Resources

Software

R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.
www.r-project.org

G Power
G*Power 2 is a general power analysis program that comes in two essentially equivalent versions: one runs under the Macintosh OS and the other was designed for MS-DOS.
www.psycho.uni-duesseldorf.de/aap/projects/gpower

Stat/Transfer
Stat/Transfer provides an extremely fast, reliable, and automatic way to exchange data between different spreadsheet and statistics programs.
www.stattransfer.com

IRT Command Language (ICL)
ICL is a computer program that can perform single- or multiple-group estimation of the 1-, 2-, and 3-parameter logistic item response models for dichotomous items, and the partial credit model and generalized partial credit model for polytomous items.
http://www.b-a-h.com/software/irt/icl/

WinBUGS
A stand-alone program to allow practical MCMC methods available to applied statisticians. Either a point and click interface can be used to control the analysis or a graphical interface can be constructed.
www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/bugs

Comprehensive collection of statistical software, by topic, with links:
http://www.dmoz.org/Science/Math/Statistics/Software/

Professional Organizations

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
NCME is a professional organization for individuals involved in assessment, evaluation, testing, and other aspects of educational measurement.
www.ncme.org

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
An organization concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and evaluation and, by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.
http://www.aera.net/

American Statistical Association (ASA)
The American Statistical Association is a scientific and educational society founded in 1839 with the following mission: To promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.
www.amstat.org

American Psychological Association, Division 5
The Division of Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics draws together specialists in the areas of evaluation, measurement, assessment and statistics. Our membership of approximately 2,000 includes specialists in the fields of educational psychology, psychometrics, industrial-organizational psychology, and individual assessment.
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div5/

Psychometric Society
The Psychometric Society is an international nonprofit professional organization devoted to the advancement of quantitative measurement practices in psychology, education, and the social sciences.
http://www.psychometrika.org/

Internships/Fellowships/Job opportunities

The following is a list of summer internships that might be of interest to psychometrics students. Please check click on the links for further information, including application deadlines.

ACT
Summer internship program
Iowa City, IA
Psychometric and Statistical interns
June 2, 2008 – July 25, 2008
View description and download application form.

American Council on Education
Psychometrics and Research summer internship
Washington, DC
Research Intern
June 2, 2008 – July 25, 2008
View description and download application form

Association for Institutional Research
National Summer Data Policy Institute
Washington, DC
Intensive research session
June 8-15, 2008
View description
2008 DEADLINE HAS PASSED

CTB/McGraw-Hill
Summer internship program
Monterey, CA
Research Intern
June 8, 2008 – August 1, 2008
View description and apply
Search for Job # 0800000004

Educational Testing Service
Summer internship program for graduate students
Princeton, NJ
Research Intern
June 2, 2008 – July 25, 2008
View description and apply.

Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Publishing Co
Summer Internship in Research & Measurement Services
Rolling Meadows, IL
Research Intern
View description and apply.
Search for Job Code 11923

National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment
Summer Internship Program in Educational Assessment and Accountability
Dover, NH
Research Intern
8 weeks in summer (flexible start date)
View description and apply (PDF)

Pearson – Educational Measurement Group
Psychometric summer fellowship program
Iowa City, IA & Austin, TX
Research Fellow
June 2, 2008 – August 1, 2008
View description and apply

RAND
Graduate Student Summer Associate Program
Santa Monica, CA
Summer Associate
12 weeks in summer
View brochure (PDF)
2008 DEADLINE HAS PASSED

SAS
Summer Fellowship in Statistics
Cary, NC
Research Intern
12 weeks in summer
View description and apply