Quotations

Objective standard setting more stable than Angoff
Gregory E. Stone (2001) Objective standard setting. Journal of Applied Measurement, 2:2, 196


Standardized Measurement

"There indeed is one, and only one, metric system, (properly SI, Système International) - always the latest revision of the international standard that describes it. For engineers worldwide, the standard is ISO 1000. This standard is subject to change, as any standard must be, and a user is expected to follow the latest version, which is the practice with all standards."

"The standard describes a universal, international language of measurement."

"Essentially, all [physical] units created in modern times are metric in every country of the world, including the United States. The evolution is coordinated by an international committee in which the United States has participated since 1875."

Stan Jakuba, Mechanical Engineering, Jan. 2001

But the human sciences delight in creating locally-defined, uncoordinated, non-metric "units" ...


Life is trying things to see what works.
Pablo Picasso


Rasch Measurement SIG

Election Returns

Here is the count of the votes cast in the Rasch Measurement SIG election. The count was made on March 3, 2002:

For SIG Chair:

Trevor Bond - 11 (eleven)

Randall Schumacker - 4 (four)

Votes cast - 15

Trevor Bond is elected Chair of the Rasch Measurement SIG. Our thanks to Randall Schumacker for his willingness to serve the SIG.

For Secretary:

Edward Wolfe is elected Secretary, by acclamation, unopposed.

The SIG elected officers serve for a 2 year term, beginning at the SIG Business Meeting at AERA.

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