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Rasch rating-scale analysis for deriving educational survey measures

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The authors derive survey measures or scales through Rasch rating-scale analysis, an item response latent-trait model in which "Survey items are used to define a measure based on the relative probability of a respondent choosing each category on each item." Individuals are placed on the scale from their responses, and the logit units "constitute a linear measurement system and therefore are suitable for use in statistical procedures." Four statistics are reported for each measure: person reliability, school-level reliability, item difficulty, and item infit.

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  • Rasch rating-scale analysis methodology for deriving school survey measures: The authors derive survey measures or scales through Rasch rating-scale analysis, an item response latent-trait model in which "Survey items are used to define a measure based on the relative probability of a respondent choosing each category on each item." Individuals are placed on the scale from their responses, and the logit units "constitute a linear measurement system and therefore are suitable for use in statistical procedures." Four statistics are reported for each measure: person reliability, school-level reliability, item difficulty, and item infit. (Anthony S. Bryk et al. (2009))

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  • Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, Elaine Allensworth, Stuart Luppescu, John Q. Easton. (2009). Survey Measures, Factors, Composite Variables, and Items Used in Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago. University of Chicago Press. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/organizing-schools-improvement-lessons-chicago
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description The authors derive survey measures or scales through Rasch rating-scale analysis, an item response latent-trait model in which "Survey items are used to define a measure based on the relative probability of a respondent choosing each category on each item." Individuals are placed on the scale from t
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