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Direct linkEngelhard, George, Jr.; Perkins, Aminah F. – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
Humphry (this issue) has written a thought-provoking piece on the interpretation of item discrimination parameters as scale units in item response theory. One of the key features of his work is the description of an item response theory (IRT) model that he calls the logistic measurement function that combines aspects of two traditions in IRT that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Sciences, Item Response Theory, Testing
Bornmann, Lutz – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2012
Ruscio, Seaman, D'Oriano, Stremlo, and Mahalchik (this issue) evaluate 22 bibliometric indicators, including conventional measures, like the number of publications, the "h" index, and many "h" index variants. To assess the quality of the indicators, their well-justified criteria encompass conceptual, empirical, and practical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citation Analysis, Correlation, Meta Analysis
Katz, J. Sylvan – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2005
This article presents the author's critique of Anthony F. J. van Raan's article titled, "Measurement of Central Aspects of Scientific Research: Performance, Interdisciplinarity, Structure." van Raan makes an excellent case for using bibliometric data to measure some central aspects of scientific research and to construct indicators of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Medical Research, Peer Evaluation, Foreign Countries
