jr.
Comparisons of Mathematics Achievement
of Grade 8 Students in the United States and the Russian Federation
Saodat I. Bazarova and George Engelhard, Jr
A Rasch Analysis of Three of the
Wisconsin Scales of Psychosis Proneness: Measurement of Schizotypy
Roger E. Graves and Sara Weinstein
Evaluation of the 0.3 Logits
Screening Criterion in Common Item Equating
G. Edward Miller, Ourania Rotou, and Jon S. Twing
The Effect of Dropping
Low Ability Scores on Ability Estimates
Ryan P. Bowles
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Detecting and Measuring Rater Effects Using Many-facet Rasch Measurement: Part II
Carol M. Myford and Edward W. Wolfe
Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 2004
Equating Rehabilitation Outcome Scales:
Developing Common Metrics
Richard M. Smith and Patricia A. Taylor
Using Rasch Models to Reveal
Contours of Teachers’ Knowledge
Constantina Hadjidemetriou and Julian Williams
Validation of Scores from Self-Learning
Scales for Primary Students using True-Score and Rasch Measurement Methods
Magdalena Mo Ching Mok
Reporting the Incidence of School
Violence across Grade Levels in the U.S. Using the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Lei Yu
Pre-Equating: A Simulation Study
Based on a Large Scale Assessment Model
Husein M. Taherbhai and Michael Young
The Equivalance of Three Data
Collection Methods with Field Test Data: A FACETS Application
Mark Pomplun and Michael Custer
Understanding
Rasch Measurement: Rasch Measurement: Using Dichotomous Scoring
Randall E. Schumacker
Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter 2004
Measuring Higher
Education Outcomes with a Multidimensional Rasch Model
Christine E. DeMars
Measurement in Clinical vs. Biological Medicine:
The Rasch Model as a Bridge on a Widening Gap
Luigi Tesio
Dimensionality and Construct Validity of an
Instrument Designed to Measure the Metacognitive Orientation of Science Classroom Learning Environments
Gregory P. Thomas
A New Class of Parametric IRT Models for
Dichotomous Item Scores
David J. Hessen
Comparing Factor Analysis and the Rasch
Model for Ordered Response Categories: An Investigation of the Scale of Gambling Choices
Andrew Kyngdon
Assessing the Assumptions of Symmetric
Proximity Measures in the Context of Multidimensional Scaling
Ken Kelley
Understanding Rasch Measurement:
Detecting Item Bias with the Rasch Model
Richard M. Smith
Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 2005
Rasch Analysis of Inattentive, Hyperactive,
and Impulse Behavior in Young Children and the Link with Academic Achievement
Christine Merrell and Peter Tymms
Measuring Statistical Literacy
Rosemary Callingham and Jane Watson
Expected Linking Error Resulting from Item
Parameter Drift among Common Items on Rasch Calibrated Tests
G. Edward Miller, Paul Randall Gesn, and Ourania Rotou
Measuring College Sailing Teams Ability:
An Application of the Many-Facet Rasch Model to Ordinal Data
William Steve Lang and Judy R. Wilkerson
On the Lack of Comomotonicity between
Likert Scores and Rasch-Based Measures
Lucio Bertoli-Barsotti
An Analysis of Dimensionality using
Factor Analysis(True-Score Theory) and Rasch Measurement: What is the Difference? Which Method is Better?
Russell F. Waugh and Elaine Chapman
Does Data Rounding-Off Influence
Reproducibility Index Estimates?
Bruno Giraudeau, Philippe Ravaud, and Jean-Yves Mary
Understanding Rasch Measurement:
Computer Adaptive Testing
Richard C. Gershon
Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 2005
Estimating Item Parameters in the Rasch Model
in the Presence of Null Categories
Guanzhong Luo and David Andrich
Effects of Item Redundancy on Rasch Item and
Person Estimates
Everett V, Smith, Jr.
Measuring Progress Towards Smoking Cessation
Melinda F. Davis, Lee B. Sechrest, and Dan Shapiro
Daredevil Barnstorming to the Tipping Point:
New Aspirations for the Human Sciences
William P. Fisher, Jr.
