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Presented at the 20th Annual Research Conference

Preliminary Results from the ROLES Revision Project

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Session Number: 45 Room: Salon G

Presenting: Ann Doucette; Jonathan Heufner; Kirk O'Brien; Ronald Thompson; Mary Beth Rauktis

All Authors for this paper: Ann Doucette; Jonathan Heufner; Kirk O'Brien; Ronald Thompson; Mary Beth Rauktis; also presenting Peter Pecora

Presentation Type: paper presentation

Synopsis: This presentation presents preliminary results for the Restrictiveness of Living Environment Scale (ROLES) Revision Project. Many measures that are associated with social service systems, including the ROLES, are ordinal and therefore preclude using arithmetic procedures in analyzing the data. This presentation will describe the item and response option calibrations of the REM-Y using a Rasch Measurement Model, including the differential item function (DIF) across placement settings and across child and youth characteristics. In addition, the Rasch analyses will allow us to transform the ordinal response categories on the REM-Y into interval data supporting the development of taxonomy of program types.

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Session Time: 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM

Presentation Time: 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM