Rasch Models in Health (Repost)

The family of statistical models known as Rasch models started with a simple model for responses to questions in educational tests presented together with a number of related models that the Danish mathematician Georg Rasch referred to as models for measurement. Since the beginning of the 1950s the use of Rasch models has grown and has spread from education to the measurement of health status. This book contains a comprehensive overview of the statistical theory of Rasch models.Part 1 contains the probabilistic definition of Rasch models, Part 2 describes the estimation of item and person parameters, Part 3 concerns the assessment of the data-model fit of Rasch models, Part 4 contains applications of Rasch models, Part 5 discusses how to develop health-related instruments for Rasch models, and Part 6 describes how to perform Rasch analysis and document results.Content: Chapter 1 The Rasch Model for Dichotomous Items (pages 5–26): Svend KreinerChapter 2 Rasch Models for Ordered Polytomous Items (pages 27–42): Mounir Mesbah and Svend KreinerChapter 3 Estimation of Item Parameters (pages 49–62): Karl Bang ChristensenChapter 4 Person Parameter Estimation and Measurement in Rasch Models (pages 63–78): Svend Kreiner and Karl Bang ChristensenChapter 5 Item Fit Statistics (pages 83–104): Karl Bang Christensen and Svend KreinerChapter 6 Overall Tests of the Rasch Model (pages 105–110): Svend Kreiner and Karl Bang ChristensenChapter 7 Local Dependence (pages 111–130): Ida MaraisChapter 8 Two Tests of Local Independence (pages 131–136): Svend Kreiner and Karl Bang ChristensenChapter 9 Dimensionality (pages 137–158): Mike Horton, Ida Marais and Karl Bang ChristensenChapter 10 The Polytomous Rasch Model and the Equating of Two Instruments (pages 163–196): David AndrichChapter 11 A Multidimensional Latent Class Rasch Model for the Assessment of the Health?Related Quality of Life (pages 197–218): Silvia Bacci and Francesco BartolucciChapter 12 Analysis of Rater Agreement by Rasch and IRT Models (pages 219–234): Jorgen Holm PetersenChapter 13 From Measurement to Analysis (pages 235–256): Mounir MesbahChapter 14 Analysis with Repeatedly Measured Binary Item Response Data by Ad Hoc Rasch Scales (pages 257–276): Volkert Siersma and Paolo EusebiChapter 15 Writing Health?Related Items for Rasch Models – Patient?Reported Outcome Scales for Health Sciences: From Medical Paternalism to Patient Autonomy (pages 281–302): John Brodersen, Lynda C. Doward, Hanne Thorsen and Stephen P. MckennaChapter 16 Adapting Patient?Reported Outcome Measures for Use in New Languages and Cultures (pages 303–316): Stephen P. Mckenna, Jeanette Wilburn, Hanne Thorsen and John BrodersenChapter 17 Improving Items That Do Not Fit the Rasch Model (pages 317–334): Tine Nielsen and Svend KreinerChapter 18 Software for Rasch Analysis (pages 337–346): Mounir MesbahChapter 19 Reporting a Rasch Analysis (pages 347–362): Thomas Salzberger