Statistical Horizons@stathorizons.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on July 28-31 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.

Association for Psychological Science@psychscience.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A proposed OMB rule would let political appointees terminate active grants and override peer review. The comment deadline is July 13 — visit our Act Now page to learn more and make your voice heard. psychologicalscience.org/act-now

Enrique Neblett@eneblett.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 CFP Deadline Extended: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology Special Section: Open Science in Multicultural Psychology Empirical, conceptual, tutorial & methodological contributions welcome 📅 LOI due June 15, 2026 🔗 tinyurl.com/CDEMP-OpenScience #OpenScience #MulticulturalPsychology

Happy to share that University of Michigan PhD students Ha Bui, Nia Holland and I were interviewed for the Journal of Career Assessment podcast regarding a Critical Quantitative perspective & MIMIC modeling. See 👇 journals.sagepub.com/home/JCA -> podcasts tab

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On April 15, APS urged Congress to act immediately to preserve Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the #NSF. ACT NOW! Tell your federal lawmakers that these cuts harm their constituents and the country! www.psychologicalscience.org/news/2026-ap...

APS Responds to FY 2027 Presidential Budget

APS sent a letter to congress urging them to preserve the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the National Science Foundation.

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That's me! Looking forward to offering this again in collab w/ ICPSR summer program.

ICPSR Summer Program@icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Explore and advance your understanding of social identities and contexts—👥💬 "Latent Variable Modeling: Measuring and Comparing Across Identities and Contexts" relies on figures to represent concepts instead of notation. Deepen your research, register now: myumi.ch/jJmnZ #SumProg26 #ICPSR

Anyone else test their mic before a Zoom with "Microphone check 1-2, what is this?/Five foot..."

SRCD wants to spotlight the SRCD Black Caucus and their Members. To learn more about Alexandrea R. Golden and her work visit our SRCD Member spotlight webpage here: https://www.srcd.org/news/member-spotlight-alexandrea-r-golden-ph-d

Just a reminder! This latest Special Issue has Letters of Intent Due on February 15. Reimagining developmental science through the lens of Black girlhood www.apa.org/pubs/journal... @apajournals.bsky.social

Koraly@drkoraly.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨Special Issue at Developmental Psychology🚨 Reimagining Developmental Science Through the Lens of Black Girlhood Guest Eds: Rona Carter (Lead) Sheretta T. Butler‑Barnes Fatima Varner Eleanor K. Seaton On Web soon, Text for now: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/h43oc... 1/6 @apajournals.bsky.social

Boosting this work, nimbly led by Dr. Mike Medina and appearing in J of School Psychology Special Issue - free access via this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m9dR56ZNX...

Bumping - starts next week Wednesday! Happy to share that the (BlueSky-less) Dr. Kelvin Afolabi will serve as TA

Statistical Horizons@stathorizons.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.

Sharing free access to our paper, led by Constance Flanagan & 8 co-authors (so many handles!) -> quasi-exp. to foster science motivation among minoritized youth in CEP 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.

Psychometrics | Online Course | Statistical Horizons

Apply psychometric methods in this online course with Matthew Diemer, Ph.D. Measure latent constructs using EFA, CFA, MIMIC models, and invariance testing.

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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How can we measure student behavior at scale? @tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data. 📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b

Looking forward to working with @pbost.bsky.social !

Paige Bost@pbost.bsky.social · 12mo ago

I’m excited to announce that after graduating this past December from @umich.edu with my BA in Psychology, I will be returning to Michigan this fall to pursue a PhD in Education and Psychology under the mentorship of @mattadiemer.bsky.social and Dr. Deborah Rivas-Drake! #ForeverGoBlue

@pmetricsoc.bsky.social has the 2026 conference location been announced yet?

Gratitude to Drs. Dania Francis & Shanyce Campbell for organizing this special issue in JREE! Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand - Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Illustrating and Enacting a Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models

Quantitative methodology and the field of measurement have racist, sexist, and eugenicist histories. These histories have led many to abandon quantitative methods, believing that achieving equity i...

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On request I'm sharing a youtube link to an IRT workshop I provided last year with the talented Dr. Matthew Truwit. Happy viewing! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALN...

NIMLAS Workshop Using IRT Methods to Refine Measurement 1/26/2024

YouTube video by UMISR

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Can someone parse or translate the newest NIH notice I just saw about "recission of civil rights language?"

Is there a German word for schadenfreude?

Neil Lewis, Jr.@neillewisjr.bsky.social · last yr.

After resigning from Michigan and bending over backwards to try and appease them, "The Florida Board of Governors voted Tuesday to reject Santa Ono as the next president of the University of Florida" www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Read about Andres Pinedo's experiences: myumi.ch/R3W6N Stay in on-campus housing! General Session participants receive a 10% discount on their course fees when they also stay in on-campus housing. For details: myumi.ch/y2zJw #SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAnalysis #StatisticalSkills #ResearchSkills

Hey I know him! Looking forward to offering this IRT workshop with @stathorizons.bsky.social Please reach out with ?s

Statistical Horizons@stathorizons.bsky.social · last yr.

Join Item Response Theory (IRT) with @mattadiemer.bsky.social on June 3-6 to learn how to interpret, analyze, and depict IRT analyses. This hands-on introduction will teach you how to develop and improve measures using #RStats and #MPlus.

Come join members of the University of Michigan community who are marching in support of reinstating DEI work at the institution on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5 pm at the U-M Diag. Hope to see you there! #WeareDEI @umdeidefense.bsky.social

Learn how Item Response Theory (IRT) enhances measurement! @mattadiemer.bsky.social’s seminar (June 3-6) covers IRT fundamentals and figures, the Graded Response Model, and practical applications in research. Watch the first hour now to see what IRT can do for you: youtu.be/B-oLR7XRVCU

Understanding Item Response Theory (IRT): Key Concepts & Applications with Matthew Diemer

YouTube video by Statistical Horizons

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Receiving earlier-than expected statements from workplace 403b, bank etc I wonder what reason, pray tell, that these are being sent now?

I see you sly dogs Schedule-sending emails for Mondays @ 8:02am or 8:03am to look like 'real' emails

Hope everyone enjoyed sleeping in their time machine Sat night/Sun early morning

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ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a glass of liquid in his hand and says `` gigawatts ? '' .

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Paraphrasing conversation with an academic friend from {redacted} this AM: "I'd wake up every morning, and the leader would say something $^#, and then that would become law that evening. That's why I left {country name here} for the U.S., but now I'm waking up everyday to the same thing."

Hi! Sharing info re: webinar organized by SSHD, for a special issue on Critical Consciousness in Research in Human Development Link to register: montclair.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Please reach out w/ ?s !

Looking to add some work on contributors, perceptions or experiences of environmental racism to my racism, psychology, and society course. Any recent work in this area you’d rec?