– Research Interests –
Here in the psychometrics lab, we believe one of the greatest problems facing the world of I/O psychology is poor measurement. This is a problem because it means we can not always trust our results as much as much as we’d like.
Noting this problem, our research focuses on, developing, validating, utilizing and improving tools for psychological measurement. This includes developing nuanced ways to statistically model various measurement instruments as well as working on more basic scale development issues.
“Measurement is the first step that leads to control and eventually to improvement. If you can’t measure something, you can’t understand it. If you can’t understand it, you can’t control it. If you can’t control it, you can’t improve it.”
– H. James Harrington
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– Areas That Fascinate Us –
Careless Responses
One of the greatest downfalls to survey validity is careless responses. The more we can do to ameliorate this issue, the more efficient & effective research and applied surveying will become.
From identifying patterns of careless responding to performing meta-analyses, our lab seeks to make progress toward understanding this problem and developing solutions.
Advancing Measurement
Shockingly, many modern surveys are nothing more advanced than paper surveys, pasted onto the interned with no further advancement. We find it important to continue to improve our means for psychological measurement.
Through the development and implementation of Rapid Response Measures (RRM), the lab has taken steps to minimize issues in self-report tools, such as social desirability bias.
Supervision & Personality
Much of what we know about employee attitudes toward supervisors comes from survey tools, moreover, current personality research largely revolves around self-reports.
Thus we find it imperative to utilize and improve these tools so we can better understand workplace relationships and their nuances. At present, we have work looking at destructive leadership behaviors and dark personalities.
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