Dissertation Prize Past Winners
Year Winner University Advisor
Thesis title & URL
2011 Anna Brown University of Barcelona Alberto Maydeu-Olivares
How IRT Can Solve Problems of Ipsative Data
2010 Rinke Klein Entink University of Twente H.W.A.M. Coonen & W.J. van der Linden
Statistical Models for Responses and Response Times
2009 Bonne J.H. Zijlstra University of Groningen Dr. Tom Snijders & Marijtje van Duijn
Random effects models for directed graphs with covariates
2008 Mariëlle Linting Leiden University Dr. J.J. Meulman
Nonparametric Inference in Nonlinear Principal Components Analysis: Exploration and Beyond
2007 Delphine Courvoisier Université de Genève Dr. Michael Eid
2006 Michael C. Edwards University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Dr. David Thissen
2005 Douglas Steinley University of Illinois Dr. Larry Hubert
2004 Denny Borsboom University of Amsterdam Dr. Gideon Mellenburgh &
Dr. J. van Heerden
2003 Frank Rijmen Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Dr. Paul De Boeck
2002
2001 Bart Jan van Os Leiden University (Data Theorie Group) Dr. Jacqueline J. Meulman &
Dr. L. J. Hubert
2000 Iwin Leenen Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Dr. Iven Van Mechelen
1999 Garry Robins University of Melbourne Pr. Philippa Pattison
1998 Peggy T. Hwang Ohio State University Dr. Michael Browne
1997 Anders Skrondal University of Olso in Norway Petter Laake
1996 Hilde Huizenga Universiteit van Amsterdam Dr. P. C. M. Molenaar
Wai Chan University of California at Los Angeles Dr. Peter Bentler
1995 Jules Ellis University of Nijmegan in the Netherlands Dr. E. E. Roskam
Yiu-Fai Yung University of California at Los Angeles Dr. Peter Bentler
1994 Patrick Groenen University of Leiden in the Netherlands
1993 Carolyn J. Anderson University of Illinois Dr. Stanley Wasserman
Eric Maris Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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August 26, 2011