Comparing Rasch Analyses Probability Estimates
to Sensitivity, Specificity and Likelihood Ratios when Examining the Utility of Medical Diagnostic Tests
Daniel Cipriani, Christine Fox, Sadik Khuder, and Nancy Boudreau
A Rank-Ordering Method for Equating Tests by Expert
Judgment
Tom Bramley
Using the Rasch Model to Validate Stages of
Understanding the Energy Concept
Xiufeng Liu and Sarah Conrad
Book Review – Designing and Using Tools for
Educational Assessment, Madhabi Chatterji
Jonna M. Kulikiwich
Book Review – Making Measures,
Denjamin D. Wright and Mark H. Stone
Edward V. Wolfe
Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 2005
Special Issue: The Multilevel Measurement Model
The Multilevel Measurement Model:
Introduction to the Special Issue
S. Natasha Beretvas and Akihito Kamata
Demonstration of Software Programs
for Estimating Multilevel Measurement Model Parameters
J. Kyle Roberts and Rich Herrington
Mixed Model Estimation Methods
for the Rasch Model
Frank Rijmen, Francis Tuerlinckx, Michael Meulders, Dirk J. M. Smits, and Katalin Balazs
Some Links between Classical
and Modern Test Theory via the Two-Level Hierarchical General Linear Model
Yasuo Miyazaki
Modeling Local Item
Dependence with the Hierarchical Generalized Linear Model
Hong Jaio, Shudong Wang, and Akihito Kamata
The Cross-Classified
Multilevel Measurement Model: An Explanation and Demonstration
S. Natasha Beretvas, Jason L. Meyers, and Rolando A. Rodriguez
Test Equating in the
Presence of DIF Items
Kwang-lee Chu and Akihito Kamata
Vol. 6, No. 4, Winter 2005
Unique Properties of Rasch Model Item
Information Functions
Randall Penfield
Evaluation of the Diabetes Self-Care
Scale
Nantawadee P. Lee and William P. Fisher, Jr.
Rasch Analysis Examining Processing
Mechanisms of the Object Location Memory Test
Tracy L. Kline and Karen M. Schmidt
Using the Rasch Model to Develop a
Measure of Second Language Learners’ Willingness to Communicate within a Language Classroom
Christopher Weaver
Knowledge and Understanding Asia:
Using a Common Item Pool to Obtain National Estimates
Patrick Griffin and Kerry Woods
Measuring and Comparing Higher
Education Quality between Countries Worldwide
Anatoli A. Maslak, George Karabatsos, Tatijana S. Anisimova, and Sergi A. Osipov
Understanding Rasch Measurement:
The Relationship between the Rating Scale and Partial Credit Models and the Implication of Disordered
Thresholds of the Rasch Models for Polychotomous Responses
Guanzhong Luo
Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 2006
Expansion of a Physical Function
Item Bank and Development of an Abbreviated Form for Clinical Research
Rita K. Bode, Jin-shei Lai, Kelly Dineen, Allen W. Heinemann, Danial Shevrin,
Jamie Von Roenn, and David Cella
Using Rasch Analysis to
Test the Cross-Cultural Item Equivalence of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Hopkins
Symptom Checklist Across Vietnamese and Cambodian Immigrant Mothers
Yoonsun Choi, Amy Mericle, and Tracy W. Harachi
Using Rasch Measurement to
Investigate Volleyball Skills and Inform Coaching
Ryan P. Bowles and Nilam Ram
The Assessment of Diabetes
Knowledge and Self-Efficacy in a Diverse Population using Rasch Measurement
Ben S. Gerber, Maria Pagcatipunan, Everett V. Smith, Jr., Semonti S. Basu,
Kimberly A Lawless, Louanne I. Smolin, Michael L. Berbaum, Irwin G. Brodsky, and Arnold R. Eiser
Using LinLog and FACETS to
Model Item Components in the LLTM
Tracy L. Kline, Karen M. Schmidt, and Ryan Bowles
Development of a Comprehensiveness
of Rasch Measurement Application Scale
Iasonas Lamprianou
Issues in Multi-Item Scale
Testing and Development using Structural Equation Models
Shaun McQuitty and James W. Bishop
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Rasch Analysis of Rank-Ordered Data
John M. Linacre
Memorial – The Measure of a Man: Nam Raju
Rita K. Bode
Vol. 7, No. 2, Summer 2006
Rasch Analysis of a New Construct: Functional Caregiving for Adult Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Shu-Pi C. Chen, Nikolaus Bezruczko, and Sheila Ryan-Henery
Whose Criterion Standard Is It Anyway?
Gregory E. Stone
Adjusted Rasch Person Fit Statistics
Dimiter M. Dimitrov and Richard M. Smith
From Rasch Scores to Regression
Karl Bang Christensen
The Stability of Marker Characteristics
Across Tests of the Same Subject and Across Students
Iasonas Lamprianou
Development of a Money Mismanagement
Measure and Cross-Validation Due to Suspected Range Restriction
Kendon J. Conrad, Michael D. Matters, Daniel J. Luchins, Patricia Hanrahan,
Danielle L. Quasius, and George Lutz
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: The Mixed Rasch Model: An Example for Analyzing the meaning of Response Latencies in
a Personality Questionnaire
Michaela M. Wagner-Menghin
Vol. 7, No. 3 Fall 2006
Measuring Teacher Ability with the
Rasch Model by Scaling a Series of Product and Performance Tasks
Judy R. Wilkerson and William Steve Lang
An Introduction to the Theory of
Unidimensional Unfolding
Andrew Kyngdon
Estimating Person Locations from Partial
Credit Data Containing Missing Responsess
R. J. De Ayala
Validation of a Questionnaire Used to
Assess Safety and Professionalism among Arborists
Steven G. Viger, Edward W. Wolfe, Hallie Dozier, and Krisanna Machtmes
How Accurate Are Lexile Text Measures?
