8:30 Welcome
Bronya Keats, Acting Department Head, Biometry & Genetics, LSU
Health Science Center
8:45 Introductory remarks
William P. Fisher, Jr. (LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans)
9:00 Educational Measurement Applications
Consistency of Writing Prompt Difficulties Across Elementary School Grades. P. MacMillan, U. Northern British Columbia
Application of Rasch Measurement to Wrong Answers on the Mathematics Multiple-Choice Items from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). M. Garner, Kennesaw SU, Georgia
Mapping Task Frequency: Medical Technologists 1993, 1995, & 1997. D.S. Tatum, Amer. Soc. Clinical Pathologists
What do Rasch Measurements Tell Us that Total Scores Don't Tell Us? A Progress Report on Computerized Adaptive Testing at Kelly Services, Inc. G. Moore, W. Heinz, Kelly Services
10:45 Rating Scale Applications
A Theory of Rating Scale Usage. T.R. O'Neill, Amer. Soc. Clinical Pathologists
How Do We Know What Consumers Are Thinking? T. Rehfeldt, Unilever
Rasch Structure of Masculine Identity Scales. L.H. Ludlow, Boston College
International Adaptation of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) Measurement System. C.-H. Chang, David Cella, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, B.D. Wright, U. Chicago
1:15 Multidimensional Modeling Discussant: Y.-M. Thum, U. California, Los Angeles
Multidimensional Rasch modeling. M. Wilson, D. Briggs, U. California, Berkeley
Multidimensional Models for Embedded Assessment. K. Draney, D. Peres, C. Kennedy, U. California, Berkeley
Multidimensional Models in a Developmental Context. Y. Xie, T. Dawson, U. California, Berkeley
An Application of a Multidimensional Random Coefficients Multinomial Logit Model to Evaluating Cognitive Models of Reasoning in Genetics. E.W. Wolfe, Michigan SU, D. Hickey, Georgia SU, A. Kindfield, Educational Designs Unlimited
3:15 Issues in Model Fit Analysis
A Comparison of Methods for Assessing Unidimensionality in Rasch Measurement. R.M. Smith, E.B. Smith, Michigan SU
Using Rasch Measures for Rasch Model Fit Analysis. George Karabatsos, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Comparison of Two DIF Identification Techniques. R. MacIntosh, California SU, Sacramento
Using Rasch Measurement Theory to Explore Translation DIF on Mathematics Items: Evidence From the United States and the Russian Federation. S.I. Bazarova, G. Engelhard, Jr., Emory U
The Impact of Item Characteristics on Outcomes Measurement. C.-H. Chang, D. Cella, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, B.D. Wright, U. Chicago)
7:00 Dinner at Mulate's (Julia Street and Convention Center Blvd.)
8:30 Philosophical and Implementation Issues
Disproving the Rasch Model: a Taxonomy of Criticisms. J.M. Linacre, U. Chicago
When the Logits Go to Work: Putting "Rasch" Measurement in Place Across an Entire Health Care Corporation. E.R. Mahoney, PeaceHealth
Reliability for Performance Examinations: Revisited. Mary Lunz, Measurement Research Inc., J.M. Linacre, U. Chicago
Intra- and Interlaboratory Instrument Calibration Tests: Beyond Instrument-Dependent Measurement to Systematic Metrology. W.P. Fisher, Jr., LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
10:30 Piagetian Measurement Applications
Discussant: W.P. Fisher, Jr. LSU Health Sciences Center, New
Orleans
Linking Two Measures of Cognitive Development: The Piagetian Reasoning Tasks. C. Fox, U. Toledo
Modeling the Acquisition of Logical Thinking in Two Tests. W. Gray, U. Toledo
Quantifying the Unquantifiable? Rasch Modelling Applied to Piagetian Interview Data. L. Yu, U. Toledo, E. Bunting, James Cook U., Australia
Calibrating Cognitive Development: Problems and Promise. T. Bond, James Cook U., Australia
1:15 Item Bundling Discussant: G. Engelhard, Jr., Emory U.
Rasch Models for Item Bundles M. Wilson, U. California, Berkeley
The Rater Bundle Model M. Hoskens, M. Wilson, U. California, Berkeley
Local Dependence between Latent Traits when Common Passages are Used. W.-C. Wang, Nat. Chung Cheng U., Taiwan, M. Wilson, U. California, Berkeley
Cross-Dimensional Item Bundles. K. Draney, H. Yamada, U. California, Berkeley
3:15 Posters and Software Demonstrations: 2nd Floor Auditorium Lobby
Software
CONQUEST M. Wu, R. Adams, M. Wilson, Australian Counc. on Educ. Res. and U. California, Berkeley
ConstructMap (formerly GradeMap): Multidimensional Models in the Classroom. C. Kennedy, K. Draney, M. Wilson, U. California, Berkeley
IPARM Richard Smith, Applications of Rasch Measurement
WINSTEPS & FACETS J.M. Linacre, U. Chicago
Posters
Can Health Risks Be Measured Quantitatively? Ambiguous Evidence Suggests Possibly Not. K. DeSalvo, J. Block, Tulane U. Med. Ctr, New Orleans, W.P. Fisher, Jr. LSU Health Sciences Ctr
Comparing Inappropriate School Behaviors across Cultures: More from Rasch Modeling. L. Yu, U. Toledo
Detecting Non-Attending Behaviors in Questionnaire Data Using the Rasch Rating Scale Model. J.R. Manalo, E.W. Wolfe, Michigan SU
The Diabetes Quality Improvement Project Indicators. J. Johnson, Earl K. Long Hospital, Baton Rouge
An Eigenvector Method for Estimating Item Parameters of the Dichotomous and Polytomous Rasch Models. M. Garner, Kennesaw SU, G. Engelhard, Jr., Emory U.
Measuring Motivation in Technology Use Among 5th Grade Students. Y.S. Whang, Southeastern Louisiana U.
Measuring Physicians' Obesity Knowledge and Attitudes. J. Block, K, DeSalvo, Tulane U. Med. Ctr, New Orleans, W.P. Fisher, Jr., LSU Health Sciences Ctr
Measuring Women's Violence Tolerance, Attitudes, and Knowledge. C.R. Lafuente, LSU Health Sciences Ctr, New Orleans
Medical Students' Attitudes towards Death and Dying: A Rasch Scaling Analysis. P. DeBlieux, R. DiCarlo, L. Taylor, G. Karabatsos, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Multi-Faceted Assessment of Police Academy Cadets. P. Dralle, B. Lousteau, W.P. Fisher, Jr., LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Patient Satisfaction Measurement in the Louisiana State-Wide Public Hospital System. D. Angelico, LSU HSC Health Care Services Division, New Orleans
Rasch Analysis of Aesculapian Society Medical School Course Evaluations. G. Jeansonne, G. Karabatsos, M. Levitsky, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Rasch Measurement as an Analytic Hierarchy Process. M. Garner, Kennesaw SU, G. Engelhard. Jr., Emory U.
Social Support Among Youth. N. Markward, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, M.J. Markward, U. Georgia, Athens
Stochastic Conjoint Measurement: A Fuzzy-Logic Alternative to Probability Theory. G. Karabatsos, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Validation of a Measure of Computer Anxiety. J. King, Trevor Bond, James Cook U., Australia
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