Rating scales and rubrics are commonly used measurement tools in educational contexts.
Unfortunately, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding how data derived from these …

This book makes a major contribution to knowledge and theory by drawing implications of
teacher effectiveness research for the field of teacher training and professional …

“Dr. Dimitrov has constructed a masterpiece—a classic resource that should adorn the shelf
of every counseling researcher and graduate student serious about the construction and …

Written in an accessible style, this book facilitates a deep understanding of the Rasch model.
Authors Bond and Fox review the crucial properties of the Rasch model and demonstrate its …

Abstract The Functional Independence Measure (FIM) records the severity of disability of
rehabilitation patients. The necessarily curvilinear relationship between the finite range of …

OBJECTIVES:: To assess multiple psychometric characteristics of a new stroke outcome
measure, the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS), using Rasch analysis, and to identify and remove …

This unique text focuses exclusively on the assessment of movement skills, offering
background information, discussions of six levels of movement skill assessment, and …

Abstract According to the World Health Organization (WHO), handicaps exist when
individuals are unable to fulfill expected social roles. Although ameliorating handicaps is …

This study was conducted to scale the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) with Rasch
Analysis and to determine the similarity of scaled measures across impairment groups. The …

Background Psychological therapies provided in primary care are usually briefer than in
secondary care. There has been no recent comprehensive review comparing their …