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Some Improved Diagnostics for Failure of the Rasch Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Ivo W. Molenaar
Ivo W. Molenaar*
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University of Groningen
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Abstract

Although several goodness of fit tests have been developed for the Rasch model for dichotomous items, most of them are of a global, asymptotic, and confirmatory type. This paper, based on ideas from a recent thesis by Van den Wollenberg, offers some suggestions for local, small sample, and exploratory techniques: difficulty plots for person groups scoring right and wrong on a specific item, a slope test per item based on a binomial distribution per score group, and a unidimensionality check based on an extended hypergeometric distribution per score group.

Keywords

logistic latent trait modelRasch assumptionsexploration of model fit

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Psychometrika , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , March 1983, pp. 49 - 72
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Copyright © 1983 The Psychometric Society

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Footnotes

This paper owes much to the inspiring and pioneering work of Arnold Van den Wollenberg, of which only minor aspects are criticized. Thanks go to Charles Lewis for stimulating discussions and for solutions to some programming problems.

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