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Overview

Susan E. Embretson is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. The primary fields of study for this researcher are Psychology and Decision Sciences, with significant contributions in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management Science and Operations Research, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Safety Research.

Their research focuses extensively on topics such as Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Cognitive Abilities and Testing, Mental Health Research, Educational and Psychological Assessments, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Career Development and Diversity, and Gender Diversity and Inequality.

Recent publications by Susan E. Embretson include:

  • Understanding examinees' item responses through cognitive modeling of response accuracy and response times, 2023, published in Large-scale Assessments in Education
  • Diagnosing Student Node Mastery: Impact of Varying Item Response Modeling Approaches, 2021, published in Frontiers in Education

In addition, the researcher has coauthored several works with Clifford E. Hauenstein, including papers published in the Journal of Intelligence, Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, and Multivariate Behavioral Research.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Clifford E. Hauenstein
  • Heather Hayes
  • Eunbee Kim
  • Carolyn J. Anderson
  • Jacqueline J. Meulman

The main venues for this researcher's publications are:

  • Journal of Intelligence
  • Large-scale Assessments in Education
  • Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology
  • Frontiers in Education
  • Multivariate Behavioral Research

Best Publications

  • Item response theory for psychologists

    Susan E. Embretson;Steven P. Reise

  • The Stroke Impact Scale Version 2.0 Evaluation of Reliability, Validity, and Sensitivity to Change

    Pamela W. Duncan;Dennis Wallace;Sue Min Lai;Dallas Johnson

  • The new rules of measurement.

    Susan E. Embretson

  • A cognitive design system approach to generating valid tests : Application to abstract reasoning

    Susan E. Embretson

  • CONSTRUCT VALIDITY: CONSTRUCT REPRESENTATION VERSUS NOMOTHETIC SPAN

    S Embretson

  • A multidimensional latent trait model for measuring learning and change.

    Susan E. Embretson

  • A general latent trait model for response processes

    Susan Embretson

  • Improving Construct Validity with Cognitive Psychology Principles.

    Susan E. Embretson;Joanna Gorin

  • The New Rules of Measurement : What Every Psychologist and Educator Should Know

    Susan E. Embretson;Scott L. Hershberger

  • Generating items during testing: Psychometric issues and models

    Susan E. Embretson

  • Component Latent Trait Models for Paragraph Comprehension Tests

    Susan E. Embretson;C. Douglas Wetzel

  • Fundamental Measurement for Psychology

    Susan E. Embretson;Scott L. Hershberger

  • Test design : developments in psychology and psychometrics

    Susan E. Embretson

  • The Role of Working Memory Capacity and General Control Processes in Intelligence.

    Susan E. Embretson

  • Item Difficulty Modeling of Paragraph Comprehension Items.

    Joanna S. Gorin;Susan E. Embretson

  • Construct Validity: A Universal Validity System or Just Another Test Evaluation Procedure?

    Susan E. Embretson

  • Applications of Cognitive Design Systems to Test Development

    Susan Embretson

  • Cognitive and Psychometric Analysis of Analogical Problem Solving

    Isaac I. Bejar;Roger Chaffin;Susan E. Embretson

  • The continued search for nonarbitrary metrics in psychology

    Susan E. Embretson

  • Measuring and Validating Cognitive Modifiability as an Ability: A Study in the Spatial Domain

    Susan E. Embretson

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven P. Reise
Steven P. Reise University of California, Los Angeles
Randall W. Engle
Randall W. Engle Georgia Institute of Technology
Richard E. Mayer
Richard E. Mayer University of California, Santa Barbara
Lesa Hoffman
Lesa Hoffman University of Iowa

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