A. Jackson Stenner, Hall Burdick, Eleanor E. Sanford, and Donald S. Burdick
Rasch Analysis of the Structure of
Health Risk Behavior in South African Adolescents
Elias Mpofu, Linda Caldwell, Edward Smith, Alan J. Fisher, Christine Mathews,
Lisa Wagner, and Tania Vergnani
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Multicomponent Latent Trait Models for Complex Tasks
Susan E. Embretson and Xiangdong Ya
Vol. 7, No. 4 Winter 2006
Standard Systems: The Foundational Element
of Measurement Theory
Marion S. Aftanas
An Empirical Study into the Theory of
Unidimensional Unfolding
Andrew Kyngdon
Expanding an Existing Multiple Choice
Test with a Mixed Format Test: Simulation Studies on Sample Size and Item Recovery in Concurrent Calibration
Insu Paek and Michael J. Young
Fitting Polychotomous Rasch Models in SAS
Karl Bang Christensen
The Development and Validation of the
Self-Directed Learning Scales (SLS)
Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Cheng Yin Cheong, Phillip John Moore, and Kerry John Kennedy
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Using Paired Comparisons to Create the Semantic Construct of Frequency
Thomas R. O’Neill
Vol. 8, No. 1 Spring 2007
Attitudes, Order and Quantity: Deterministic
and Direct Probabilistic Tests of Unidimensional Unfolding
Andrew Kyngdon and Ben Richards
Conception and Construction of a Rasch-Scaled
Measure for Self-Confidence in One’s Vocabulary Ability
Michaela M. Wagner-Menghin
Relative Precision, Efficiency and Construct
Validity of Different Starting and Stopping Rules for a Computerized Adaptive Test: The GAIN Substance Problem
Scale
Barth B. Riley, Kendon J. Conrad, Nikolaus Bezruczko, and Michael L. Dennis
Bookmark Locations and Item Response Model
Selection in the Presence of Local Item Dependence
Garry Skaggs
Comparing Concurrent versus Fixed Parameter
equating with Common Items: Using the Rasch Dichotomous and Partial Credit Models in a Mixed Item-Format Test
Husein M. Taherbhai and Daer Yong Seo
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Instrument Development Tools and Activities for Measure Validation using Rasch Models:
Part I – Instrument Development Tools
Edward W. Wolfe and Everett V. Smith, Jr.
Vol. 8, No. 2 Summer 2007
Mental Self Government: Development
of the Additional Democratic Learning Style using Rasch Measurement Models
Tine Nielsen, Svend Kreiner, and Irene Styles
Measuring Math Anxiety (in Spanish)
with the Rasch Rating Scale Model
Derardo Prieto and Ana R. Delgado
Using Rasch Analysis to Construct
a Clinical Problem-Solving Inventory in the Dental Clinic: A Case Study
Chien-Lin Yang and Gene A. Kramer
Evidence-Based Practice for Equating
Health Status Items: Sample Size and IRT Model
Karon F. Cook, Patrick W. Taylor, Barbara G. Dodd, Cayla R. Teal, and Colleen McHorney
Computing Confidence Intervals of
Item Fit Statistics in the Family of Rasch Models using the Bootstrap Method
Ya-Hui Su, Ching-Fan Sheu, and Wen-Chung Wang
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Instrument Development Tools and Activities for Measure Validation using Rasch Models:
Part II – Validation Activities
Edward W. Wolfe and Everett V. Smith, Jr.
Vol. 8, No. 3 Fall 2007
Special Issue: The Programme for International Assessment
The Programme for International Assessment: An Overview
Ross Turner and Raymond J. Adams
Translation Equivalence across PISA Countries
Aleetta Grisay, John H. A. L. de Jong, Eveline Gebhardt, Alla Berezner, and Beatrice Halleux-Monseur
Ameliorating Culturally Based Extreme Item Tendencies to Attitude Items
Maurice Walker
The Impact of Differential Investment of Student Effort on the Outcomes of International Studies
Jayne Butler and Raymond J. Adams
The Influence of Equating Methodology on Reported Trends in PISA
Eveline Gebhardt and Raymond J. Adams
The Computation of Equating Errors in International Surveys in Education
Christian Monseur and Alla Berezner
Vol. 8, No. 4 Winter 2007
Nonequivalent Survey Consolidation:
An Example From Functional Caregiving
Nikolaus Bezruczko and Shu-Pi C. Chen
Mindfulness Practice: A Rasch Variable Construct
Innovation
Sharon G. Solloway and William P. Fisher, Jr.
