Causal Rasch Models
A. Jackson Stenner; William P. Fisher,; Mark H. Stone; Donald Burdick; William P. Fisher Jr.
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>Rasch’s unidimensional models for measurement show how to connect object measures (e.g., reader abilities), measurement mechanisms (e.g., machine-generated cloze reading items), and observational outcomes (e.g., counts correct on reading instruments). Substantive theory shows what interventions or manipulations to the measurement mechanism can be traded off against a change to the object measure to hold the observed outcome constant. A Rasch model integrated with a substantive theory dictates the form and substance of permissible interventions. Rasch analysis, absent construct theory and an associated specification equation, is a black box in which understanding may be more illusory than not. Finally, the quantitative hypothesis can be tested by comparing theory-based trade-off relations with observed trade-off relations. Only quantitative variables (as m...
A. Jackson Stenner, William P. Fisher,, Mark H. Stone, Donald Burdick, & William P. Fisher Jr. (2023). Causal Rasch Models. Explanatory Models, Unit Standards, and Personalized Learning in Educational Measurement, 223-250. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3747-7_18