Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2014 Conference Proceedings

This book collects and organizes the original studies presented at PROMS 2014 conference on theories and applications of Rasch model.  It provides useful examples of the Rasch model used to address practical measurement problems across a range of dif

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cific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2014 Conference Proceedings Rasch and the Future

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2014 Conference Proceedings

Quan Zhang Hong Yang •

Editors

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2014 Conference Proceedings Rasch and the Future

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Editors Quan Zhang College of Foreign Studies Jiaxing University Jiaxing, Zhejiang China

ISBN 978-3-662-47489-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-47490-7

Hong Yang College of Foreign Studies Jiaxing University Jiaxing, Zhejiang China

ISBN 978-3-662-47490-7

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Foreword

Welcome Message from Host University

Prof. Quan Zhang Ph.D, Jiaxing University, China Secretary of PROMS

Welcome Message from Chair of PROMS

Prof. Robert F. Cavanagh, President of PROMS Professor of Well-being Metrics, School of Education Curtin University, Australia

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Pre-Conference Workshops Workshop I: Rasch Measurement Using WINSTEPS

Prof. Trevor Bond (Keynote Speaker) The immediate Past President of PROMS James Cook University, Queensland, Australia

Dr. Zi Yan Vice President of PROMS Hong Kong Institute of Education

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Workshop II: Introduction to and Demonstration of Using TAM Software for IRT Analysis

Prof. Margaret Wu Ph.D. Statistician and psychometrician Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia

Workshop III: Invariant Measurement with Raters and Rating Scales

Prof. Jackson Stenner Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of MetaMetrics Inc. USA

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Workshop IV: Introduction to Lexiles and Developing Construct Models

George Engelhard, Jr., Ph.D. The University of Georgia, USA And his teaching assistant: Shanna N. Ricketts, Emory University,