Substance Use Disorder Symptoms: Evidence of
Differential Item Functioning by Age
Kendon J. Conrad, Michael L. Dennis, Nikolaus Bezruczko, Rodney R. Funk, and Barth B. Riley
A Monte Carlo Study of the Impact of Missing
Data and Differential Item Functioning on Theta Estimates from Two Polytomous Rasch Family Models
Carolyn F. Furlow, Rachel T. Fouladi, Phill Gagné, and Tiffany A. Whittaker
Investigation of 360-Degree Instrumentation
Effects: Application of the RASCH Rating Scale Model
John T. Kulas and Kelly M. Hannum
Rasch Measurement of Self-Regulated Learning
in an Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-rich Environment
Joseph N. Njiru and Russell F. Waugh
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: The Saltus Model Applied to Proportional Reasoning Data
Karen Draney
Vol. 9, No. 1 Spring 2008
Strategies for Controlling Item Exposure
in Computerized Adaptive Testing with the Partial Credit Model
Laurie Laughlin Davis and Barbara G. Dodd
A Multidimensional Rasch Analysis of Gender
Differences in PISA Mathematics
Ou Lydia Liu, Mark Wilson, and Insu Paek
An Exploration of Correctional Staff Members’
Views of Inmate Amenities: A Scaling Approach
Elizabeth Ehrhardt Mustaine, George E. Higgins, and Richard Tewksbury
Measuring Job Satisfaction in the Social
Services Sector with the Rasch Model
Eugenio Brentari and Silvia Golia
Comparing Screening Approaches to Investigate
Stability of Common Items in Rasch Equating
Alvaro J. Arce-Ferrer
Estimation of the Accessibility of Items and
the Confidence of Candidates: A Rasch-Based Approach
A. A. Korabinski, M. A. Youngson, and M. McAlpine
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Binary Items and Beyond:A Simulation of Computer Adaptive Testing Using the Rasch Partial Credit
Model
Rense Lange
Vol. 9, No. 2 Summer 2008
Effects of Varying Magnitude and Patterns of
Response Dependence in the Unidimensional Rasch Model
Ida Marais and David Andrich
Fisher’s Information Function and Rasch
Measurement
Mark H. Stone
A Rasch Analysis for Classification of
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Kyle Perkins, Robert W. Hoffman, and Nikolaus Bezruczko
Magnitude Estimation and Categorical
Rating Scaling in Social Sciences: A Theoretical and Psychometric Controversy
Svetlana A. Beltyukova, Gregory E. Stone, and Christine M. Fox
Impact of Altering Randomization
Intervals on Precision of Measurement and Item Exposure
Timothy Muckle, Betty Bergstrom, Kirk Becker, and John Stahl
Rasch Rating Scale Modeling of
Data from the Standardized Letter of Recommendation
Sooyeon Kim and Patrick C. Kyllonen
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Understanding Rasch Measurement: Using Rasch Scaled Stage Scores to Validate Orders
of Hierarchical Complexity of Balance Beam Task Sequences
Michael Lamport Commons, Eric Andrew Goodheart, Alexander Pekker,
Theo Linda Dawson, Karen Draney, and Kathryn Marie Adams
Vol. 9, No. 3 Fall 2008
Formalizing Dimension and
Response Violations of Local Independence in the Unidimensional Rasch Model
Ida Marais and David Andrich
Overcoming Vertical
Equating Complications in the Calibration of an Integer Ability Scale for Measuring Outcomes
of a Teaching Experiment
Andreas Koukkoufis and Julian Williams
Understanding the Unit
in the Rasch Model
Stephen M. Humphry and David Andrich
Calibration of
Multiple-Choice Questionnaires to Assess Quantitative Indicators
Paola Annoni and Pieralda Ferrari
The Impact of Data
Collection Design, Linking Method, and Sample Size on Vertical Scaling Using the Rasch
Model
Insu Paek, Michael J. Young, and Qing Yi
Factor Structure
of the Developmental Behavior Checklist using Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Polytomous
Items
Daniel E. Bontempo, Scott. M. Hofer, Andrew Mackinnon, Andrea M.
Piccinin, Kylie Gray, Bruce Tonge, and Stewart Einfeld
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Estimation of Decision Consistency Indices for Complex Assessments:
Model Based Approaches
Matthew Stearns and Richard M. Smith
Vol. 9, No. 4 Winter 2008
The Differential Impact of Resolution Methods on the
Operational Scores of Gender and Ethnic Groups
Shiqi Hao, Robert L. Johnson, and James Penny
A Rasch Measurement Analysis of the
Use of Cohesive Devices in Writing English as a Foreign Language by Secondary Students in Hong Kong
Margaret Lai Fun Ho and Russell F. Waugh
Linking Classical Test Theory and
Two-level Hierarchical Linear Models
Yasuo Miyazaki and Gary Skaggs
Measuring Self-Complexity: A
Critical Analysis of Linville’s H Statistic
Wenshu Luo, David Watkins, and Raymond Y. H. Lam
Measuring Cynicism
Toward Organizational Change — One Dimension or Two?
