Rasch analysis in the human sciences Intro Preface Contents Chapter 1: What Is Rasch Measurement and How Can Rasch Measurement Help Me Why Did We Write This Book Rasch Measurement Goal Organization and Scope Road Map Tips and Caveats A Sample of Common Problems That Researchers Face and the Application of Rasch Measurement Helps Solve Missing Data Problems Problems with Equating Pre surveys and Post surveys A Pre survey A Post survey Problems with Utilizing Judges Examinees and Tasks Problems Presenting (and Communicating) Research Results Software Teaching Techniques Keywords and Phrases Potential Article Text Quick Tips Data Sets: (go to http: extras.springer.com) Activities References Chapter 2: Rating Scale Surveys Introduction to Rating Scale Surveys Entering Rating Scale Data into a Spreadsheet Entering Negatively Phrased Items A Sample Spreadsheet with Survey Data and Basic Non Rasch Calculations Flaws in the Use of Non Rasch Techniques to Confront Missing Data Action and Consequence of Just Entering Data and Not Conducting a Rasch Analysis The Logit Keywords and Phrases Potential Article Text Quick Tips Data Sets: (go to http: extras.springer.com) Activities References Additional Readings Chapter 3: A Rasch Rating Scale Analysis (Step I): Reading Data and Running an Analysis Introduction Preparing Your Data for a Rasch Analysis Spreadsheet Data Entry Creating a Winsteps Control File Naming Survey Items Keywords and Phrases Quick Tips Data Sets: (go to http: extras.springer.com) Activities References Additional Readings Chapter 4: Understanding Person Measures Introduction Running the Data Understanding the Output Tables: Person Measures Transforming (Rescaling) Person Measures Keywords and Phrases. This book offers an introduction to Rasch measurement. Each chapter walks the reader through a key topic that can be used for the analysis of science education data for the authoring of publications for presentations and for the development of grants.