PSYCHOMETRIC LABORATORY for the 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.
Visiting Professor: Professor David Andrich BSc, MEd; PhD, FASSA
Administrator: Ms Vicky Wilkinson [log in to unmask]
Introduction to Rasch analysis.
September 17th-19th 2003 [2 places remaining]
December 10th-12th 2003
May 19th-21st 2004
September 15th-17th 2004
December 15th-17th 2004
A workshop to introduce Rasch analysis to those working in the measurement
of outcomes in the health sciences as well as with attitudinal data in the
social sciences. It will take the form of hands-on tuition in using the
Rasch Unidimensional Measurement Models (RUMM2020) software package. At the
end of the two-and-a-half days workshop students should understand and be
able to analyse data, using RUMM2020, for:
" Internal construct validity (Unidimensionality);
" Category probability patterns for polytomous items;
" Differential Item Functioning;
" Scaling Characteristics.
Fee: £650 inclusive of two nights accommodation and breakfast.
Fee: inclusive of 2020 software and with two nights accommodation and
breakfast, £1100.
Intermediate Rasch analysis.
May 24th- 26th 2004.
This workshop will look at more advance topics using the RUMM2020 software,
and will include issues of pooling data from international studies, linking
scales and writing a Rasch paper. Students should have completed the
introductory course, or have experience with RUMM software.
At the end of this workshop, students should be able to:
" Adjust estimates of patient ability (or trait) for cross-cultural
differences in outcome measures (to facilitate pooled data in international
studies).
" Link scales from an ill-conditioned data set
" Write a good Rasch paper.
Fee £1000 inclusive of two nights accommodation and breakfast.
Fee: inclusive of 2020 software, and with two nights accommodation and
breakfast £1450.
Applications for the above workshops should be made to Ms Vicky Wilkinson
at the above address.
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