Simon Albrecht
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Assessment of Differential Item Functioning
Wen-Chung Wang
Vol. 10, No. 1 Spring 2009
Comparison of Single- and Double-Assessor Scoring Designs for the
Assessment of Accomplished Teaching
George Engelhard, Jr. and Carol M. Myford
Mapping Multiple Dimensions of Student Learning: The GradeMap
Program
Cathleen A. Kennedy and Karen Draney
A Rasch Model Prototype for Assessing Vocabulary Learning
Resulting from Different Instructional Methods: A Preschool Example
Cynthia B. Leung and William Steve Lang
Response Dependence and the Measurement of Change
Ida Marais
An Empirical Study on the Relationship between
Teacher’s Judgments and Fit Statistics of the Partial Credit Model
Sun-Geun Baek and Hye-Sook Kim
Using Paired Comparison Matrices to
Estimate Parameters of the Partial Credit Rasch Measurement Model for Rater-Mediated Assessments
Mary Garner and George Engelhard, Jr.
Toward a Domain Theory in English
as a Second Language
Diane Strong-Krause
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Tools for Measuring Academic Growth
G. Gage Kingsbury, Martha McCall, and Carl Hauser
Vol. 10, No. 2 Summer 2009
The Relationships Among Design Experiments,
Invariant Measurement Scales, and Domain Theories
C. Victor Bunderson and Van A. Newby
Considerations About Expected a Posteriori
Estimation in Adaptive Testing: Adaptive a Priori, Adaptive Correction for Bias, and Adaptive Integration Interval
Gilles Raîche and Jean-Guy Blais
Local Independence and Residual Covariance:
A Study of Olympic Figure Skating Ratings
John M. Linacre
Constructing One Scale to Describe Two
Statewide Exams
Insu Paek, Deborah G. Peres, and Mark Wilson
Multidimensional Models in a Developmental
Context
Yiyu Xie and Theo L. Dawson
An Application of the Multidimensional
Random Coefficients Multinomial Logit Model to Evaluating Cognitive Models of Reasoning in Genetics
Edward W. Wolfe, Daniel T. Hickey, and Ann C.H. Kindfield
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: The ISR: Intelligent Student Reports
Ronald Mead
Vol. 10, No. 3 Fall 2009
Using Classical and Modern Measurement Theories to Explore Rater,
Domain, and Gender Influences on Student Writing Ability
Ismail S. Gyagenda and George Engelhard, Jr.
The Efficacy of Link Items in the Construction of a Numeracy
Achievement Scale—from Kindergarten to Year 6
Juho Looveer and Joanne Mulligan
The Study Skills Self-Efficacy Scale
for Use with Chinese Students
Mantak Yuen, Everett V. Smith, Jr., Lidia Dobria, and Qiong Fu
Rasch Family Models in e-Learning: Analyzing Architectural
Sketching with a Digital Pen
Kathleen Scalise, Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, and Nargas Oskui
Measuring Measuring: Toward a Theory of Proficiency
with the Constructing Measures Framework
Brent Duckor, Karen Draney, and Mark Wilson
Plausible Values: How to Deal with Their Limitations
Christian Monseur and Raymond Adams
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Item and Rater Analysis of Constructed Response Items via the Multi-Faceted Rasch Model
Edward W. Wolfe
Vol. 10, No. 4 Winter 2009
The Rasch Model and Additive Conjoint Measurement
Van A. Newby, Gregory R. Conner, Christopher P. Grant, and C. Victor Bunderson
The Construction and Implementation of User-Defined
Fit Tests for Use with Marginal Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Generalized Item Response Models
Raymond J. Adams and Margaret L. Wu
Development of a Multidimensional Measure of Academic
Engagement
Kyra Caspary and Maria Veronica Santelices
Random Parameter Structure and the Testlet Model:
Extension of the Rasch Testlet Model
Insu Paek, Haniza Yon, Mark Wilson, and Taehoon Kang
A Comparative Analysis of the Ratings in Performance
Assessment Using Generalizability Theory and Many-Facet Rasch Model
Sungsook C. Kim and Mark Wilson
The Family Approach to Assessing Fit in Rasch
Measurement
Richard M. Smith and Christie Plackner
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Standard Setting with Dichotomous and Constructed Response Items: Some Rasch Model Approaches
Robert G. MacCann
Vol. 11, No. 1 Spring 2010
Predicting Responses from Rasch Measures
John M. Linacre
Concrete, Abstract, Formal, and Systematic Operations as Observed in a “Piagetian” Balance-Beam Task Series
Theo Linda Dawson, Eric Andrew Goodheart, Karen Draney, Mark Wilson, and Michael Lamport Commons
Sources of Self-Efficacy Belief: Development and Validation of Two Scales
Ou Lydia Liu and Mark Wilson
Reducible or Irreducible? Mathematical Reasoning and the Ontological Method
William P. Fisher, Jr.
