News & Updates

News & Updates

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Psychometric Society Webinar Series

Bayesian covariance structure modelling for measurement invariance testing

Presenter: Jean-Paul Fox, University of Twente

Bayesian covariance structure modeling (BCSM) is a new approach for modeling clustered data. In this multivariate modeling approach a dependence structure is directly modeled through a structured covariance matrix. The BCSM can be used to model measurement (in)variance, which shows to have many advantages over traditional methods.

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Psychometric Society Webinar Series

Computational psychometrics for test development: Combining language and psychometric modeling

Presenters: Yigal Attali, Andrew Runge, Geoff LaFlair, Kevin Yancey & Alina A. von Davier

Moderator: Peter Halpin

Along with the advances in communication and platform technology, it’s become apparent that (quality) content development is at the core of many industries, including the education industry. The development of learning and assessment content has been a craft that has required a high level of expertise, often of the type that was built over the years on the job. In the fast-paced digital education this is difficult to sustain.

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Register for IMPS 2021

Registration is now open!

Registration details appear below:

IMPS 2021 will be a virtual conference and registration is now open. Conference sessions will be held July 20 – 23, 2021. Three short courses are offered and will be held on July 19, 2021. Click the following links to find out more details regarding: the schedule, short courses, and keynote/invited speakers.

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Psychometric Society Response to Racism

The society responds to worldwide events surrounding racism and injustice.

In a response to the recent events in the US and elsewhere around the world, the Psychometric Society strongly condemns all forms of racism and racial injustice.

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Society Designation Change

The Psychometric Society is now a 501c3 organization!

We are happy to announce that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has now formally accepted our application to be reclassified as a 501c3 nonprofit organization. One important consequence of this reclassification is that donations to the Psychometric Society are now tax deductible. If at any point you are interested in making a financial contribution to the Psychometric Society please contact any board member or the Psychometric Society main office at info@psychometricsociety.org

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IMPS Proposed Bylaw Change

At the IMPS 2019 meeting of members, we will vote on a bylaw change that allows for future voting by email. Please see here for full detail of the proposed changes.

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