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Jorge Andrés González Burgos

Profesor Asociado

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE MATEMÁTICAS

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Psychometrics; Educational measurement; Test Equating

Educación

  •  Sciences, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (KUL). Bélgica, 2007
  •  Statistics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2003
  •  Mathematics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2000
  •  Statistician, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2001

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - A la fecha

  •   Investigador Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ciencias Sociales

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2010

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Consultor Other

    UNESCO

    Lima, Peru

    2019 - 2020

Formación de Capital Humano


Bachelor in Statistics

1.- Valeria Leiva (graduated, 2011): An R program to simulate from the ANOVA one-way mixed effects models. Supervisor.
2.- Claudio Alarcón (graduated, 2020): “Teoría de Respuesta al Item e identificabilidad del modelo LPE”. Supervisor.
3.- Fabián Sepúlveda (graduated, 2022): “Equating scores by fixing item parameters”. Supervisor.
4.- Francisca Vilca (graduated, 2023): "Extensión de métodos de curva característica para el cálculo de coeficientes de equating en modelos multidimensionales para datos politómicos". Supervisor.
5.- Camila Echeverría (graduated, 2023): "Reportar Puntajes Generales y de Dominio Válidos y Confiables Utilizando el Modelo Bi-Factor para Ítems Politómicos". Supervisor.

MSc. in Statistics

1- Adrian Leguina (graduated, 2010): Multiple Correspondence Analysis for the Treatment of Mixture Variables: A Survey About the Social Stratification in Chile. Supervisor.
2- Gabriela Estay (graduated, 2012): Characteristic Curves Scale Transformation Methods Using Asymmetric ICCs for IRT Equating. Supervisor.
3- Constanza Rojo (graduated, 2013): The Kernel Method of Equating and its Bayesian Nonparametric Counterpart: A comparison Study Under the Equivalent Groups Design. Supervisor.
4- Gionnella Ramenzoni (graduated, 2013): Exploring the use of Epanechnikov Kernel for test equating. Supervisor.
5- Gabriel Villalobos (graduated, 2013): On Bandwidth selection in kernel equating using the scores cumulative distribution functions. Supervisor
6- Genaro Olave (graduated, 2015): A Comparison of Alternative Kernels in Equating. Supervisor.
7- Gabriel Muñoz (graduated, 2015): Composición y análisis de los Tests de Habilidades Matemáticas y Razonamiento Cuantitativo en el marco del Programa de Inserción a la Matemática Universitaria - PIMU. Supervisor.
8- Sebastián Arenas (graduated, 2015): Estimación de la función equating equipercentil utilizando bootstrap Bayesiano. Supervisor.
-9 Constanza Cortés (graduated, 2015): Local equating y IRT Observed Score Equating utilizando la distribución Binomial de Poisson. Supervisor
10- Leonidas Espinoza (graduated, 2016): The estimation of test equating functions using Bernstein polynomials. Supervisor.
11- Juan Cortés (graduated, 2019): Un estudio sobre la tendencia de la validez predictiva de los factores de selección para los procesos de admisión 2013-2017 en universidades chilenas que integran el Sistema Único de Admisión del CRUCH. Supervisor.
12- Maximiliano Romero (graduated, 2020). Interpretación de parámetros mediante un análisis de identificabilidad en el modelo Rasch de crédito parcial. Supervisor.
13- Luis Fernández (graduated, 2022): “Modelos factoriales para el análisis de datos multidimen- sionales no-cognitivos”. Supervisor.
14- Hernán Robledo (graduated, 2022): “Modelos Bayesianos Flexibles para el Análisis de Datos Longitudinales”. Co-Supervisor (with Luis Gutiérrez as Supervisor).

PhD in Statistics

1- Inés Varas (Graduated, 2019). Linking measurements: a Bayesian nonparametric approach. Supervisor.
2- Eduardo Alarcón-Bustamante (Graduated, 2021). Predictive validity of selection tests with non-ignorable mechanism of missing data. Co-Supervisor (with Ernesto San Martín).
3.- Francisca Calderón (Graduated, 2021). Statistical methods for scoring and the comparability of measurements on polytomous response data in non-cognitive tests. Supervisor.
4.- Mauricio Toro: "Reassessing causal inference estimation from a partial identification perspective: theory and applications". Expected 2024. Co-Supervisor (with Ernesto San Martín as Supervisor)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Premio de Reconocimiento a la Excelencia Docente (PRED)

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2020

    Este premio, otorgado por primera vez durante el año 2007, forma parte de las iniciativas que la Vicerrectoría Académica promueve con el fin de mejorar las prácticas docentes. La docencia es un eje articulador de las instituciones universitarias, y como tal debe ser reconocida y destacada como una actividad profesional y académica de alto nivel.

  •   Best Reviewer Award

    Psychometric Society

    Estados Unidos, 2022

    Granted by the Psychometric Society for outstanding work as a reviewer for Psychometrika journal.

  •   Best Reviewer Award

    American Educational Research Association

    Chile, 2022

    Granted by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) for outstanding participation in reviewing submissions to the Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.


