RASCH 2006

Announcing and External Study/Online Unit
24 July - 30 October 2006

Unit Coordinators:
Professor David Andrich and Dr Ida Marais

THE UNIT OF STUDY - BACKGROUND

In the Australian Semester 2, 2006 (July 24 to October 30), a graduate unit of study introducing Rasch measurement is available in the external study mode. This mode of study means that the unit can be studied from anywhere in the world. A discussion group will operate for online interaction as part of the unit of study.

Students enrolled obtain (i) a set of lecture materials, which includes hard copy of all of the lectures, (ii) details of the assignments you will be required to submit, (iii) the necessary reading materials, and (iv) the Study Guide setting out the steps you will need to follow to successfully complete the unit.

FEATURES OF THE UNIT

• it begins from first principles,
• exercises at the end of each lecture consolidate the ideas,
• it introduces the Guttman stucture as a lead into both traditional test theory and Rasch measurement,
• it reviews elementary traditional test theory in a way that it relates to the Rasch models,
• it review the necessary elementary statistics,
• it studies the dichotomous model and the model for ordered response categories,
• it studies model fit, including differential item functioning
• it involves discussion group which permits you to interact with other students in the class and
  it provides a full version of the interactive, Windows program RUMM for analysing data. (The use of the program is available throughout the unit)

The RUMM program is a very easy to use interactive program that permits learning many features of the Rasch measurement model by working around the program's menus – for example the effects of rescoring any item, deleting items, studying alternatives in distractors, assessing differential item functioning, automatic linking of different sets of items, effects of deleting samples or individuals, taking account of missing data, and so on. To enhance understanding all of the information is available both graphically and statistically, including item characteristic curves, person item maps, etc.

WHO SHOULD ENROL?
THREE METHODS OF ENROLLING
TOPICS COVERED

Download registration forms from countries listed:
Registration Form (Australia/New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia)
Registration Form (Europe)
Registration Form (United Kingdom)
Registration Form (All other Countries)

For further information regarding costs, timetable, enrolment procedures, or any other queries, please contact Roselina Stone by email using the SUBJECT: “RaschOnLine2006S2”.

Phone: +61(08) 9360 6263
Fax: +61 (08) 9310 4027

Examples of positive responses to the Unit in 2002.

"This is by far one of the best courses on measurement theory I have ever enrolled in!"
"Despite it being a distance course, I learned a great deal."
"Both unit materials and assignments allowed me to learn the essential aspects of the subject."
"The lecture materials were well organised, logical, and easy to follow."