Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers Theory into Practice
This book is a valuable read for a diverse group of researchers and practitioners who analyze assessment data and construct test instruments. It focuses on the use of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT), which are often required in
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Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers Theory into Practice
Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers
Margaret Wu Hak Ping Tam Tsung-Hau Jen •
Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers Theory into Practice
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Hak Ping Tam Graduate Institute of Science Education National Taiwan Normal University Taipei Taiwan
Margaret Wu National Taiwan Normal University Taipei Taiwan and
Tsung-Hau Jen National Taiwan Normal University Taipei Taiwan
Educational Measurement Solutions Melbourne Australia
ISBN 978-981-10-3300-1 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3302-5
ISBN 978-981-10-3302-5
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Preface
This book aims at providing the key concepts of educational and psychological measurement for applied researchers. The authors of this book set themselves to a challenge of writing a book that covers some depths in measurement issues, but yet is not overly technical. Considerable thoughts have been put in to find ways of explaining complex statistical analyses to the layperson. In addition to making the underlying statistics accessible to non-mathematicians, the authors take a practical approach by including many lessons learned from real-life measurement projects. Nevertheless, the book is not a comprehensive text on measurement. For example, derivations of models and estimation methods are not dealt in detail in this book. Readers are referred to other texts for more technically advanced topics. This does not mean that a less technical approach to present measurement can only be at a superficial level. Quite the contrary, this book is written with considerable stimulation for deep thinking and
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