 

Article (32)

Can New Constructs Overcome the Old Challenge of Coordinating Psychological Theory and Psychometric Methods?
Continuation Ratio Model for Polytomous Responses with Censored Like Latent Classes
Distributional regression modeling via generalized additive models for location, scale, and shape: An overview through a data set from learning analytics
A Critical View on the NEAT Equating Design: Statistical Modeling and Identifiability Problems
Continuation Ratio Model for Polytomous Items Under Complex Sampling Design
Analyses of the Factor Structure and Item Measurement Bias of a School Climate Scale in Chilean Students
A Bayesian Nonparametric Latent Approach for Score Distributions in Test Equating
A Bayesian Nonparametric Multiple Testing Procedure for Comparing Several Treatments Against a Control
Standard-Setting Procedures for Counts Data
The Use of an Identifiability-Based Strategy for the Interpretation of Parameters in the 1PL-G and Rasch Models
Exploring Complete School Effectiveness via Quantile Value-Added
Two Teacher Quality Measures and The Role of Context: Evidence from Chile
A Note on the Poisson's Binomial Distribution in Item Response Theory
Statistical Assessment of Estimated Transformations in Observed-Score Equating
A study about teacher quality in Chile: The role of the context where teachers work and value-added measures [Un estudio sobre la calidad docente en Chile: El rol del contexto en donde enseña el profesor y medidas de valor agregado]
Bayesian nonparametric estimation of test equating functions with covariates
Un Estudio Sobre la Calidad Docente en Chile: El Rol del Contexto en Donde Enseña el Profesor y Medidas de Valor Agregado
Linear mixed modelling for data from a double mixed factorial design with covariates: a case-study on semantic categorization response times
On the Unidentifiability of the Fixed-Effects 3PL Model
SNSequate: Standard and nonstandard statistical models and methods for test equating
SNSeqyate: Standard and Nonstandard Statistical Models and Methods for Test Equating
A power comparison of various normality tests of univariate normality on Ex-Gaussian distributions
Local Equating Using the Rasch Model, the OPLM, and the 2PL IRT Model-or-What Is It Anyway if the Model Captures Everything There Is to Know About the Test Takers?
Statistical Models and Inference for the True Equating Transformation in the Context of Local Equating
Bayesian Identifiability: Contributions to an Inconclusive Debate
Bayesian methods in psychological research. The case of IRT
Analyzing structural relations in multivariate dyadic binary data
Identified parameters, parameter of interest and their relationship
A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data
Evaluando el discurso docente: desarrollo de un modelo Rasch a partir de evidencia audiovisual de profesores chilenos de primer ciclo de educación básica en el área lenguaje
On the relationships between sum score based estimation and joint maximum likelihood estimation
Numerical integration in logistic-normal models

BookReview (1)

Book Review: Statistical Models for Test Equating, Scaling, and Linking

BookSection (12)

An Illustration on the Quantile-Based Calculation of the Standard Error of Equating in Kernel Equating
On the Marginal Effect Under Partitioned Populations: Definition and Interpretation
Polytomous IRT Models Versus IRTree Models for Scoring Non-cognitive Latent Traits
Possible Factors Which May Impact Kernel Equating of Mixed-Format Tests
Test Comparability and Measurement Validity in Educational Assessment
Practical Implementation of Test Equating Using R
Predictive Validity Under Partial Observability
A New Equating Method Through Latent Variables
An Alternative View on the NEAT Design in Test Equating
An Illustration of the Epanechnikov and Adaptive Continuization Methods in Kernel Equating
A Family of Discrete Kernels for Presmoothing Test Score Distributions
The role of identifiability in empirical research

BookWhole (2)

Quantitative Psychology
Applying Test Equating Methods

ConferencePaper (1)

A dependent Bayesian nonparametric model for test equating

Errata (1)

On the Unidentifiability of the Fixed-Effects 3PL Model (vol 80, pg 450, 2015)

Proyecto (8)

Some contributions to the psychometric research agenda in support of the current and future generation of assessments
Núcleo Milenio sobre Movilidad Intergeneracional: del Modelamiento a la Política Pública. Iniciativa Milenio
BEYOND COGNITIVE ABILITY: DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF PSYCHOMETRIC MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF COMPLEMENTAY MEASURES IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Espacios de Conocimiento en Matemáticas: Cognición, Medición y Evaluación de Aprendizajes al Servicio de la Diversidad en el Aula
New statistical methods to ascertain high quality over time in standardized achievement tests
Towards an equitable and fair use of test scores: methodological contributions on some fairness assessment procedures
Statistics for public Policy in Education: Analysis and Decision-Making of Observational Data
Nonstandard Statistical Models and Methods for Test Equating.
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Maria Santelices

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Santiago, Chile

1
Luis Gutiérrez

Assistant Professor

Statistics

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Faculty of Mathematics

Santiago, Chile

1
Ines Varas

Docente adjunto

Estadística

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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Guido del Pino

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Pontificia Unversidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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Paula Fariña

Asistente

UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

Santiago, Chile