FCAP CONFERENCE
Psychometrics: Applications, Training and the Need for Expertise
June 26-27, 2008
Conference Program
Scholars from around the globe gathered at the Rose Hill Campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York on June 25-27, 2008.
In total there were 69 workshop attendees enrolled in workshops on Bayesian statistics (with WinBugs), SAS and R. There were 112 conference registrants and 37 oral presentations covering topics such as cognition and assessment, approaches to issues with complex and missing data, latent variable modeling, and modeling behavior and psychological processes.
Dr. David Budescu, the first Anne Anastasi Chair of Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology, (formerly of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), opened the conference proceedings with a discussion of Anne Anastasi and her legacy at Fordham.
The Graduate Student Discussion on Current Attitudes and Experiences in Quantitative Programs was successful in starting a dialogue on the how students stumble into the field of psychometrics and the barriers and difficulties students and young professionals face.
Paul W. Holland, Ph.D.
Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics
Educational Testing Service, Retired
David Rindskopf, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology and Psychology
City University of New York
Charles Lewis, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Psychometrics Program
Fordham University
Michael Edwards, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Quantitative Psychology
The Ohio State University
Issues in Scoring and Item Analysis
Thomas G. Snider, PreVisor, Inc, Richard A. McLellan, PreVisor, Inc
Application of Pearson Curve Methodology to norms computation for immediate score reporting
Eliot R. Long, Data Research Services
Searching for diff, drift, and growth among the deck chairs
Approaches to Issues with Complex and Missing Data
Holmes Finch, Ball State University, Brian French, Purdue University
Missing data and dimensionality assessment for item response data: A Monte Carlo comparison of methods
Zhenqiu Lu, University of Notre Dame, Ke-Hai Yuan, University of Notre Dame
Robust procedures for SEM with missing data
Stephen L. France, Rutgers University, J. Douglas Carroll, Rutgers University
Distanced based metric multidimensional scaling for complex data
Topics in Item Response Theory
Young Yee Kim, American Institutes for Research, Mark Reckase, Michigan State University
Comparing test structure of linked tests through MIRT hierarchical cluster analysis
David J. Hessen, Utrecht University
Parameter estimation and likelihood ratio tests for parametric constant latent odds-ratios models
Rudy Ligtvoet, Tilburg University, L. Andries van der Ark, Tilburg University, Klaas Sijtsma, Tilburg University
A coarse approach to item response theory for the evaluation of an invariant item ordering
Maritza Dowling, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Robustness of multilevel two-parameter item response theory models under violations of distributional assumptions and variations in number of clusters, cluster size, and test length
Model-based Validation
Enis Dogan, American Institutes for Research, Stephen J. Osterlind, University of Missouri, Howard T. Everson, Fordham University, William Tirre, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Examining the factor structure of a prototype NAEP Reading Comprehension test: Applying confirmatory factor analytic techniques to establish construct equivalence
Nina Esaki, University at Albany School of Social Welfare
Assessing the potential for child maltreatment: Measuring the reliability and validity of the AAPI
Thomas S. Kubarych, Virginia Commonwealth University, Michael C. Neale, Virginia Commonwealth University, Steven H. Aggen, Virginia Commonwealth University
Using item-factor analysis to detect measurement non-invariance
Yating Yeh, StatisticsLifeSaver
Cross-validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire in individuals who had a stroke
Special Session: How to avoid some common graphical mistakes
Naomi B. Robbins, NBR, Joyce Robbins, Touro College
Topics in Latent Variable Modeling
Peter Francis Halpin, Simon Fraser University, Michael Donald Maraun, Simon Fraser University
Detection theory: An approach to latent variable model selection
Frank Rijmen, Educational Testing Service
An efficient EM algorithm using local computations full information maximum likelihood estimation in limited time
Jay Verkuilen, City University of New York - Graduate Center
Principles for specification and parameterization of ideal point item response models
Janke C. ten Holt, University of Groningen, Marijtje A. J. van Duijn, University of Groningen, Anne
Boomsma, University of Groningen
Scale construction and evaluation in practice: Factor analysis versus item response
Advances in Adaptive Testing
Usama S. Ahmed Ali, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hua-Hua Chang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The impact of item selection method in CAT-DIF analysis
Duanli Yan, Educational Testing Service, Charles Lewis, Fordham University
Adaptive multi-stage testing with testlets
Ru Lu, University of Maryland, College Park
Model misspecification effect with computerized adaptive testing
Psychometric Applications
Michelle Vanchu-Orosco, University of Denver, Barbara L. McCombs, University of Denver, Steven Andrew Culpepper, Metropolitan State College of Denver
The relationship between learner-centered practices and adolescent achievement: A latent profile analysis
Gideon Bahn, Loyola University, Chicago, Martha Ellen Wynne, Loyola University, Chicago
Measuring educational values of Korean Americans based on Confucian five moral codes
Julie DiPopolo, Fordham University, Tiffany Yip, Fordham University
The effects of collective self-esteem on individual self-esteem in an online sample with varying dimensions of body modification
Wenyan Zhou, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Exploring the age and domain effect in the structure and levels of academic self-concept
Cognition and Assessment
Pedro Quelhas Brito, University of Porto, Alípio Jorge, University of Porto, Peter J. McGoldrick, University of Manchester - Manchester Business School
The joint effect of several consumer profiles: Decision trees appraisal
Jonna M. Kulikowich, Penn State University, Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
Multidimensional scoring: Perspectives from cognitive psychology
Rochelle S. Michel, Florida International University
Cognitively-informed psychometric models: Providing diagnostic information across the assessment development process
Modeling Behavior and Psychological Processes
Johannes A. Landsheer, Utrecht University, Paul H. C. Eilers, Utrecht University
The deviation of independence of self-reported delinquency frequencies
Betsy J. Feldman, University of California, Berkeley, Katherine E. Masyn, University of California, Davis, Rand D. Conger, University of California, Davis
The longitudinal modeling of problem behaviors
Florian Klapproth, Berlin Institute of Technology
On the correspondence between response-time data and temporal generalization
Tobias Teichert, Columbia University, Jonas Knoell, University Marburg
Mav.Test: An R-based package to test for temporal modulations of a distribution estimated from irregularly sampled data points.
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