ceiling effect would not be present. Indeed, the ceiling effect strongly suggests that the A&SQ may perform better in samples of amblyopes with acuity much poorer than that of the sample we tested. We agree with Drs. Kelderman, Felius, and Passchier that our modest sample size of 102 amblyopes limits the extent of any interpretation of the Rasch analysis that can be made from our results, and w...

BACKGROUND Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative neurological disease that causes impairments, including spasticity, pain, fatigue, and bladder dysfunction, which negatively impact on quality of life. The Multiple Sclerosis Impact Scale (MSIS-29) is a disease-specific health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instrument, developed using the patient's perspective on disease impact. It consists ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the difficulty of applying faceted classification outside of library contexts and also to indicate that faceted approaches are poorly expressed to non-experts. Design/methodology/approach – The faceted approach is being applied outside of its “home” community, with mixed results. The approach is based in part on examination of a broad base of ...

UNLABELLED Pain management outcomes assessment depends on valid measurement of pain. However, the validity of single-item scales, such as numeric or faces scales, with the assignment of ordinal numerical values to response scale categories, is questionable. The universal assumption that equal distances between response choices represent equal distances on the dimension being measured is essenti...

Over the last few years, faceted search emerged as an attractive alternative to the traditional “text box” search and has become one of the standard ways of interaction on many e-commerce sites. However, these applications of faceted search are limited to domains where the objects of interests have already been classified along several independent dimensions, such as price, year, or brand. Whil...

Abstract Performance assessment, in which human raters assess examinee performance a practical task, often involves the use of scoring rubric consisting multiple evaluation items to increase objectivity evaluation. However, even when using rubric, assigned scores are known depend on characteristics rubric’s and raters, thus decreasing ability measurement accuracy. To resolve this problem, item ...

The aim of this study was to determine whether the reliability raters provided by assessing reading prosody using Multidimensional Fluency Scale (MDFS). completed with a cross-sectional design, and in line this, prosodic skills 41 fifth-grade students were rated elementary school classroom teachers Turkish language arts MDFS. Data obtained from ratings analyzed many-facet Rasch model (MFRM). Wh...

Citation: İlhan, M. (2016). A comparison of the results of many-facet Rasch analyses based on crossed and judge pair designs. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 16, 579-601. 1 Correspondence to: Mustafa İlhan (PhD), Department of Primary Education, Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education, Dicle University, Diyarbakır Turkey. Email: [email protected] Abstract The aim of this study was to c...