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There are non-Rasch models used for analysing responses to items with ordered categories. Their application follows the item response theory, rather than the Rasch measurement theory, paradigm. There are two classes of models used. The first class specializes algebraically to the PRM; the second class is structurally different from the PRM.
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Describe, in one paragraph each, two differences between the Rasch and non-Rasch models used for analysing items with ordered categories.
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Andrich, D., Marais, I. (2019). Non-Rasch Measurement Models for Ordered Response Categories. In: A Course in Rasch Measurement Theory. Springer Texts in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7496-8_28
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