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Rasch models of multidimensionality between items and within items
Objective measurement : theory into practice (1997)
  • W Wen-Chung
  • M Wilson
  • Ray Adams, ACER
Abstract

This chapter focuses on Rasch measurement and extends it to multidimensional Rasch models. The author first clarifies multidimensionality at two levels: the item level and the test level. With this two way classification, three kinds of tests are formed: undimensional tests, multidimensional between-item tests, and multidimensional within-item tests. The author describes a multidimensional Rasch model, the multidimensional random coefficients multinomial logit (MRCML) model, for multidimensional tests. The model, when applied to multidimensional between-item tests, is more efficient than are unidimensional models in terms of model fit and reliability indices. The model can also be applied to investigate scale interaction of multidimensional within item tests. The item parameters derived from the model field interpretation within frameworks of unidimensional models. Through analysis of empirical data, some applications of the MRCML model to multidimensional tests are demonstrated.

Keywords
  • Psychometrics,
  • Data processing,
  • Educational testing,
  • Measurement objectives,
  • Measurement techniques,
  • Higher education,
  • Program evaluation
Publication Date
1997
Editor
M. Wilson, G. Engelhard and K. Draney
Publisher
Ablex Publishing
ISBN
1567503349
Citation Information
W Wen-Chung, M Wilson and Ray Adams. "Rasch models of multidimensionality between items and within items" Greenwich, ConnObjective measurement : theory into practice Vol. 4 (1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ray_adams/33/