HISTORICIZING SCALE DEVELOPMENT: SHIFTING EPISTEMIC PRACTICES IN RASCH MEASUREMENT |
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| Jacob Pearce |
- Abstract:
- This paper traces the history of conceptual pre-conditions and shifts in epistemic practice, which laid foundations for the proliferation of Rasch analysis in scale development. New methods (1960s) saw shifts in educational measurement. With new computing techniques (1990s), Rasch measurement transformed scale development practice in social and clinical sciences. It is illuminating to uncover latent historical conditions that have contributed to Rasch measurement’s current realm of application.
- Keywords:
- Rasch, scale development, history, epistemic practice, philosophy
- Download:
- IMEKO-WC-2015-TC7-194.pdf
- DOI:
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- Event details
- Event name:
- XXI IMEKO World Congress
- Title:
Measurement in Research and Industry
- Place:
- Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Time:
- 30 August 2015 - 04 September 2015