Professor
Educational Psychology and Research Methodology
Department of Educational Studies
Research
My research interests include improving the psychometric properties of psychological and educational tests used to make high-stakes placement decisions for diverse populations, methodological psychometric studies, invariance (differential item functioning & test structure invariance), and derivation of core profiles/profile analysis.Education
| Ph.D. | University of Arizona, 1994, Educational Psychology; Measurement, Statistics, & Research Methods |
| M.A./Ed.S. | Gallaudet University, 1988, 1989, School Psychology |
| B.S. | University of Illinois, 1984, Psychology |
Selected Publications
- French, B.F., & Maller, S.J. (in press). Iterative purification and effect size use with logistic regression for DIF detection. Educational and Psychological Measurement.
- Maller, S.J., Frenc, B.F., & Zumbo, B. (in press). Item and test bias. In Neil J. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics. Thousand Oakes, CA: Sage.
- Maller, S.J. (2005). Review of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition. In R.A. Spies & B.S. Plake (Eds.), The sixteenth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 1092-1096). Lincoln, NN: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
- Maller, S.J., & Immekus, J.C. (2005). The psychometric properties of intelligence tests when used with deaf and hard of hearing individuals: Practices and recommendations. In J.L. Mounty & D.S. Martin (Eds.), Assessing deaf adults: Critical issues in testing and evaluation (pp. 75-89). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
- Maller, S.J., & French, B.F. (2004). UNIT factor invariance across deaf and standardization samples.
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64, 647-660.
- Mantzicopoulos, P.Y., French, B.F., & Maller, S.J. (2004). Factor structure of the pictorial scale of perceived competence and social acceptance with two pre-elementary samples. Child Development, 75, 1214-1228.
- Maller, S.J., (2003). Best practices in detecting bias in nonverbal tests. In S. McCallum (Ed.), Handbook of nonverbal assessment of intelligence and related abilities (pp. 23-48). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
- Mantzicopoulos, P.Y., French, B.F., & Maller, S.J. (2002). The Brigance K&1 Screen: Factor composition with a Head Start sample.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 20, 164-182.
- Maller, S.J. (2001). Differential item functioning in the WISC-III: Item parameters for boys and girls in the national standardization sample. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 61, 793-817.
Experience
| 2006-present |
Professor, Program in Educational Psychology and Research Methods,
Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, Purdue University |
| 2004-present | < TD> Co-Director, Purdue University Psychometric Investigation Laboratory (PUPIL), College of Education, Purdue University |
| 2005-present | Professor, Department of Engineering Education, College of Engineering, Purdue University |
| 1999-2006 | Associate Professor, Program in Educational Psychology and Research Methods, Department of Educational Studies, College of Education, Purdue University |
| 1999 |
Associate Professor
, Department of Educational Measurement and Research,
College of Education, University of South Florida |
| 1994-1999 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Measurement and Research,
College of Education, University of South Florida |
