Series of short talks from Rasch Users from around the UK discussing their work and challenges they’ve faced.

• Welcome and an overview of unique nature of Rasch.
  (By Prof. Peter Tymms)
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• Investigating the appropriateness of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in a non-clinical Cypriot sample.
  (By Dr. Panayiotis Panayides)
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• “Estimating the Rasch model in R: A simulation study comparing eRm, ltm, and mixRasch”.
  (By Jan Boehnke)
  
  
  
  
• Using Simulation to evaluate Rasch Models.
  (By John Little)
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• Evaluating the Psychometric Properties of Selected Response Questions Testing “Professionalism” in Medical Undergraduates.
  (By Dr Paul Tiffin)
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• Identification of Misfit Items for IRT Models.
  (By Muhammad Naveed Khalid)
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• Comparison of maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation of Rasch model: What we gain by using Bayesian approach?.
  (By Jan Stochl)
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• Posterior predictive model checking (PPMC) using the Lord and Wingersky recursive algorithm.
  (By Chris Wheadon)
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