Date:         Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:53:41 -0800
Reply-To:     SR Millis <srmillis@yahoo.com>
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From:         SR Millis <srmillis@yahoo.com>
Subject:      Re: Rasch Analysis
Comments: To: John Amora <bayesian2001@yahoo.com>
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John,

Alternatively, I'd strongly recommend the Winsteps
software which focuses exclusively on Rasch analysis.
Extensively detailed output and excellent technical
support.  You can download (for free) the student
version (Ministep):

http://winsteps.com/ministep.htm

Scott Millis


--- John Amora <bayesian2001@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Rasch Analysis is one of the approaches of Item
> Response Theory which is used to estimate the
> probability of a correct response to a given item as
> a
> function of item difficulty and person ability,
> where
> item difficulty and person ability are parameters.
> Please describe in detail how SPSS can perform this
> analysis.
>
> Thank you!
> Johnny Amora


Scott R Millis, PhD, MEd, ABPP (CN,CL,RP), CStat
Professor & Director of Research
Dept of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Wayne State University School of Medicine
261 Mack Blvd
Detroit, MI 48201
Email:  smillis@med.wayne.edu
Tel: 313-993-8085
Fax: 313-966-7682

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