Save the date : Introductory Rasch Measurement Workshop

This three-day course will cover theoretical and methodological aspects of Rasch models, a specific data analysis approach used in psychometrics for scale validation. The course will be conducted by an European teaching group and it will combine lectures and computer lab sessions

Dates
Monday, 7th October 2019 to Wednesday, 9th October 2019

Location
Site CLE - Epalinges

Group running the workshop
European Rasch Research and Teaching group (ERRTG)

Programme
Day 1 : Introductory lectures about measurement in the health sciences and Rasch measurement model; understanding and reading data into the RUMM2030 software.
Day 2 : Creating analyses and interpreting the output together with solving problems
Day 3 : Exercices and work on participant’s personal data

Target audience 
Researchers working on questionnaire data and/or questionnaire validation; basic statistical knowledge required. The programme has a limited number of places (20 participants).

Material
The practical phase of the course will be conducted using the RUMM2030 software. Please bring your laptop and install the trial version of the software before the course.

Registration deadline
30th August 2019

Language
English

Registration fee

PhD candidate : The course is free for PhD candidate
Ohter than PhD candidate : fr. 300.00*

*The course is funded by the Department of epidemiology and health systems (DESS) but a contribution is requested for non-doctoral fellows to cover part of the costs.

Personne de contact: 

Margaux PERRIRAZ, 021.314.72.93