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Related activities for those interested in Rasch analysis

Various conferences, workshops and resources can be found which may be of interest to those seeking to apply Rasch measurement models.

Here are some which we think will be of interest.

Congresses and Workshops.
  
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Third International Conference of Measurement in Health, Education, Psychology and Marketing.

University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.  January 22nd-24th, 2008. http://www.education.uwa.edu.au/__data/page/18735/Rasch_conference_v10.pdf

NB: Abstract submission date 14th September 2007. 

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IOMW 2008

       New York, 2008.

 Data Recognition Corporation and JAM Press are pleased to announce that IOMW 2008 will be held in New York City at New York University on March 22 and 23, 2008, just prior to the AERA annual meeting. This is the fourteenth meeting of IOMW, a series of biannual meetings that originated in 1981. The first IOMW was organized by Ben Wright and held at the University of Chicago. Paper and symposium applications will be accepted online beginning in September 2007. IOMW 2008 will feature 16 presentation sessions with approximately 80 presentations. The final date for paper and symposium submission is January 18, 2008. The final program will be announced on February 1, 2008.

Details at:

http://home.att.net/~rsmith.arm/IOMW2008_Flyer.pdf

Teaching from the Psylab Group.

Introductory workshops and similar courses in Rasch Analysis

Various dates, 2007-8, University of Leeds, Leeds UK.  See Rasch Analysis Courses Tab

 Melbourne, Australia.  Contact Dr Julie Pallant at  jpallant@unimelb.edu.au for details.

 Göteborg  Sweden. Contact  Dr Åsa Lundgren Nilsson at asa.lundgren-nilsson@rehab.gu.se for details

 Louvain-La-Neuve   Belgium.  Contact   Laure.Vandervelde@read.ucl.ac.be

              Programme: www.iufc.ucl.ac.be/formation/iepr/

 

Intermediate and Advanced workshops in Rasch Analysis

Various dates, 2007-8, University of Leeds, Leeds UK.  See Rasch Analysis Courses Tab

Other Resources

Introductory Text books

- not requiring any algebraic skills

Bond TG, Fox CM. Applying the Rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey, 2001.

- helps if you have school-level algebra (bit you can skip the difficult bits)  

    in English

Wilson M. Constructing Measures. An item response modelling approach.  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey, 2005.

Bezruczko N. Rasch measurement in health sciences. JAM press, Maple Grove, Minnesota, 2005. 

Smith EV, Smith RM. Introduction to Rasch measurement. JAM press, Maple Grove, Minnesota, 2004. 

   in French

Penta M, Arnould C, Decruynaere C. Développer et interpréter une échelle de mesure. Mardaga: Sprimont (Belgique), 2005.

(ISBN 2-87009-897-9)

- helps if you have a good grasp of algebra!

Andrich D. Rasch models for measurement. Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences No 68. Sage, London, 1988.

 

Web based resources

The Institute For Objective Measurement

Rasch Measurement Transactions

Journals

The Journal of Applied Measurement

 

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