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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. New York: Springer Verlag.  
  
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., 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)
 
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, NYNational 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

Young-Sun Lee

Associate Professor of Psychology and Education

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