Children’s Understanding of Area Concepts: Development, Curriculum and Educational Achievement
Trevor G. Bond and Kellie Parkinson
Thinking about Thinking—Thinking about Measurement: A Rasch Analysis of Recursive Thinking
Ulrich Müeller and Willis F. Overton
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Psychometric Aspects of Item Mapping for Criterion-Referenced Interpretation and Bookmark Standard Setting
Huynh Huynh
Vol. 11, No. 2 Summer 2010
Using Item Response Modeling Methods to Test Theory Related to Human Performance
Diane D. Allen
From Model to Measurement with Dichotomous Items
Don Burdick, A. Jackson Stenner, and Andrew Kyngdon
Using Guttman’s Mapping Sentences and Many Facet Rasch Measurement Theory to Develop an Instrument that Examines
the Grading Philosophies of Teachers
Jennifer Randall and George Engelhard, Jr.
Development of Scales Relating to Professional Development of Community College Administrators
Edward W. Wolfe and Kim E. Van Der Linden
Comparing Décalage and Development with Cognitive Developmental Tests
Trevor Bond
Reliability of Performance Examinations: Revisited
Mary E. Lunz and John M. Linacre
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Equating Designs and Procedures Used in Rasch Scaling
Gary Skaggs and Edward W. Wolfe
Vol. 11, No. 3 Fall 2010
Special Issue: The Improving Efficiency in Outcome Measurement
Preface, Improving Efficiency in Outcome Measurement
Allen W. Heinemann
Foreword, Emergence of Efficiency in Health Outcome Measurement
Nikolaus Bezruczko, Guest Editor
Measuring One Variable at a Time: The Wright Way
Ed Bouchard
Rasch-Derived Latent Trait Measurement of Outcomes: Insightful Use Leads to Precision Case
Management and Evidence-Based Practices in Functional Healthcare
Carl V. Granger, Marsha Carlin, John M. Linacre, Ronald Mead, Paulette Niewczyk, A. Jackson Stenner, and Luigi Tesio
Generally Objective Measurement of Human Temperature and Reading Ability: Some Corollaries
A. Jackson Stenner and Mark Stone
A Clinically Meaningful Theory of Outcome Measures in Rehabilitation Medicine
Robert W. Massof
Embedding Measurement within Existing Computerized Data Systems: Scaling Clinical Laboratory
and Medical Records Heart Failure Data to Predict ICU Admission
William P. Fisher, Jr. and Elizabeth C. Burton
Implementing Computerized Adaptive Tests in Routine Clinical Practice: Experience Implementing
CATs
Dennis L. Hart, Daniel Deutscher, Mark W. Werneke, Judy Holder, and Ying-Chih Wang
The Use of PROMIS and Assessment Center to Deliver Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Clinical
Research
Richard C. Gershon, Nan Rothrock, Rachel Hanrahan, Michael Bass, and David Cella
Opportunities for CAT Applications in Medical Rehabilitation: Development of Targeted Item
Banks
Pamela A. Kisala and David S. Tulsky
Postscript, Emergence of Efficiency in Health Outcomes Measurement
Karon F. Cook
Vol. 11, No. 4 Winter 2010
Rasch Model’s Contribution to the Study of Items and Item Response
Scales Formulation in Opinion/Perception Questionnaires
Jean-Guy Blais, Julie Grondin, Nathalie Loye, and Gilles Raîche
Estimating Tests Including Subtests
Steffen Brandt
Measure for Measure: Curriculum Requirements and Children’s
Achievement in Music Education
Trevor Bond and Marie Bond
On the Factor Structure of Standardized Educational
Achievement Tests
Tim W. Gaffney, Robert Cudeck, Emilio Ferrer, and Keith F. Widaman
The Practical Application of Optimal Appropriateness Measurement
on Empirical Data using Rasch Models
Iasonas Lamprianou
Features of the Sampling Distribution of the Ability Estimate in
Computerized Adaptive Testing According to Two Stopping Rules
Jean-Guy Blais and Gilles Raîche
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Developing Examinations that use Equal Raw Scores for Cut Scores
Andrew Swanlund and Everett Smith
Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring 2011
Using Adjusted GPA and Adjusted Course Difficulty
Measures to Evaluate Differential Grading Practices in College
Dina Bassiri and E. Mathew Schulz
Optimizing the Compatibility between Rating Scales and
Measures of Productive Second Language Competence
Christopher Weaver
Developing a Domain Theory Defining and Exemplifying
a Learning Theory of Progressive Attainments
C. Victor Bunderson
Bringing Human, Social, and Natural Capital to Life:
Practical Consequences and Opportunities
William P. Fisher, Jr.
