Post-conference workshop: Foundations of Rasch measurement theory and practice: applications using RUMM2030Plus Software.
Prof. David Andrich and Dr. Ida Marais from the University of Western Australia and Sonia Sappl from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority of Western Australia will be providing a three-hour post-conference workshop on the foundations of Rasch measurement theory and practice and its application in the software RUMM2030+.
This workshop introduces the basic concepts of Rasch measurement theory through the interactive computer program application, RUMM2030+. This three-hour workshop will elaborate on structure of responses, the concept of the total score and its role in Rasch models, the item characteristic curve for dichotomous and polytomous items. Delegates will be shown how to set up a project and conduct various analyses. The wide range of analyses, none of which require writing macros, will be illustrated: these include, but are not limited to, deleting items, rescoring items, anchoring items, controlling for guessing, studying the various forms of fit and differential item functioning.
Delegates are given access to RUMM2030+ till the end of December 2024, together with manuals and three videos which explain setting up analyses. They are encouraged to have a look at the manual, see how to set the data up for reading into RUMM2030+, and perhaps even try using it, in advance. Those who may have used RUMM2030+ are welcome to also enrol and discuss topics.
Program:
- 13.00-14.15 Session 1: Setting up a project and conducting analyses
- 14.15-14.45 Break
- 14.45-16.00 Session 2: Various analyses that can be conducted interactively