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ERIC Number: EJ812329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1536-6367
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Invariance, Artifact, and the Psychological Setting of Rasch's Model: Comments on Engelhard
Michell, Joel
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, v6 n3 p205-209 Jul 2008
In the following, I confine my comments mainly to the issue of invariance in relation to Rasch's model for dichotomous, ability test items. "It is senseless to seek in the logical process of mathematical elaboration a psychologically significant precision that was not present in the psychological setting of the problem." (Boring, 1920)
Descriptors: Test Items, Item Response Theory, Models, Measurement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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