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Distractors with Information in Multiple Choice Items:
A Rationale Based on the Rasch Model
David Andrich and Irene Styles
Vol. 12, No. 2 Summer 2011
A Comparison between Robust z and 0.3-Logit Difference Procedures
in Assessing Stability of Linking Items for the Rasch Model
Huynh Huynh and Anita Rawls
Assessment of English Language Development: A Validity Study of a District Initiative
Juan D. Sanchez
Equating of Multi-Facet Tests Across Administrations
Mary Lunz and Surintorn Suanthong
Examining Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness using FACETS
Nuraihan Mat Daud and Noor Lide Abu Kassim
Exploring Differential Item Functioning (DIF) with the Rasch Model: A Comparison of
Gender Differences on Eighth Grade Science Items in the United States and Spain
Tasha Calvert Babiar
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: A Mapmark Method of Standard Setting as Implemented for the National Assessment Governing Board
E. Matthew Schulz and Howard C. Mitzel
Vol. 12, No. 3 Fall 2011
Diagnosing a Common Rater Halo Effect in the
Polytomous Rasch Model
Ida Marais and David Andrich
A Comparison of Structural Equation and
Multidimensional Rasch Modeling Approaches to Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Edward W. Wolfe and Kusum Singh
The Rainbow Families Scale (RFS): A Measure
of Experiences Among Individuals with Lesbian and Gay Parents
David J. Lick, Karen M. Schmidt, and Charlotte J. Patterson
Development of an Instrument for
Measuring Self-Efficacy in Cell Biology
Suzanne Reeve, Elizabeth Kitchen, Richard R. Sudweeks, John D. Bell, and William S. Bradshaw
Measuring Schools’ Efforts to Partner
with Parents of Children Served Under IDEA: Scaling and Standard Setting for Accountability Reporting
Batya Elbaum, William P. Fisher, Jr., and W. Alan Coulter
An ADL Measure for Spinal Cord Injury
Anne Bryden and Nikolaus Bezruczko
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Selecting Cut Scores with a Composite of Item Types: The Construct Mapping Procedure
Karen Draney and Mark Wilson
Vol. 12, No. 4 Winter 2011
Reducing the Item Number to Obtain Same-Length Self-Assessment Scales: A Systematic Approach using Result of Graphical Loglinear Rasch Modeling
Tine Nielsen and Svend Kreiner
Using Rasch Modeling to Measure Acculturation in Youth
Melinda F. Davis, Mary Adam, Scott Carvajal, Lee Sechrest, and Valerie F. Reyna
Measurement of Mothers’ Confidence to Care for Children Assisted with Tracheostomy Technology in Family Homes
Nikolaus Bezruczko, Shu-Pi C. Chen, Constance D. Hill, and Joyce M. Chesniak
Comparability of Item Quality Indices from Sparse Data Matrices with Random and Non-Random Missing Data Patterns
Edward W. Wolfe and Michael T. McGill
The Influence of Labels Associated with Anchor Points of Likert-type Response Scales in Survey Questionnaires
Jean-Guy Blais and Julie Grondin
Analysis of Letter Name Knowledge using Rasch Measurement
Ryan P. Bowles, Lori E. Skibbe, and Laura M. Justice
Understanding Rasch
Measurement: Converging on the Tipping Point: A Diagnostic Methodology for Standard Setting
John A. Stahl and Kirk A. Becker
Vol. 13, No. 1 Spring 2012
Formulating Latent
Growth Using an Explanatory Item Response Model Approach
Mark Wilson, Xiaohui Zheng, and Leah McGuire
Using the Mixed Rasch
Model to Analyze Data from the Beliefs and Attitudes About Memory Survey
Everett V. Smith, Jr., Yuping Ying, and Scott W. Brown
An Examination of
Personality Characteristics Related to Acquiescence
Christine DiStefano, Grant B. Morgan, and Robert W. Motl
Construction and Validation
of Two Parent-Report Scales for the Evaluation of Early Intervention Programs
William P. Fisher, Jr., Batya Elbaum, and W. Alan Coulter
Multi-Factor Scale
Consolidation When Theory is Weak
Nikolaus Bezruczko and Kyle Perkins
Developing an Emotional
Distress Item Bank for Cancer Patients
Allen W. Heinemann, Rita K. Bode, Sarah Rosenbloom, and David Cella
Vol. 13, No. 2 Summer 2012
Is the Partial Credit Model a Rasch Model?
