The Advanced Course in Rasch Measurement Theory and the application of RUMM2030 will be held from Wednesday 10 January 2018 to Tuesday 16 January 2018.

Course outline

Topics covered:

• theory of social measurement and Rasch models;
• revision of Rasch?s model for dichotomous responses and his original work;
• multiple choice items and guessing;
• understanding the Polytomous Rasch Model;
• model fit statistics;
• advanced understanding of differential item functioning (DIF): real and artificial DIF;
• vertical equating and DIF;
• assessing two violations of the assumption of local independence: multidimensionality and response dependence;
• facets analysis and analysis of longitudinal data; and
• reporting a Rasch analysis.
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Students enrolled obtain:

1. the study guide
2. a set of lecture materials
3. selected readings and
4. a copy of the new RUMM2030 software for the duration of the course which expires on the 30th June 2018.
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