Table of Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Why Measurement Is Fundamental
• Chapter 2: Important Principles of Measurement Made Explicit
• Chapter 3: Basic Principles of the Rasch Model
• Chapter 4: Building a Set of Items for Measurement
• Chapter 5: Test Equating: Can Two Tests Measure the Same Ability?
• Chapter 6: Measurement Using Likert Scales
• Chapter 7: The Partial Credit Rasch Model
• Chapter 8: Measuring Facets Beyond Ability and Difficulty
• Chapter 9: Revealing Stage-Based Development
• Chapter 10: Rasch Model Applied Across the Human Sciences
• Chapter 11: Rasch Modeling Applied to Rating Scale Design
• Chapter 12: The Question of Model Fit
• Chapter 13: A Synthetic Overview
• Appendix A: Technical Aspects of the Rasch Model
• Appendix B: Rasch Modeling Resources
• Glossary