Robert W. Massof
Exploring the Alignment of Writing Self-Efficacy with
Writing Achievement Using Rasch Measurement Theory and Qualitative Methods
George Engelhard, Jr., and Nadia Behizadeh
Measuring Positive and Negative Affect in Older
Adults Over 56 Days: Comparing Trait Level Scoring Methods Using the Partial Credit Model
Monica K. Erbacher, Karen M. Schmidt, Steven M. Boker, and Cindy S. Bergeman
Item Set Discrimination and the Unit in the Rasch Model
Stephen Humphry
Educational Achievement, Personality, and Behavior:
Assessment, Factor Structure and Implications for Theory And Practice
Tim W. Gaffney and Cassandra Perryman
An External Validation Study of a Classification
of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients
Robert W. Hoffman, Nikolaus Bezruczko, and Kyle Perkins
Vol. 13, No. 3 Fall 2012
The Development and Validation of the Core
Competencies Scale (CCS) for the College and University Students
Bin Ruan, Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Christopher R. Edginton, and Ming Kai Chin
Fixed or Random Testlet Effects: A Comparison
of Two Multilevel Testlet Models
Tzu-An Chen
A Study of Rasch, Partial Credit, and Rating
Scale Model Parameter Recovery in WINSTEPS and jMetrik
J. Patrick Meyer and Emily Hailey
Cognitive Assessment in Mathematics with
the Least Squares Distance Method
Lin Ma, Emre Çetin, and Kathy E. Green
Using Rasch Measurement to Validate the Big
Five Factor Marker Questionnaire for a Japanese University Population
Matthew T. Apple and Peter Neff
An Applied Examination of Different Weighting
Methods for the Root Expected Mean Square Difference and Root Mean Square Difference Indices
Anne Corinne Huggins
Development and Validation of a Questionnaire
to Evaluate Attitudes toward Family Medicine
Francisco Escobar Rabadán, Jesús López-Torres Hidalgo, Julio Montoya Fernández, Juan M. Téllez Lapeira,
MŞ Aranzazu Romero Cebrián, and Juan M. Armero Simarro
Vol. 13, No. 4 Winter 2012
Conditional Pairwise Person Parameter
Estimates in Rasch Models
Svend Kreiner
Examining Rating Quality in Writing
Assessment: Rater Agreement, Error, and Accuracy
Stefanie A. Wind and George Engelhard, Jr.
Beliefs about Language Development:
Construct Validity Evidence
Mavis L. Donahue, Qiong Fu, and Everett V. Smith, Jr.
Concurrent Validation of CHIRP, a New
Instrument for Measuring Healthcare Student Attitudes towards Interdisciplinary Teamwork
David Hollar, Cherri Hobgood, Beverly Foster, Marco Aleman, and Susan Sawning
Using Extended Rasch Models to Assess
Validity of Diagnostic Tests in the Presence of a Reference Standard
Vivian Viallon, Emmanuel Ecosse, Mounir Mesbah, Jacques Pouchot, and Joel Coste
Measuring Work Stress among Correctional
Staff: A Rasch Measurement Approach
George E. Higgins, Richard Tewksbury, and Andrew Denney
A Rasch Measure of Teachers’ Views of
Teacher-Student Relationships in the Primary School
Natalie Leităo and Russell F. Waugh
Vol. 14, No. 1 Spring 2013
A Bootstrap Approach to Evaluating Person and Item Fit to the Rasch Model
Edward W. Wolfe
Using The Rasch Measurement Model to Design a Report Writing Assessment Instrument
Wayne R. Carlson
Using Multidimensional Rasch to Enhance Measurement Precision: Initial Results from Simulation and Empirical Studies
Magdalena Mo Ching Mok and Kun Xu
Using the Dichotomous Rasch Model to Analyze Polytomous Items
Qingping He and Chris Wheadon
With Hiccups and Bumps: The Development of a Rasch-based Instrument to Measure
Elementary Students’ Understanding of the Nature of Science
Shelagh M. Peoples, Laura M. O’Dwyer, Katherine A. Shields, and Yang Wang
Application of Single-level and Multi-level Rasch Models using the lme4 Package
Iasonas Lamprianou
Rasch Modeling to Assess Albanian and South African Learners’ Preferences for Real-life
Situations to be Used in Mathematics: A Pilot Study
Suela Kacerja, Cyril Julie, and Said Hadjerrouit
Vol. 14, No. 2 Summer 2013
Adaptive Testing for Psychological
Assessment: How Many Items Are Enough To Run an Adaptive Testing Algorithm?
Michaela M. Wagner-Menghin and Geoff N. Masters
DIF Cancellation in the Rasch Model
Adam E. Wyse
Multidimensional Diagnostic
Perspective on Academic Achievement Goal Orientation Structure, Using the Rasch Measurement Models
Daeryong Seo, Husein Taherbhai, and Insu Paek
An Extension of a
Bayesian Approach to Detect Differential Item Functioning
Sandip Sinharay
The Development of the
de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI) in an Older Acute Medical Population: Item Reduction using the Rasch Model (Part 1)
Natalie A. de Morton, Megan Davidson, and Jennifer L. Keating
A Comparison of Confirmatory
Factor Analysis and Multidimensional Rasch Models to Investigate the Dimensionality of Test-Taking Motivation
Christine E. DeMars
Measuring Alternative
Learning Outcomes: Dispositions to Study in Higher Education
Maria Pampaka, Julian Williams, Graeme Hutcheson, Laura Black, Pauline Davis,
Paul Hernandez-Martinez, and Geoff Wake