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In this chapter an account of the life of Georg Rasch as a mathematician and as a statistician is given, with emphasis on the years 1952 to 1960 when the Rasch model was developed and justified by requirements of proper measurement. But Rasch’s life before 1952 is also described, especially how he, forced by the employment situation in Denmark, had to turn to statistics after having graduated and defended his doctoral dissertation in pure mathematics. Finally, it is discussed at some length how Rasch, especially after 1960, formulated his requirements of proper measurement into the formalized concept of specific objectivity.
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Andersen, E.B., Wøhlk, L. (2001). The Life of Georg Rasch as a Mathematician and as a Statistician. In: Boomsma, A., van Duijn, M.A.J., Snijders, T.A.B. (eds) Essays on Item Response Theory. Lecture Notes in Statistics, vol 157. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0169-1_1
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