Assessing potential technical enhancements to the U.S. household food security measures / / Mark Nord
| Assessing potential technical enhancements to the U.S. household food security measures / / Mark Nord |
| Autore | Nord Mark |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 124 pages) : illustrations |
| Collana | Technical bulletin |
| Soggetto topico |
Food security - United States
Food supply - United States Rasch models Item response theory |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704339103321 |
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| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 2012 | ||
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Invariant measurement : using Rasch models in the social, behavioral, and health sciences / / George Engelhard, Jr
| Invariant measurement : using Rasch models in the social, behavioral, and health sciences / / George Engelhard, Jr |
| Autore | Engelhard George <1953-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Psychology Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (514 p.) |
| Disciplina | 150.28/7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Psychometrics
Invariant measures Rasch models Psychology - Statistical methods Social sciences - Statistical methods |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-07363-0
1-135-10453-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; PART I Introduction; 1 Introduction and Overview; Variable Maps; What Are Logits?; The Dichotomous Rasch Model; Five Requirements of Invariant Measurement; Method and Meaning of Rasch Measurement; Illustrative Data Set: Measuring the Home Environment; Discussion and Summary; PART II Conceptual and Theoretical Issues; 2 Invariant Measurement; What Is Measurement?; What Is Invariant Measurement?; Ideal-Type Scales and the Structure of Measurement Data; What Are Rasch Models?
Item-Invariant Person MeasurementPerson-Invariant Item Calibration; Discussion and Summary; 3 Rasch Models; Operating Characteristic Functions; Dichotomous Rasch Model; Polytomous Rasch Models; Partial Credit Model; Rating Scale Model; Many Facet Model; Discussion and Summary; 4 Researcher-Constructed Measures; Building Blocks for Researcher-Constructed Measures; 1. Latent variable: What Is the Latent Variable Being Measured?; 2. Observational Design: What Is the Plan for Collecting Structured Observations or Responses from Persons in Order to Define the Latent Variable? 3. Scoring Rules: How Do We Categorize the Systematic Observations, and then Assign Scores to the Categories To Be Used as Indicators of the Latent Variable?4. Rasch Measurement Model: How Are Person and Item Responses or Observations Mapped onto the Latent Variable?; Applications; 1. Learning Stimulation in the Home Environments of Preschool Children; 2. Assessment in the Health Sciences: The Five Rights of Safe Administration of Medications; Discussion and Summary; 5 An Historical and Comparative Perspective on Research Traditions in Measurement; What Are Measurement Theories? What Are Research Traditions?What Are the Two Major Research Traditions in Measurement?; Test-Score Tradition; 1. The Founding of Classical Test Theory: Spearman; 2. Generalizability Theory: Cronbach and His Colleagues; 3. Factor Analysis: Spearman and Thurstone; 4. Structural Equation Modeling: Joreskog; Scaling Tradition; 1. Psychophysics and the Beginning of the Scaling Tradition: Thorndike; 2. Absolute Scaling and Psychophysics: Thurstone; 3. Item Response Theory: Birnbaum and Rasch; 4. Non-Parametric Item Response Theory: Guttman, Lazarsfeld, and Mokken; Discussion and Summary 6 The Quest for Invariant Measurement within the Scaling TraditionGeneral Issues Guiding the Comparisons among the Scaling Theories; Item-Invariant Person Measurement; 1. Parametric Models: Thorndike, Thurstone, Birnbaum, and Rasch; 2. Non-Parametric Models: Guttman, Lazarsfeld, and Mokken; Person-Invariant Item Calibration; 1. Parametric Models: Thorndike, Thurstone, Birnbaum, and Rasch; 2. Non-Parametric Models: Guttman, Lazarsfeld, and Mokken; Operating Characteristic Functions; 1. Item Response Functions; 2. Person Response Functions; Variable Maps; Discussion and Summary PART III Technical Issues |
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| New York, N.Y. : , : Psychology Press, , 2013 | ||
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Invariant measurement : using Rasch models in the social, behavioral, and health sciences / / George Engelhard, Jr
| Invariant measurement : using Rasch models in the social, behavioral, and health sciences / / George Engelhard, Jr |
| Autore | Engelhard George <1953-, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Psychology Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (514 p.) |
| Disciplina | 150.28/7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Psychometrics
Invariant measures Rasch models Psychology - Statistical methods Social sciences - Statistical methods |
| ISBN |
1-135-10452-2
0-203-07363-0 1-135-10453-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; PART I Introduction; 1 Introduction and Overview; Variable Maps; What Are Logits?; The Dichotomous Rasch Model; Five Requirements of Invariant Measurement; Method and Meaning of Rasch Measurement; Illustrative Data Set: Measuring the Home Environment; Discussion and Summary; PART II Conceptual and Theoretical Issues; 2 Invariant Measurement; What Is Measurement?; What Is Invariant Measurement?; Ideal-Type Scales and the Structure of Measurement Data; What Are Rasch Models?
