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Running head: RASCH MODELING ABSTRACT REASONING 1
Rasch Modeling of Abstract Reasoning in Project TALENT
Randy Bautista
University of Southern California
Object Description
| Title | Rasch modeling of abstract reasoning in Project TALENT |
| Author | Bautista, Randy Paul M. |
| Author email | rpbautis@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Psychology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts And Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-05-15 |
| Date submitted | 2013-06-27 |
| Date approved | 2013-06-27 |
| Restricted until | 2013-06-27 |
| Date published | 2013-06-27 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | McArdle, John J. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
John, Richard S. Baker, Laura A. |
| Abstract | The current study examined 1960 data from Project TALENT (Flanagan et al., 1962), a study investigating students' talents and career aspirations using a comprehensive battery measuring cognitive ability and interests. In this paper, we evaluate the psychometric properties of the abstract reasoning measure--one of several measures used in the battery--because it was not done so when the battery was initially created. A reason to undertake a Rasch analysis is because the original investigators summed scores for each of the measures and used these summed scores in further analyses. Initially, we compare the Rasch model to two alternative models, the two- and three-parameter model and identify any items that do not fit the Rasch model. We then examine whether the Rasch model of the abstract reasoning measure is invariant across grade level and sex. Results indicated that the data did fit the Rasch model, however, one item did not fit and was excluded in subsequent analyses. Metric invariance held for grade level and sex. |
| Keyword | abstract reasoning; item response theory; measurement invariance; Rasch model |
| Language | English |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Bautista, Randy Paul M. |
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| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-BautistaRa-1715.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume7/etd-BautistaRa-1715.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | Running head: RASCH MODELING ABSTRACT REASONING 1 Rasch Modeling of Abstract Reasoning in Project TALENT Randy Bautista University of Southern California |
