Date

Presenter

Affiliation

Topic

Sep 28

Dr. Dena Pastor

James Madison University

Modeling Item Response Profiles Using Factor Models, Latent Class Models and Latent Variable Hybrids (abstract)

Oct 8

Dr. John Behrens

CISCO Systems, Inc.

How the Digital Revolution is Changing Assessment: An Applied Evidence-Centered Design Perspective (abstract)

Oct 12

Dr. Bob Mislevy

University of Maryland

Some Implications of Expertise Research for Educational Assessment (abstract)

Oct 26

Dr. Tao Chen

University of Maryland, R. H. Smith School of Business

An Empirical Investigation of Consumer Purchases and Inter-temporal Pricing of Retailers’ Extended Service Contracts (abstract)

Nov 9

Dr. Larry Williams

Virginia Commonwealth University

Decomposing Model Fit: Measurement vs. Theory in Organizational
Research Using Latent Variables (abstract; handouts)

Nov 16

Dr. Wolfgang Jank

University of Maryland

Forecasting Innovation Success via Shapes of Prediction Markets (abstract)

Nov 23

Dr. P. K. Kannan

University of Maryland, R. H. Smith School of Business

Pricing Digital Content Product Lines: A Model and Application for the National Academies Press (abstract)

Nov 30

Dr. Drew Gitomer

Educational Testing Service

Evolving Research Paradigms for Measuring Teaching Effectiveness (abstract)

Dec 8*

Dr. Allan Collins

Northwestern University

Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology (abstract)

Dec 14

Dr. Hong Jiao

University of Maryland

Local Dependence in IRT Modeling (abstract)