Item-Invariant Person MeasurementPerson-Invariant Item Calibration; Discussion and Summary; 3 Rasch Models; Operating Characteristic Functions; Dichotomous Rasch Model; Polytomous Rasch Models; Partial Credit Model; Rating Scale Model; Many Facet Model; Discussion and Summary; 4 Researcher-Constructed Measures; Building Blocks for Researcher-Constructed Measures; 1. Latent variable: What Is the Latent Variable Being Measured?; 2. Observational Design: What Is the Plan for Collecting Structured Observations or Responses from Persons in Order to Define the Latent Variable? 3. Scoring Rules: How Do We Categorize the Systematic Observations, and then Assign Scores to the Categories To Be Used as Indicators of the Latent Variable?4. Rasch Measurement Model: How Are Person and Item Responses or Observations Mapped onto the Latent Variable?; Applications; 1. Learning Stimulation in the Home Environments of Preschool Children; 2. Assessment in the Health Sciences: The Five Rights of Safe Administration of Medications; Discussion and Summary; 5 An Historical and Comparative Perspective on Research Traditions in Measurement; What Are Measurement Theories? What Are Research Traditions?What Are the Two Major Research Traditions in Measurement?; Test-Score Tradition; 1. The Founding of Classical Test Theory: Spearman; 2. Generalizability Theory: Cronbach and His Colleagues; 3. Factor Analysis: Spearman and Thurstone; 4. Structural Equation Modeling: Joreskog; Scaling Tradition; 1. Psychophysics and the Beginning of the Scaling Tradition: Thorndike; 2. Absolute Scaling and Psychophysics: Thurstone; 3. Item Response Theory: Birnbaum and Rasch; 4. Non-Parametric Item Response Theory: Guttman, Lazarsfeld, and Mokken; Discussion and Summary 6 The Quest for Invariant Measurement within the Scaling TraditionGeneral Issues Guiding the Comparisons among the Scaling Theories; Item-Invariant Person Measurement; 1. Parametric Models: Thorndike, Thurstone, Birnbaum, and Rasch; 2. Non-Parametric Models: Guttman, Lazarsfeld, and Mokken; Person-Invariant Item Calibration; 1. Parametric Models: Thorndike, Thurstone, Birnbaum, and Rasch; 2. Non-Parametric Models: Guttman, Lazarsfeld, and Mokken; Operating Characteristic Functions; 1. Item Response Functions; 2. Person Response Functions; Variable Maps; Discussion and Summary PART III Technical Issues |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786717203321 |
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Rasch models in health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karl Bang Christensen, Svend Kreiner, Mounir Mesbah
| Rasch models in health [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Karl Bang Christensen, Svend Kreiner, Mounir Mesbah |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J. : , : ISTE Ltd/John Wiley and Sons Inc, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages) |
| Disciplina | 614.4072 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChristensenKarl Bang
KreinerSvend MesbahMounir |
| Collana | Applied mathematics series |
| Soggetto topico |
Rasch models
Medicine - Research - Statistical methods Medical sciences - Mathematics |
| ISBN |
1-118-57454-0
1-118-57445-1 1-299-06834-0 1-118-57444-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Probabilistic models -- pt. 2. Inference in the Rasch model -- pt. 3. Checking the Rasch model -- pt. 4. Applying the Rasch model -- pt. 5. Creating, translating and improving Rasch scales -- pt. 6. Analyzing and reporting Rasch models. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141513103321 |
| Hoboken, N.J. : , : ISTE Ltd/John Wiley and Sons Inc, , 2013 | ||
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Rasch models in health / / edited by Karl Bang Christensen, Svend Kreiner, Mounir Mesbah
| Rasch models in health / / edited by Karl Bang Christensen, Svend Kreiner, Mounir Mesbah |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, N.J. : , : ISTE Ltd/John Wiley and Sons Inc, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages) |
| Disciplina | 614.4072 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ChristensenKarl Bang
KreinerSvend MesbahMounir |
| Collana | Applied mathematics series |
| Soggetto topico |
Rasch models
Medicine - Research - Statistical methods Medical sciences - Mathematics |
| ISBN |
9781118574546
1118574540 9781118574454 1118574451 9781299068346 1299068340 9781118574447 1118574443 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Probabilistic models -- pt. 2. Inference in the Rasch model -- pt. 3. Checking the Rasch model -- pt. 4. Applying the Rasch model -- pt. 5. Creating, translating and improving Rasch scales -- pt. 6. Analyzing and reporting Rasch models. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819244803321 |
| Hoboken, N.J. : , : ISTE Ltd/John Wiley and Sons Inc, , 2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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