EXTRSCORE= extreme score adjustment for extreme measures = 0.3 |
EXTRSCORE= is the fractional score point value to subtract from perfect (maximum possible) scores, and to add to zero (minimum possible) scores, in order to estimate finite values for extreme scores (formerly MMADJ=). Look at the location of the E's in the tails of the test ogive in Table 20. If they look too far away, increase EXTRSC= by 0.1. If they look too bunched up, reduce EXTRSC= by 0.1.
The measure corresponding to an extreme (maximum or minimum) score is not estimable, but the measure corresponding to a score a little less than maximum, or a little more than minimum, is estimable, and is often a useful measure to report.
Rasch programs differ in the way they estimate measures for extreme scores. Adjustment to the value of EXTRSC= can enable a close match to be made to the results produced by other programs.
There is no "correct" answer to the question: "How large should ExtremeScoreAdjustment= be?" The most conservative value, and that recommended by Joseph Berkson, is 0.5. Some work by John Tukey indicates that 0.167 is a reasonable value. The smaller you set EXTRSC=, the further away measures corresponding to extreme scores will be located from the other measures. The technique used here is Strategy 1 in www.rasch.org/rmt/rmt122h.htm.
See also: G.H. Fischer , On the existence and uniqueness of maximum-likelihood estimates in the Rasch model. Psychometrika 46 (1981), pp. 59–77
Treatment of Extreme Scores |
Tables |
Output files |
Placed at extremes of map |
1, 12, 16 |
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Reported by estimated measure |
2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36 |
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Omitted |
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 23, 24, 26 |
Example 1: You wish to estimate conservative finite measures for extreme scores by subtracting 0.4 score points from each perfect score and adding 0.4 score points to each zero person score.
EXTRSCORE=0.4
Example 2: With the standard value of EXTRSCORE=, this Table is produced:
Here, the 5.11 corresponds to a perfect score on 6 easier items. The 5.83 was obtained on 21 harder items (perhaps including the 6 easier items.) To adjust the "MAXIMUM ESTIMATED" to higher measures, lower the value of EXTRSCORE=, e.g., to EXTRSCORE=0.2
Example 3. EXTRSCORE= is applied to the response string as observed. So, imagine that Mary is administered 5 dichotomous items out of a pool of 100 items and scores R on the 5 items. Her estimate will be based on:
Score for estimation = Maximum (Minimum(R, 5 - EXTRSCORE) , 0 + EXTRSCORE)
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