Recent Presentations

These represent works in progress, comments are welcome.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2012, July). On some misconceptions about signal detection theory and forced choice. Paper presented at the 2012
   meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Columbus, OH.

DeCarlo, L. T., & Kim, Y. K. (2012, April). Some notes on a hierarchical rater model for constructed responses and multiple
   choice items
. Paper presented at the 2012 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2011, August). When two heads are not better than one: A paradox in latent class signal detection theory.
   Paper presented at the 2011 meeting of the European Mathematical Psychology Group, Paris, France.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2011, July). Some notes on multivariate signal detection models and extensions.
   Paper presented at the 2011 meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Medford, MA.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2011, April). Implications of a signal detection rater model for the study of rater drift.
   Paper presented at the 2011 meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

Kim, Y. K., DeCarlo, L. T., & Lee, W-C. (2011, April). On implications of a hierarchical rater/signal detection model for IRT linking
   with constructed response items. Paper presented at the 2011 meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New Orleans, LA.

DeCarlo, L. T., & Kim, Y. K. (2010, April). On a comprehensive model for constructed response and multiple choice items in large scale
   credit and placement exams. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2009, August). On unequal variance and mixture extensions of signal detection theory: Theoretical and statistical notes.
   Paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Amsterdam, NL.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2009, April). On rater differences and essay scoring: A perspective from latent class signal detection theory.
   
Paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

DeCarlo, L. T., & Kim, Y. K. (2009, April). On scoring constructed response items and multiple choice items: Incorporating signal
   detection and item response models into a hierarchical rater model
. Paper presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the National
   Council of Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2008, July). The remember/know paradigm from the perspective of mixture signal detection theory. Paper presented at
   the 2008 annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Washington, DC. Abstract

DeCarlo, L. T. (2008, March). On a hierarchical rater model for essay grading: Incorporating a latent class signal detection model.
   Paper presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY. Abstract

DeCarlo, L. T., & Kim, Y.K. (2008, March). Score resolution in essay grading: A view from a signal detection model of rater behavior.
   Paper presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. Abstract

DeCarlo, L. T. (2007, July). On some mixture SDT models for associative recognition. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting
   of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Costa Mesa, CA. Abstract

DeCarlo, L. T. (2006, July). On the mirror effect and signal detection theory: Separating attention from memory. Paper presented
    at the 2006 annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Vancouver, BC.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2005, December). On applications of extended signal detection models to some measurement issues in essay grading.
    Invited talk, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2003, July). A multivariate extension of a latent class signal detection model. Paper presented at the 2003 annual
    meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Ogden, UT.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2002, July). On implications of near equivalent models for signal detection theory and memory research.
    Paper presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Oxford, OH.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2002, April). A study of score validity for some latent class and latent trait models applied to essay grading.
    Paper presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2001, July). Signal detection models as structural equation models and latent class models: Examples of mixture,
    latent class, and multivariate signal detection models
. Paper presented at the 2001 meeting of the Society for Mathematical
    Psychology, Providence, RI.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2000, July). An extension of signal detection theory via finite mixtures of generalized linear models. Paper presented
    at the 2000 meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Kingston, Ontario.

DeCarlo, L. T. (2000, September). An application of a bivariate probit signal detection model to source monitoring and its
    implementation as a multiple group structural equation model
. Paper presented at the 2000 meeting of the European
    Mathematical Psychology Group, Graz, Austria.


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