Category: Quantitative Methods

Ed Psych Student Weicong Lyu Explores How Response Anchoring Can Detect Low Effort Completing Surveys

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All researchers know that the ability to conduct good research depends on trustworthy data. For self-report rating scale data, a frequent concern is lack of respondent effort, or careless responding. If pervasive, this quickly leads to compromised research findings. Computer-based assessment has introduced new opportunities for monitoring respondent effort. It also could lead to interventions when low …

Dept of Ed Psych Presents Dr. James Pustejovsky – Four Things that Every Researcher Should Know About Research Synthesis

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Join the Department of Educational Psychology’s Dr. James Pustejovsky, for a talk on the “Four Things that Every Researcher Should Know About Research Synthesis.” Monday, September 27, 2021.  2:30 – 4:30 p.m. CT 259 Educational Sciences Meta-analysis is a set of statistical tools for synthesizing results across multiple sources of evidence. Meta-analyses of intervention research …

Quantitative Methods Students Present at NCME

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Earlier this summer, The Quantitative Methods area in the Department of Educational Psychology at UW–Madison had five students present at the National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) Conference. Kylie Gorney presented three papers at the NCME conference. The paper, “When to Use Synthetic Linking Functions in Small-Sample Equating”, aimed to expand understanding of the …