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The papers by Jack Stenner included in this book document the
technical details of an art and science of measurement that creates
new entrepreneurial business opportunities. Jack brought theory,
instruments, and data together in ways that are applicable not only
in the context of a given test of reading or mathematics ability,
but which more importantly catalyzed literacy and numeracy capital
in new fungible expressions. Though Jack did not reflect in writing
on the inferential, constructive processes in which he engaged,
much can be learned by reviewing his work with his accomplishments
in mind. A Foreword by Stenner's colleague and co-author on
multiple works, William P. Fisher, Jr., provides key clues
concerning (a) how Jack's understanding of measurement and its
values aligns with social and historical studies of science and
technology, and (b) how recent developments in collaborations of
psychometricians and metrologists are building on and expanding
Jack's accomplishments. This is an open access book.
The papers by Jack Stenner included in this book document the
technical details of an art and science of measurement that creates
new entrepreneurial business opportunities. Jack brought theory,
instruments, and data together in ways that are applicable not only
in the context of a given test of reading or mathematics ability,
but which more importantly catalyzed literacy and numeracy capital
in new fungible expressions. Though Jack did not reflect in writing
on the inferential, constructive processes in which he engaged,
much can be learned by reviewing his work with his accomplishments
in mind. A Foreword by Stenner's colleague and co-author on
multiple works, William P. Fisher, Jr., provides key clues
concerning (a) how Jack's understanding of measurement and its
values aligns with social and historical studies of science and
technology, and (b) how recent developments in collaborations of
psychometricians and metrologists are building on and expanding
Jack's accomplishments. This is an open access book.
This unique collection of chapters from world experts on
person-centered outcome (PCO) measures addresses the following
critical questions: Can individual experiences be represented in
measurements that do not reduce unique differences to meaningless
uniformity? How person-centric are PCO measures? Are PCO
measurements capable of delivering the kind of quality assured
quantification required for high-stakes decision making? Are PCO
measures likely to support improved health care delivery? Have
pivotal clinical studies failed to deliver treatments for diseases
because of shortcomings in the PCO measures used? Are these
shortcomings primarily matters of precision and meaningfulness? Or
is the lack of common languages for communicating outcomes also
debilitating to quality improvement, research, and the health care
economy? Three key issues form an urgent basis for further
investigation. First, the numbers generated by PCO measures are
increasingly used as the central dependent variables upon which
high stakes decisions are made. The rising profile of PCO measures
places new demands for higher quality information from scale and
test construction, evaluation, selection, and interpretation.
Second, PCO measurement science has well-established lessons to be
learned from those who have built and established the science over
many decades. Finally, the goal in making a PCO measurement is to
inform outcome management. As such, it is vitally important that
key stakeholders understand that, over the last half century,
developments in psychometrics have refocused measurement on
illuminating clinically important individual differences in the
context of widely reproduced patterns of variation in health and
functioning, comparable scale values for quality improvement, and
practical explanatory models. This book's audience includes anyone
interested in person-centered care, including healthcare
researchers and practitioners, policy makers, pharmaceutical
industry representatives, clinicians, patient advocates, and
metrologists. This is an open access book.
In this tribute to Benjamin Wright, former students and colleagues
recall the foundational contributions he made to the theory and
practice of measurement in a career spanning over five decades.
Wright is recognized as the foremost proponent of the psychometric
approach of Georg Rasch, a Danish mathematician, whose ideas
continue to provoke controversy. Wright's colleagues and students,
and students of their students, are leaders in educational research
and practice around the world. This volume relates the extent of
Wright's influence far beyond education and psychology, where his
work in measurement began, into health care and the social sciences
at large. The editors and contributors-all leading measurement
scholars-trace the development of themes in Wright's work,
identifying the roots of today's formative assessment methods, the
integration of quantitative and qualitative data, and the contrast
between scientific and statistical methods. These previously
unpublished papers reflect on Wright's lifelong passion for making
measurement both more scientific and more meaningful. They recount
how Wright's insight, energy, and gregarious nature led him to
produce multiple innovations in computing, estimation methods,
model development, fit assessment, and reliability theory,
stimulating practical applications in dozens of fields, serving on
over 120 dissertation committees, and founding several professional
societies. The volume includes three reprinted articles by Wright
that provide insights into his early engagement with Rasch's ideas.
Psychological and Social Measurement will be welcomed by the broad
international measurement community of professionals and
researchers working in such diverse fields as education,
psychology, health sciences, management, and metrology. Scientists
working in any field involving measurement science and technology
will appreciate an inside look at this seminal figure and a new
perspective on the expanding conversation across the sciences about
measurement and the communication of meaningful, transparent
information.
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