Here you can download data for all exercises in the book. A link to download will become available once you fill in your contact details and reason for download. This will help me monitor the impact of my work. THANK YOU.
Data download for BOOK “Psychometrics in Exercises using R and RStudio” Read More »
Brown, Anna. (2024). Psychometrics in exercises using R and RStudio. Textbook and data resource. Available to read online on https://bookdown.org/annabrown/psychometricsR To download data for exercises in this book, go HERE Why I wrote this book? This book was born from computing workshop exercises that I created for my students over the past 13 years to
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In the summer 2023 I gave an interview to “Women in Research Methods” (WRM – see https://womeninresearchmethods.com/) – a network for women academics in management and the organizational sciences who share an interest in research methods. In the interview, I talk to Jayci Pickering about my career, my personal experiences and insights into current research
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State-of-the-Art talk at the 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, 26-30 June 2018, Montreal, Canada.
Keynote at the 10th conference of the International Test Commission, 4 July 2016, Vancouver, Canada.
Open lecture at the III Russian Congress of Psychological Testing, 10 September 2015, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation.
Item Response Theory and its applications in modern testing (in Russian) Read More »
Dissertation award talk at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, 22 July 2011, Hong-Kong.
How IRT can solve problems of ipsative data Read More »
One of my long-term interests is understanding the nature of response biases in non-cognitive assessments, and suggest effective ways of combating them. Specific topics include: To overcome limitations of current models for faking, that assume that faking behaviour is consistent (individual fakes all items consistently) and varies only between person, I proposed a “Faking as
Socially desirable responding and “faking good” Read More »
Ipsative (or relative-to-self) questionnaires ask respondents to compare sets of two or more stimuli from the same domain, such as behaviours, values or interests. For example, to measure occupational interests, respondents may be asked to indicate their preference for two or more activities such as (A) planting roses, (B) receiving telephone calls, or (C) building
Thurstonian models for preference judgements Read More »
Below are my most recent journal articles. For the full list of publications, visit my Google Scholar record, where you can view and download publications.
Recent journal articles Read More »