May 24-26, 2005 - Tuesday-Thursday, Dallas TX
Winsteps workshop
May 31-June 2, 2005 - Tuesday-Thursday, Dallas TX
Facets workshop
conducted by Mike Linacre
www.winsteps.com/seminar.htm
June 20, 2005 - Monday, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Winsteps and Facets workshop
conducted by Mike Linacre
July 20, 2005 - Wed. San Salvador, El Salvador
Introductory Course on Rasch Analysis
conducted by Agustin Tristan (in Spanish)
www.ieesa-kalt.com
July 25-Oct. 31, 2005 - Online
Introduction to Rasch Measurement and Traditional Test Theory
conducted by David Andrich and Ida Marais
July 25-26, 2005 - Monday-Tuesday, Chicago IL
Introduction to IRT/Rasch measurement using Winsteps
conducted by Ken Conrad & Nick Bezruczko
www.winsteps.com/workshop.htm
July 27-28, 2005 - Wed.-Thursday, Chicago IL
Introduction to Many-Facet Rasch Measurement using Facets
conducted by Carol Myford & Lidia Dobria
www.winsteps.com/workshop.htm
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
June 21-23, 2005 (Tues.-Thur.)
Speakers include Trevor Bond & Mike Linacre
Presentation proposals invited.
Symposia details at: www.iiu.edu.my/proms&isme2005
June 20, 2005 - Monday: Pre-Conference Workshop on Winsteps and Facets, conducted by Mike Linacre
Midwest Objective Measurement Seminar
Friday, May 20, 2005, 9:00 - 4:00
School of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago
1603 West Taylor Street
Chicago IL 60612-4394
The purpose of the MOMS is to allow students, teachers and practitioners to present research in progress or results of research studies, as well as, provide a forum for discussion of measurement issues. The seminar provides the opportunity for those interested in measurement to get together for serious discussion and social interaction.
Please send your proposals to me. The proposal should be one paragraph that explains the purpose of the study, data, and results summary. Be sure to include your name and affiliation. Email proposals to me at mlunz-at-measurementresearch.com
I encourage all of you to participate.
Mary E. Lunz,
www.measurementresearch.com
Sponsored by the Institute for Objective Measurement and the University of Illinois at Chicago
Colored bands indicate performance levels. Test questions are positioned by difficulty. The question in bold red was answered incorrectly. www.iachieve.com.au
San Salvador, El Salvador
July 20, 2005: Introductory Course on Rasch Analysis conducted by Agustin Tristan (in Spanish)
July 21-22, 2005: Evaluation Conference organized by the Institute of Evaluation and Advanced Engineering, Mexico
July 23, 2005: Organized Sight-Seeing:
Participation fee: $175 includes materials, a CD of the presentations and lunch. Hotel rate $50 single, $55 double includes buffet breakfast. Air transport is affordable, with flights from Houston, Mexico City, San Jose, etc. People are friendly and there are no security problems.
Web page (in Spanish and English) www.ieesa-kalt.com
According to Google-Scholar, there are 388 citations of Georg Rasch's book, "Probabilistic Models", and 84 citations of "Probabalistic Models".
Let's use our spelling-checkers!
Scholarly citations by year to Facets Rasch software (Linacre, 1987) and synonyms. The 241 citations are listed at: www.winsteps.com/facetman/references.htm
Now downloadable: Version 4.1 of ConstructMap (formerly GradeMap), developed in association with Mark Wilson's book "Constructing Measures" (Erlbaum).
Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.
(Probabilia ... sapientis vita regeretur.)
Cicero, De Natura Deorum, i, 5, 12. (45 B.C.?)
But to us, probability is the very guide of life.
Bishop Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion (1736)
Rasch Measurement Transactions 19:1 Notes and Quotes … Rasch Measurement Transactions, 2005, 19:1 p.1006
The URL of this page is www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt191k.htm
Website: www.rasch.org/rmt/contents.htm