Vector Psychometric Group
Edwards as a psychometric consulting company providing clients with the most up-to-data methods to meet their scale development, assessment, and general data analysis needs. In 2010, Dr. Li Cai formally joined the company as a third managing partner and, with his arrival, VPG was able to expand its mission to offer state-of-the-art IRT software (flexMIRT®) and a web-based electronic data capture a
06/18/2020
flexMIRT® Virtual Short Course
July 13 from 11:00am – 6:30pm EDT
*Course registration includes complementary registration for IMPS 2020
flexMIRT® is an IRT software package for multilevel, multidimensional, and multiple group item response modeling. flexMIRT® Version 3.6 offers substantially upgraded statistical modeling capabilities, including new model fit indices, multidimensional models with non-normal latent densities, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) estimation, crossed random effects, and improved diagnostic classification modeling. This full-day training session will introduce users to the flexMIRT® system and provide hands-on experience with the software. The workshop is intended for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in educational, psychological, and clinical outcomes assessment fields interested in the application of modern psychometrics to help improve the precision and quality of measurement. Attendees will receive a free two-month trial version of flexMIRT. It is assumed that attendees are already familiar with the basic tenets of item response theory.
Register for IMPS 2020 - Psychometric Society IMPS 2020 (virtual) registration is now open, with presenter registration deadlines in May.
04/03/2020
Johnson & Johnson to begin human coronavirus vaccine testing by September. Our fingers are crossed for all of the companies working on a vaccine. If this one is found to be effective, it could available as early as next year.
Johnson & Johnson to begin human coronavirus vaccine testing by September The pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson said Monday it had identified a promising candidate vaccine for the coronavirus spreading around the globe and that it expects to begin human trials by September.
04/01/2020
I'm sure most people have found this site by now but if you want to keep up on the current COVID-19 numbers, check out the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center
COVID-19 Map Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
03/28/2020
I thought this was a really interesting site and I wanted to share. There are currently 8 strains of SARS-CoV-2 (causes COVID-19). Decent data visualizations to watch the virus evolve as it spreads around the world.
https://buff.ly/3dw9zSi
03/23/2020
New COVID-19 test was approved and it can return results in about 45 minutes. It won't fix our testing problems - but it should help.
https://buff.ly/2wzrbfg
03/07/2020
Here is a good summary of the drug development work being done right now to fight against -19. We hope they all find success. Let us know if we can help.
A detailed guide to the coronavirus drugs and vaccines in development A guide to some of the most talked-about efforts to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, with details on the science, history, and potential timeline.
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