References

Please cite the current Winsteps computer program as:

 

Linacre, J. M. (2023). Winsteps® Rasch measurement computer program  (Version 5.6.0). Portland, Oregon: Winsteps.com

 

For this User's Guide, the citation is:

 

Linacre, J. M. (2023). Winsteps® Rasch measurement computer program User's Guide. Version 5.6.0. Portland, Oregon: Winsteps.com

 

APA Style:

Linacre, J.M. (2023). Winsteps® (Version 5.6.0) [Computer Software]. Portland, Oregon: Winsteps.com. Available from https://www.winsteps.com/

 

For a webpage in Winsteps Help:

Linacre, J. M. (2023, July) Web page title, Retrieved on January 1, 2023 from www.winsteps.com/winman/webpage.htm

 

RSA means Wright B.D. & Masters G.N. Rating Scale Analysis, Chicago: MESA Press, 1982, especially p. 100: www.rasch.org - free

BTD means Wright B.D. & Stone M.H. Best Test Design, Chicago: MESA Press, 1979: www.rasch.org - free

 

Other recommended sources:

Rasch Measurement Transactions: www.rasch.org/rmt/

Journal of Applied Measurement: jampress.org

"Applying the Rasch Model: Fundamental Measurement in the Human Sciences", by Bond, Yan, Heene, 2020. Authors' website. Using Winsteps: Bond & Fox examples

"Introduction to Rasch Measurement", Everett V. Smith, Jr. & Richard M. Smith (Eds.) JAM Press, 2004 jampress.org

Rasch, G. (1960). Probabilistic Models for Some Intelligence and Attainment Tests (Reprint, with Foreword and Afterword by B. D. Wright, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980). Copenhagen, Denmark: Danmarks Paedogogiske Institut. www.rasch.org/books.htm
 

Some Rasch papers available online:

For quick access to online papers, Google "+Winsteps +Rasch +Linacre filetype:pdf" - as of November 2009, this produced 2,290 hits.

 

https://www.science.gov/topicpages/m/many-facet+rasch+model.html#

 

https://worldwidescience.org/topicpages/m/many-faceted+rasch+model.html#

 

www.uky.edu/~kdbrad2/Rasch_Symposium.pdf Constructing and Evaluating Measures: Applications of the Rasch Measurement Model

scholarworks.umass.edu/pare/vol10/iss1/4/ Test Equating by Common Items and Common Subjects: Concepts and Applications

www.jalt.org/pansig/2005/HTML/Weaver.htm How entrance examination scores can inform more than just admission decisions (skip the short section in Japanese).

 

Other Winsteps references (please submit yours if you want it listed here):

Peeters M.J., Stone G.E. (2009). An instrument to objectively measure pharmacist professionalism as an outcome: a pilot study. Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 62(3), 209-16.

 

Youtube channel of instructive Rasch videos.