Step-By-Step Guide to Applying the Rasch Model Using R - A Manual for the Social Sciences

This new edition provides a step-by-step guide to applying the Rasch model in R, a probabilistic model used by researchers across the social sciences to measure unobservable ("latent") variables. Although the focus is on simple R code, the book provides updated guidance through the point-and-click menus of BlueSky Statistics software.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. “Have You Assaulted a Politician?” Measuring Political Engagement Using the Simple Rasch Model 3. Expectations and Residuals 4. “All We Need Is Love (and Money)!” An Introduction to the Rating Scale Rasch Model 5. Relaxing the Common Scale: The Partial Credit Model 6. Observations or Subjective Interpretations? A Many-facets Rasch Model 7. The Rasch Model as a Generalized Linear Mixed Model 8. Publishing a Paper: Detection of Online Hate Speech

About the author

Iasonas Lamprianou is Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods at the University of Cyprus. He specializes in the operationalization and measurement of latent variables in the social sciences. Iasonas has a long-standing interest on the application of Rasch models on empirical data and has published widely in diverse disciplines such as education, political science, sociology and psychology.

Summary

This new edition provides a step-by-step guide to applying the Rasch model in R, a probabilistic model used by researchers across the social sciences to measure unobservable (“latent”) variables. Although the focus is on simple R code, the book provides updated guidance through the point-and-click menus of BlueSky Statistics software.

Product details

• Authors: Iasonas Lamprianou, Iasonas (University of Cyprus Lamprianou
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032619408
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261940-8
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Quantitative Methodology Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Assessment, Testing & Measurement, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Psychological testing & measurement, Psychological testing and measurement, Research methods: general, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment