WINSTEPS

Data capacity: 9,999,999 persons by 60,000 items with rating scales up to 32767 categories for each item.

Windows: Winsteps is 64-bit/32-bit software. It runs successfully under Windows 11, 10, 8.1, but not 8, 7, Vista, Windows XP, 2000, ME, NT, 98, 95, 3.1.

Mac, Linux,Chrome OS: Winsteps runs under Windows installed on the target hardware using special-purpose software.
Please check compatibility by downloading and running the free student/evaluation/demo version, MINISTEP - same as Winsteps but limited to 25 items and 75 persons/cases.

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WINSTEPS

Winsteps Features

Winsteps constructs Rasch measures from simple rectangular data sets, usually of persons and items, using JMLE and CMLE. Users report that, after initial familiarization, it is straightforward to use in combination with other software. Item types that can be combined in one analysis include dichotomous, multiple-choice, and multiple rating-scale and partial credit items. Paired comparisons and rank-order data can also be analyzed. Missing data is no problem. Winsteps is designed as a tool that facilitates exploration and communication. The structure of the items and persons can be examined in depth. Unexpected data points are identified and reported in numerous ways. Powerful diagnosis of multidimensionality through principal components analysis of residuals detects and quantifies substructures in the data. The working of rating scales can be examined thoroughly, and rating scales can be recoded and items regrouped to share rating scales as desired. Measures can be fixed (anchored) at pre-set values. Winsteps is intended for practitioners who must make practical and quick decisions along the path to constructing effective tests, and who must then communicate their results usefully to end users. The developers of Winsteps use the program daily in their own work, and are continually adding new features as a result of their own experience and feedback from users. Typical applications include educational tests, psychological assessments, attitude surveys, patient performance protocols, and calibrating adaptive-test item banks. Winsteps can process up to 9,999,999 persons, 60,000 items, and each item can have a rating, grouped-rating or partial-credit scale of up to 32,767 categories. Training courses are held regularly. Student/evaluation/demo versions of Winsteps, called Ministep, can be downloaded free from www.winsteps.com/ministep.htm.

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Winsteps:2-D x-y, 3-D x-y Scatterplots, Wright Maps, Scree Plots, One-click through R Statistics modules

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Rasch Analysis

Rasch analysis has been the IRT method of choice for moderate size data sets since 1965. Now the theoretical advantages and directly meaningful results of Rasch analysis can be easily obtained for large data sets, with the added convenience of using your own standard PC.

• Scores and analyzes dichotomous items, or sets of items with the same or different rating scale, partial credit, rank or count structures for up to 32,768 ordered categories per structure, with useful estimation of perfect scores.

• Missing responses or non-administered items are no problem.

• Analyze several partially linked forms in one analysis.

• Analyze responses from computer-adaptive tests.

• Item reports and graphical output include calibrations, standard errors, fit statistics, detailed reports of the particular improbable person responses which cause item misfit, distracter counts, and complete DOS files for additional analysis of item statistics.

• Person reports and graphical output include measures, standard errors, fit statistics, detailed reports of the particular improbable item responses which cause person misfit, a table of measures for all possible complete scores, and complete DOS files for additional analysis of person statistics.

• Rating scale, partial credit, rank and count structures reported numerically and graphically.

• Complete output files of observations, residuals and their errors for additional analyses of differential item function and other residual analyses.

• Observations listed in conjoint estimate order to display extent of stochastic Guttman order.

• Options to pre-set and/or delete some or all person measures and/or item calibrations for anchoring, equating and banking, and also to pre-set rating scale step calibrations.

• Winsteps is a Windows-native program,

• Accepts most MSCALE, MSTEPS, BIGSCALE and BIGSTEPS data and control files without alteration.

• Winsteps is not 508 VPAT compliant - see VPAT document. The earlier MS-DOS version of Winsteps, called Bigsteps is text-only and is 508 VPAT compliant. Bigsteps is now freeware, but does not run under recent versions of Windows.

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Examples of WINSTEPS Output

Please refer to the Output Table Index section of the on-line WINSTEPS User Manual for examples of the more than 40 WINSTEPS output tables and sub-tables.

Ministep - Free by Download

Free evaluation/student/demo version of WINSTEPS, called MINISTEP. Contains all features except limited to 25 items and 75 persons (cases). Please copy, distribute and use.

