Applying the Rasch Model

Written in an accessible style, this book facilitates a deep understanding of the Rasch model. Authors Bond and Fox review the crucial properties of the Rasch model and demonstrate its use with a wide range of examples including the measurement of educational achievement, human development, attitudes, and medical rehabilitation. A glossary and numerous illustrations further aid the reader's understanding. The authors demonstrate how to apply Rasch analysis and prepare readers to perform their own analyses and interpret the results.

**Updated throughout, highlights of the Second Edition include:**

*a new CD that features an introductory version of the latest* Winsteps *program and the data files for the book’s examples, preprogrammed to run using* Winsteps *;

* a new chapter on invariance that highlights the parallels between physical and human science measurement;

*a new appendix on analyzing data to help those new to Rasch analysis;

* more explanation of the key concepts and item characteristic curves;

*a new empirical example with data sets demonstrates the many facets of the Rasch model and other new examples; and

* an increased focus on issues related to unidimensionality, multidimensionality, and the Rasch factor analysis of residuals.

*Applying the Rasch Model* is intended for researchers and practitioners in psychology, especially developmental psychologists, education, health care, medical rehabilitation, business, government, and those interested in measuring attitude, ability, and/or performance. The book is an excellent text for use in courses on advanced research methods, measurement, or quantitative analysis. Significant knowledge of statistics is not required.