Professional Background
Associate Professor of Psychology and Education
Educational Background
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Psychology (Educational Measurement & Statistics)
M.A. Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea, Educational Measurement & Evaluation
B.A. Ewha Womans University , Seoul , South Korea, Education
Scholarly Interests
Psychometrics(Classical Test Theory & Item Response Theory), Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Applied Statistics
Selected Publications
PUBLICATIONS
de la Torre, J., & Lee, Y.-S. (in press). A Note on the Invariance of the DINA Model Parameters. Journal of Educational Measurement.
Kim, S.-H., Sherry, A., Lee, Y.-S., & Kim, C.-D. (in press). A Cross-Cultural Validation of an Adult Attachment Measure among Korean College Students Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory. Journal of Counseling Psychology.
Xu, X., Douglas, J., & Lee, Y.-S. (in press). Equating with nonparametric IRT models. In A. von Davier (Ed.), Statistical models for test equating and scaling.
Lee, Y.-S., Cohen, A., & Toro, M. (2009). Examining Type I error and power for detection of differential item and testlet functioning. Asia Pacific Education Review, 10, 365-375.
Cervellione, K., Lee, Y.-S., & Bonanno, G. A. (2009). Rasch Modeling of the Self-Deception Scale of the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 438-458.
Lee, Y.-S., Wollack, J., & Douglas, J. (2009). On the use of nonparametric ICC estimation techniques for checking parametric model fit. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 181-197.
Lee, Y.-S., Wollack, J., & Douglas, J. (2009). On the use of nonparametric ICC estimation techniques for checking parametric model fit. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 181-197.
Lee, Y.-S., Grossman, J., & Krishnan, A. (2008). Cultural Relevance of Adult Attachment: Rasch Modeling of the Revised Experiences in Close Relationships in a Korean Sample. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 68, 824-844.
Lee, Y.-S. (2007). A Comparison of Methods for Nonparametric Estimation of Item Characteristic Curves for Binary Items. Applied Psychological Measurement, 31(2), 121-134.
Lee, Y.-S., Douglas, J., & Chewning, B. (2007). Techniques For Developing Health Quality of Life Scales For Point of Service Use. Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-Of-Life Measurement, 83(2), 331-350.
Wollack, J. A., Bolt, D. M., Cohen, A. S., & Lee, Y.-S. (2002). Recovery of Item Parameters in the Nominal Response Model: A Comparison of Marginal Likelihood Estimation and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation. Applied Psychological Measurement, 26(3), 339-352.
UNDER REVIEW
Lee, Y.-S., Lembke, E., Moore, D., Ginsburg, H., & Pappas, S. (under review). Identifying technically adequate early Mathematics measures. Submitted to Journal of Educational Psychology.
Lee, Y.-S., Pappas, S., Lembke, E., & Ginsburg, H. (under review). Development and analysis of an integrated screening, progress monitoring, and cognitive assessment system for K-3 mathematics. Submitted to Journal of Educational Psychology.
Kim, S., & Lee, Y.-S. (under review). Uncovering Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Profile Patterns of Reading: In Early Child Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten (ECLS-K). Submitted to International Journal of Testing.
Xu, X., Douglas, J., & Lee, Y.-S. (under review). Equating with Nonparametric IRT Models. Submitted to Psychometrika.
Lee, Y.-S., & Krishnan, A. (under review). Psychometric properties of the Children's Depression Inventory: An IRT analysis between genders and across age in a non-clinical, longitudinal, adolescent sample. Submitted to Psychological Assessment.
Kim, S., & Lee, Y.-S. (under review). A Study of Longitudinal Growth Patterns in Early Child Longitudinal Study, Kindregarten (ECLS-K): The Profile Analysis via Multidimenaional Scaling Approach. Submitted to Journal of Educational Measurement.
de la Torre, J., & Lee, Y.-S. (under review). Relationship between Cognitive Diagnosis, CTT, and IRT Indices: An Empirical Investigation. Submitted to Journal of Educational Measurement.
de la Torre, J., & Lee, Y.-S. (under review). Two methods of testing saturated and reduced models in cognitive diagnosis. Submitted to Applied Psychological Measurement.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Romero, M., & Lee, Y.-S. (2008). How Maternal, Family and Cumulative Risk Affect Absenteeism in Early Schooling: Facts for Policymakers. New York, NY : National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. (available at http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_802.pdf)
Romero, M., & Lee, Y.-S. (2008). Brief #2: The Influence of Maternal and Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling. “What data tell us about the role of chronic absenteeism in early schooling?”New York , NY : National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. (available at http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_792.pdf)
Romero, M., & Lee, Y.-S. (2008). Brief #2: The Influence of Maternal and Family Risk on Chronic Absenteeism in Early Schooling. “What data tell us about the role of chronic absenteeism in early schooling?”
Lee, Y.-S., Lembke, E., Moore, D., Ginsburg, H., & Pappas, S. (2007). mCLASS:MATH - Identifying technically adequate early mathematics measures. Brooklyn, NY: Wireless Generation, Inc.
Romero, M., & Lee, Y.-S. (2007). Brief #1: A National Portrait of Chronic Absenteeism in the Early Grades. “What data tell us about the role of chronic absenteeism in early schooling?” New York , NY : National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. (available at http://www.nccp.org/publications/pdf/text_771.pdf)
Wollack, J. A., Cohen, A. S., Wells, C. S., & Lee, Y.-S. (1999). Developing a Scoring Algorithm for the New Mathematics Placement Test Scores: A Mapping of the Old Scores Onto the New Scores for UW-Colleges. Madison, WI: Center for Placement Testing (There are 14 reports in this series, one for each of the following UW institutions: Colleges, Eau Claire, Green Bay, LaCrosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater).
Young-Sun Lee
Associate Professor of Psychology and Education
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