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Chair > Welcome to the Department of Measurement, Statistics and Evaluation. Our department offers some of the nation's premiere graduate training in psychometric and statistical methods. Through our Ph.D, M.A., and Certificate programs, EDMS students become trained in modern analytical methods to prepare them for careers in academia and applied research. Our faculty are engaged in world-class research at the frontiers of our field, creating opportunities for our students to be mentored in all phases of the research process. I am honored to serve a department with such remarkable faculty, students, and alumni, and I encourage you learn more about what makes us so special.                                               -- Gregory R. Hancock

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> Dr. Greg Hancock was named Associate Editor of Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisiplinary Journal.

> Dr. Hong Jiao named a GATE Fellow (Global Awareness in Teacher Education) for the College of Education.

 

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Recent Publications by EDMS Faculty and Students
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> Rupp, A. A., Templin, J., & Henson, R. J. (2010). Diagnostic measurement: Theory, methods, and applications. New York: Guilford Press

> Hancock, G. R., & Mueller, R. O. (Eds.). (2010). The reviewer's guide to quantitative methods in the social sciences. New York: Taylor & Francis.

> Roberts, J. S., Rost, J., & Macready, G. B. (2010). MIXUM: An unfolding mixture model to explore the latitude of acceptance concept in attitude measurement. In S. Embretson (Ed.), Measuring psychological constructs: Advances in model-based approaches. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

> Cudeck, R., & Harring, J. R. (2010). Developing a random coefficient model for nonlinear repeated measures data. In S.-M. Chow, E. Ferrer, & F. Hsieh (Eds.), Statistical methods for modeling human dynamics: An interdisciplinary dialogue. New York: Routledge.

> Rupp, A. A., Gushta, M., Mislevy, R. J., & Shaffer, D. W. (2010). Evidence-centered design of epistemic games: Measurement principles for complex learning environments. Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 8(4). Available online at http://escholarship.bc.edu/jtla/vol8/4

> Mislevy, R. J., Behrens, J. T., Bennett, R. E., Demark, S. F., Frezzo, D. C., Levy, R., Robinson, D. H., Rutstein, D. W., Shute, V. J., Stanley, K., & Winters, F. I. (2010). On the roles of external knowledge representations in assessment design. Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 8(2).  http://escholarship.bc.edu/jtla/vol8/2

> Lissitz, R. W. (Ed.) (2009). The concept of validity: Revisions, new directions and applications. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing Inc.

> Schafer, W. D., & Lissitz, R. W. (Eds.) (2009). Assessment for alternate achievement standards: Current practices and future directions.  Baltimore, MD: Brooks Publishing.

> Choi, J., Harring, J. R., & Hancock, G. R. (2009). Latent growth modeling for logistic response functions. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 44, 620-645.

> Mislevy, R. J., & Yin, C. (2009). If language is a complex adaptive system, what is language testing? Language Learning (special issue: 2009, Volume 59, Supplement 1).

> Levy, R., Mislevy, R. J., & Sinharay, S. (2009). Posterior predictive model checking for multidimensionality in item response theory. Applied Psychological Measurement, 33, 519-537.

> Frezzo, D. C., Behrens, J. T., & Mislevy, R. J. (2009).  Activity theory and assessment theory in the design and understanding of the Packet Tracer ecosystem.  The International Journal of Learning and Media, 2.  http://ijlm.net/knowinganddoing/10.1162/ijlm.2009.0015

> von Davier, M., Gonzalez, E., & Mislevy, R. J. (2009). What are plausible values and why are they useful? IERI Monograph Series, Volume 2 (pp. 9-36). Princeton, NJ: IEA-ETS Research Institute.

> Mislevy, R. J. (2009). Validity from the perspective of model-based reasoning. In R. L. Lissitz (Ed.), The concept of validity: Revisions, new directions and applications (pp. 83-108). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

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> EDMS welcomes Dr. Mo Wang for an invited lecture on Monday, February 22th, at 11:00am, in 1121 Benjamin. Click here for info.

> Dr. Robert Croninger is teaching a two-day HLM workshop on April 12-13. Click here for info.

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