Invariant Measurement with Raters and Rating Scales - Hardcover

Engelhard Jr., George; Wind, Stefanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848725493 ISBN 13: 9781848725492

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to present methods for developing, evaluating and maintaining rater-mediated assessment systems. Rater-mediated assessments involve ratings that are assigned by raters to persons responding to constructed-response items (e.g., written essays and teacher portfolios) and other types of performance assessments.

This book addresses the following topics: (1) introduction to the principles of invariant measurement, (2) application of the principles of invariant measurement to rater-mediated assessments, (3) description of the lens model for rater judgments, (4) integration of principles of invariant measurement with the lens model of cognitive processes of raters, (5) illustration of substantive and psychometric issues related to rater-mediated assessments in terms of validity, reliability, and fairness, and (6) discussion of theoretical and practical issues related to rater-mediated assessment systems.

Invariant measurement is fast becoming the dominant paradigm for assessment systems around the world, and this book provides an invaluable resource for graduate students, measurement practitioners, substantive theorists in the human sciences, and other individuals interested in invariant measurement when judgments are obtained with rating scales.

About this title

About the Author

George Engelhard, Jr. is a professor at The University of Georgia, USA, and a professor emeritus at Emory University, USA.

Stefanie A. Wind is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama, USA. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848725493
• ISBN 13: 9781848725492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368