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Everything by download Software download link sent by email User Guide (PDF) One year of free updates by download Purchase on-line by credit card	Facets $149. Winsteps $149.
Burn your own back-up CD-ROM or add for back-up CD-ROM uses original installation password	+ $10. (or so) optional CD-ROM
Wire transfers, etc.	+ Additional fees apply.
Multi-user site license details	Personal-circle: $499. Institution-wide: $2,250.
If desired: Print your own User Manual from free PDF files: (also included in software downloads) download Winsteps PDF file now download Facets PDF file now
Download free student/evaluation versions, MINISTEP and MINIFAC, to check out software features.
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Rasch Books and Publications
Invariant Measurement: Using Rasch Models in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 2nd Edn, 2024 George Engelhard, Jr. & Jue Wang	Applying the Rasch Model (Winsteps, Facets) 4th Ed., Bond, Yan, Heene	Advances in Rasch Analyses in the Human Sciences (Winsteps, Facets) 1st Ed., Boone, Staver	Advances in Applications of Rasch Measurement in Science Education, X. Liu & W. J. Boone	Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences (Winsteps) Boone, Staver, Yale
Introduction to Many-Facet Rasch Measurement (Facets), Thomas Eckes	Statistical Analyses for Language Testers (Facets), Rita Green	Invariant Measurement with Raters and Rating Scales: Rasch Models for Rater-Mediated Assessments (Facets), George Engelhard, Jr. & Stefanie Wind	Aplicação do Modelo de Rasch (Português), de Bond, Trevor G., Fox, Christine M	Appliquer le modèle de Rasch: Défis et pistes de solution (Winsteps) E. Dionne, S. Béland
Exploring Rating Scale Functioning for Survey Research (R, Facets), Stefanie Wind	Rasch Measurement: Applications, Khine	Winsteps Tutorials - free Facets Tutorials - free	Many-Facet Rasch Measurement (Facets) - free, J.M. Linacre	Fairness, Justice and Language Assessment (Winsteps, Facets), McNamara, Knoch, Fan
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Rasch Measurement Transactions & Rasch Measurement research papers - free	An Introduction to the Rasch Model with Examples in R (eRm, etc.), Debelak, Strobl, Zeigenfuse	Rasch Measurement Theory Analysis in R, Wind, Hua	Applying the Rasch Model in Social Sciences Using R, Lamprianou	El modelo métrico de Rasch: Fundamentación, implementación e interpretación de la medida en ciencias sociales (Spanish Edition), Manuel González-Montesinos M.
Rasch Models: Foundations, Recent Developments, and Applications, Fischer & Molenaar	Probabilistic Models for Some Intelligence and Attainment Tests, Georg Rasch	Rasch Models for Measurement, David Andrich	Constructing Measures, Mark Wilson	Best Test Design - free, Wright & Stone Rating Scale Analysis - free, Wright & Masters
Virtual Standard Setting: Setting Cut Scores, Charalambos Kollias	Diseño de Mejores Pruebas - free, Spanish Best Test Design	A Course in Rasch Measurement Theory, Andrich, Marais	Rasch Models in Health, Christensen, Kreiner, Mesba	Multivariate and Mixture Distribution Rasch Models, von Davier, Carstensen
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Coming Rasch-related Events
Jan. 17 - Feb. 21, 2025, Fri.-Fri.	On-line workshop: Rasch Measurement - Core Topics (E. Smith, Winsteps), www.statistics.com
Feb. - June, 2025	On-line course: Introduction to Classical Test and Rasch Measurement Theories (D. Andrich, I. Marais, RUMM2030), University of Western Australia
Feb. - June, 2025	On-line course: Advanced Course in Rasch Measurement Theory (D. Andrich, I. Marais, RUMM2030), University of Western Australia
Apr. 21 - 22, 2025, Mon.-Tue.	International Objective Measurement Workshop (IOMW) - Boulder, CO, www.iomw.net
May 16 - June 20, 2025, Fri.-Fri.	On-line workshop: Rasch Measurement - Core Topics (E. Smith, Winsteps), www.statistics.com
June 20 - July 18, 2025, Fri.-Fri.	On-line workshop: Rasch Measurement - Further Topics (E. Smith, Facets), www.statistics.com
Oct. 3 - Nov. 7, 2025, Fri.-Fri.	On-line workshop: Rasch Measurement - Core Topics (E. Smith, Winsteps), www.statistics.com

 

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