Multivariate and Mixture Distribution Rasch Models - Extensions and Applications

Preface

List of Contributors

Contents

1 Introduction: Extending the Rasch Model

Multivariate and Mixture Rasch Models

2 Measurement Models as Narrative Structures

3 Testing Generalized Rasch Models

4 The Mixed-Coefficients Multinomial Logit Model: A Generalized Form of the Rasch Model

5 Loglinear Multivariate and Mixture Rasch Models

6 Mixture-Distribution and HYBRID Rasch Models

Generalized Models—Specific Research Questions

7 Application of the Saltus Model to Stagelike Data: Some Applications and Current Developments

8 Determination of Diagnostic Cut-Points Using Stochastically Ordered Mixed Rasch Models

9 A HYBRID Model for Test Speededness

10 Multidimensional Three-Mode Rasch Models

11 ( Almost) Equivalence Between Conditional and Mixture Maximum Likelihood Estimates for Some Models of the Rasch Type

12 Rasch Models for Longitudinal Data

13 The Interaction Model

14 Multilevel Rasch Models

Applications of Multivariate and Mixed Rasch Models

15 Mixed Rasch Models for Measurement in Cognitive Psychology

16 Detecting Response Styles and Faking in Personality and Organizational Assessments by Mixed Rasch Models

17 Application of Multivariate Rasch Models in International Large- Scale Educational Assessments

18 Studying Development via Item Response Models: A Wide Range of Potential Uses

19 A Comparison of the Rasch Model and Constrained Item Response Theory Models for Pertinent Psychological Test Data

20 Latent-Response Rasch Models for Strategy Shifts in Problem- Solving Processes

21 Validity and Objectivity in Health-Related Scales: Analysis by Graphical Loglinear Rasch Models

22 Applications of Generalized Rasch Models in the Sport, Exercise, and the Motor Domains

References

Author Index