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Overview

Paul De Boeck is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Decision Sciences, with a notable focus on subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Statistics and Probability.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple key topics, such as:

  • Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

De Boeck's recent publications reflect a diverse range of interests and contributions. Selected papers include:

  • "Accelerating Psychological Science With Metastudies: A Demonstration Using the Risky-Choice Framing Effect" (2022) published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Redefine Statistical Significance" (2025) published by UNC Libraries
  • "Modeling Conditional Dependence of Response Accuracy and Response Time with the Diffusion Item Response Theory Model" (2022) published in Psychometrika
  • "Questioning Psychological Constructs: Current Issues and Proposed Changes" (2023) published in Psychological Inquiry
  • "Characterizing Sleep Problems in 16p11.2 Deletion and Duplication" (2021) published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Frequent coauthors associated with De Boeck's work include:

  • Sun-Joo Cho
  • Matthew Naveiras
  • Michael L. DeKay
  • Selena Wang
  • Minjeong Jeon

The scholar commonly publishes in established venues such as Psychometrika, Psychological Inquiry, Behavior Research Methods, Journal of Educational Measurement, and Journal of Intelligence.

Best Publications

  • Redefine statistical significance

    Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

  • Explanatory item response models : a generalized linear and nonlinear approach

    Paul de Boeck;Mark Wilson

  • Explanatory Item Response Models

    Paul De Boeck;Sun-Joo Cho;Mark Wilson

  • The appraisal basis of anger : Specificity, necessity, and sufficiency of components

    Peter Kuppens;Iven Van Mechelen;Dirk J. M. Smits;Paul De Boeck

  • The estimation of item response models with the lmer function from the lme4 package in R

    Paul De Boeck;Marjan Bakker;Robert Zwitser;Michel Nivard

  • On the Interpretation and Use of Mediation: Multiple Perspectives on Mediation Analysis.

    Robert Agler;Paul De Boeck

  • A general framework and an R package for the detection of dichotomous differential item functioning.

    David Magis;Sébastien Béland;Francis Tuerlinckx;Paul De Boeck

  • From BIS/BAS to the big five

    Dirk J. M. Smits;P. D. Boeck

  • Random Item IRT Models.

    Paul De Boeck

  • Hierarchical classes: Model and data analysis

    Paul De Boeck;Seymour Rosenberg

  • A nonlinear mixed model framework for item response theory.

    Frank Rijmen;Francis Tuerlinckx;Paul De Boeck;Peter Kuppens

  • A measurement scale for indecisiveness and its relationship to career indecision and other types of indecision

    Veerle Germeijs;Paul De Boeck

  • Two-mode clustering methods: a structured overview.

    Iven Van Mechelen;Hans-Hermann Bock;Paul De Boeck

  • IRTrees: Tree-Based Item Response Models of the GLMM Family

    Paul De Boeck;Ivailo Partchev

  • Career indecision: Three factors from decision theory

    Veerle Germeijs;Paul De Boeck

  • Statistical inference in generalized linear mixed models: a review.

    Francis Tuerlinckx;Frank Rijmen;Geert Verbeke;Paul De Boeck

  • Individual differences in patterns of appraisal and anger experience

    Peter Kuppens;Iven Van Mechelen;Dirk J. M. Smits;Paul De Boeck

  • An Overview of Models for Response Times and Processes in Cognitive Tests.

    Paul De Boeck;Paul De Boeck;Minjeong Jeon

  • A Hierarchical IRT Model for Criterion-Referenced Measurement

    Rianne Janssen;Francis Tuerlinckx;Michel Meulders;Paul De Boeck

  • Cross-Classification Multilevel Logistic Models in Psychometrics

    Wim Van den Noortgate;Paul De Boeck;Michel Meulders

  • Metastudies for robust tests of theory

    Beth Baribault;Chris Donkin;Daniel R Little;Jennifer S Trueblood

  • Educational and Psychological Measurement (2012)

    David Magis;Paul De Boeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Verguts
Tom Verguts Ghent University
Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson University of California, Berkeley
Peter Kuppens
Peter Kuppens KU Leuven
Patrick Luyten
Patrick Luyten University College London
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Edward H. Ip
Edward H. Ip Wake Forest University
Thomas D. Cook
Thomas D. Cook University of Wisconsin–Madison
David Cesarini
David Cesarini New York University

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