David Andrich
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David Andrich has made substantial contributions to quantitative social science including seminal work on the Polytomous Rasch model
for measurement, which is used in the social sciences, in health and other areas. He is currently a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia, where he holds the Chapple Chair in Education. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia in 1990 for contributions to measurement in the social sciences http://www.assa.edu.au/fellows/profile.php?id=16. David Andrich spent time working with Georg Rasch
in Denmark and Australia. He is one of the most promiment advocates of Rasch's probabilistic measurement models.
in mathematics and applied mathematics at the University of Western Australia
. He briefly taught high school mathematics and worked in the curriculum branch of the Education Department of Western Australia, before being appointed to the Department of Education at The University of Western Australia.
David Andrich completed his PhD at the University of Chicago’s
MESA program in the School of Education in 1973. His PhD Committee consisted of Benjamin D Wright, R Darrell Bock, and Shelby J. Haberman. In 1977 he spent 6 months as a fellow of the Danish Institute for Educational Research working with the late Danish Mathematician Georg Rasch, and he spent another six months as a research fellow at The University of Chicago working with Professor Benjamin Wright. In 1986 he spent a further six months at The University of Chicago. http://www.rasch.org/pm/pm1-26.pdf
David Andrich has been a member of editorial boards for a number of journals including Psychometrika (1995–2003), Applied Psychological Measurement (1986-), the Journal of Educational Measurement (1984–1989) and Australian Journal of Education (1990–1993). He has written a number of reports for both the State and Federal Governments, and in 1990 he was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia for his contributions to measurement in the social sciences. He continues to teach educational measurement.
He is especially known for his work in Item Response Theory
, with a particular focus on Rasch models for measurement. His research and work ranges from the philosophy of measurement, through model developments, exposition and interpretation, to software development. He has published in Educational, Psychological, Sociological and Statistical journals. He is the author of Rasch Models for Measurement (Sage) and coauthor of the software package Rasch Unidimensional Measurement Models (RUMMLab). He has published extensively in areas ranging from Rasch models to philosophy of science. Some of these publications are listed in articles on the Rasch model
and Polytomous Rasch model.
David Andrich has organized a series of conferences on Rasch measurement models hosted in Perth, Australia, which have attracted researchers from a wide array of countries http://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt173b.htm, http://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt173b.htm, http://www.education.uwa.edu.au/raschconference. He has held major grants with the Australian Research Council continuosly since 1985 http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/about-us/directory/professor-david-andrich/.
Polytomous Rasch model
The polytomous Rasch model is generalization of the dichotomous Rasch model. It is a measurement model that has potential application in any context in which the objective is to measure a trait or ability through a process in which responses to items are scored with successive integers...
for measurement, which is used in the social sciences, in health and other areas. He is currently a Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia, where he holds the Chapple Chair in Education. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia in 1990 for contributions to measurement in the social sciences http://www.assa.edu.au/fellows/profile.php?id=16. David Andrich spent time working with Georg Rasch
Georg Rasch
Georg Rasch was a Danish mathematician, statistician, and psychometrician, most famous for the development of a class of measurement models known as Rasch models. He studied with R.A. Fisher and also briefly with Ragnar Frisch, and was elected a member of the International Statistical Institute in...
in Denmark and Australia. He is one of the most promiment advocates of Rasch's probabilistic measurement models.
Education
David Andrich completed his BScBSC
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in mathematics and applied mathematics at the University of Western Australia
University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...
. He briefly taught high school mathematics and worked in the curriculum branch of the Education Department of Western Australia, before being appointed to the Department of Education at The University of Western Australia.
David Andrich completed his PhD at the University of Chicago’s
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
MESA program in the School of Education in 1973. His PhD Committee consisted of Benjamin D Wright, R Darrell Bock, and Shelby J. Haberman. In 1977 he spent 6 months as a fellow of the Danish Institute for Educational Research working with the late Danish Mathematician Georg Rasch, and he spent another six months as a research fellow at The University of Chicago working with Professor Benjamin Wright. In 1986 he spent a further six months at The University of Chicago. http://www.rasch.org/pm/pm1-26.pdf
Academic career
In 1990 and in 1993 and 1996, David Andrich was appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Trento in Italy for periods of two months. In 1986 he took up the position of Professor of Education at Murdoch University, where he worked until 2007. During that time, he was the Dean of Education at Murdoch University from 1988-1990 inclusive, and from June 2003 until end May 2005. In 2007 he returned to The University of Western Australia as Chapple Professor of Education.David Andrich has been a member of editorial boards for a number of journals including Psychometrika (1995–2003), Applied Psychological Measurement (1986-), the Journal of Educational Measurement (1984–1989) and Australian Journal of Education (1990–1993). He has written a number of reports for both the State and Federal Governments, and in 1990 he was made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia for his contributions to measurement in the social sciences. He continues to teach educational measurement.
He is especially known for his work in Item Response Theory
Item response theory
In psychometrics, item response theory also known as latent trait theory, strong true score theory, or modern mental test theory, is a paradigm for the design, analysis, and scoring of tests, questionnaires, and similar instruments measuring abilities, attitudes, or other variables. It is based...
, with a particular focus on Rasch models for measurement. His research and work ranges from the philosophy of measurement, through model developments, exposition and interpretation, to software development. He has published in Educational, Psychological, Sociological and Statistical journals. He is the author of Rasch Models for Measurement (Sage) and coauthor of the software package Rasch Unidimensional Measurement Models (RUMMLab). He has published extensively in areas ranging from Rasch models to philosophy of science. Some of these publications are listed in articles on the Rasch model
Rasch model
Rasch models are used for analysing data from assessments to measure variables such as abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. For example, they may be used to estimate a student's reading ability from answers to questions on a reading assessment, or the extremity of a person's attitude to...
and Polytomous Rasch model.
David Andrich has organized a series of conferences on Rasch measurement models hosted in Perth, Australia, which have attracted researchers from a wide array of countries http://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt173b.htm, http://www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt173b.htm, http://www.education.uwa.edu.au/raschconference. He has held major grants with the Australian Research Council continuosly since 1985 http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/about-us/directory/professor-david-andrich/.