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Wright, Benjamin D. – 1998
In three lectures, Benjamin D. Wright of the University of Chicago introduces the Rasch model and its basic concepts. The first lecture, March 30, 1994 discusses the model created by Georg Rasch, a Danish mathematician, which Dr. Wright initially saw as merely a way to make raw scores into measures. Eventually, the model developed into a…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Estimation (Mathematics), Item Response Theory, Mathematical Models
Wright, Benjamin D. – 1998
This videotape contains a series of presentations by Benjamin D. Wright of the University of Chicago about the Rasch model and measurement in testing. The first presentation is excerpts from a workshop held in 1974 for educators from the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools and the Oregon Department of Education. Dr. Wright's lectures were part of a…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education