PSYCHOMETRIC LABORATORY for health sciences.
Academic Unit of Musculoskeletal and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of
Leeds,
36 Clarendon Road, Leeds. UK. LS2 9NZ.
Phone #44 (0)113 343 4948 ; Fax # 44 (0)113 243 0366
Staff: Professor Alan Tennant BA, PhD.
Ms Anita Slade DipCOT, M.Phil.
Ms Gemma Lawton BSc.
Visiting Professor: Professor David Andrich BSc, MEd; PhD, FASSA
Administrator: Ms Vicky Wilkinson [log in to unmask]
Introduction to Rasch analysis.
December 11th-13th 2002.
May 14th-16th 2003 ;
September 17th-19th 2003;
December 10th-12th 2003
May 19th-21st 2004.
An introductory workshop to introduce Rasch analysis and Item Response
Theory to those working in outcome measurement in health sciences. The
workshop will take the form of hands-on tuition in using the Rasch
Unidimensional Measurement Models (RUMM) software package. At the end of
the two-and-a-half days workshop students should understand and be able to
analyse data, using RUMM, for:
" Internal construct validity (Unidimensionality);
" Category probability patterns for polytomous items;
" Differential Item Functioning;
" Scaling Characteristics.
Fee £600 inclusive of two nights accommodation and breakfast.
Intermediate Rasch analysis.
May 19th-21st 2003.
May 24th- 26th 2004.
This workshop will look at more advance topics using the RUMM software, and
will include issues of pooling data from international studies; detailed
tuition on multi-faceted Rasch analysis (adjusting for rater severity) and
accounting for interviewer bias in surveys where questionnaires are
embedded within the interview.
At the end of this workshop, students should be able to:
" Adjust the results of tests for rater severity.
" Adjust estimates of patient ability (or trait) for cross-cultural
differences in outcome measures (to facilitate pooled data in international
studies).
" Adjust the results of social and health surveys for interviewer
bias.
Fee £1000 inclusive of two nights accommodation and breakfast.
An introduction to Unfolding models for preference and choice.
May 22nd -23rd 2003.
May 27th- 28th 2004.
A two-day workshop to introduce unfolding models in the form of hands-on
tuition using the RateFOLD2001 software package. At the end of the two-day
workshop students should have an understanding of:
" Data structures for preference and choice analysis
" The hyperbolic cosine model
" Interval level scaling for health economics and marketing analysis
Fee £800 inclusive of two nights accommodation and breakfast.
Applications for workshops should be made to Ms Vicky Wilkinson at the
above address.
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