{"id":73,"date":"2016-05-16T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/?p=73"},"modified":"2017-11-27T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T20:59:00","slug":"e7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/podcast\/e7\/","title":{"rendered":"RIA # 7: Dr. Josh Weller on Psychometrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_83\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83\" data-attachment-id=\"83\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/podcast\/e7\/josh_weller\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?fit=2988%2C3984&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2988,3984\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G900P&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1455612914&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Josh Weller\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Josh Weller&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-83\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"picture of Josh Weller\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Josh_Weller.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-83\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Josh Weller<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On this episode, Katie is\u00a0joined by Dr. Joshua Weller, an assistant professor of psychology at Oregon State University. Dr. Weller received his Ph.D. in\u00a0Psychology from the University of Iowa. \u00a0His research\u00a0broadly focuses on how affective and cognitive processes contribute to decision-making and risk perceptions and, more particularly, on the development\u00a0of psychological scales to quantify individual differences in risk taking tendencies and decision-making competence.\u00a0His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the American Automobile Association Foundation, and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Dr. Weller teaches courses on Judgment and Decision Making, Personality, and Psychometrics.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ep-7-Josh-Weller-Transcript-with-Bonus-Clip.docx\" rel=\"\">Transcript<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(.docx)<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/225583159&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Show Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Would you like to incorporate this episode of &#8220;Research in Action&#8221; into your course?\u00a0Download the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/Episode-7-Podcast-Instructor-Guide-1.pdf\">Episode 7 Instructor Guide<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(.pdf) or\u00a0visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/podcast\/instructor-guides\/\"><strong>Podcast<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Instructor Guides<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>page to find additional information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Segment 1<\/strong>: What is psychometrics [00:00-15:28]<\/p>\n<p>In this first segment, Josh describes the components of psychometrics (the scientific study of the attributes of tests) and offers some examples of how psychometrics are used in research and instrument design.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Segment 2<\/strong>: Josh\u2019s research and applications of psychometrics [15:29-35:49]<\/p>\n<p>In segment two, Josh shares more about his research in risk-taking and how psychometrics have contributed to this research.<\/p>\n<p>In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Watson\u2019s work<\/li>\n<li>Josh\u2019s work in Italy\n<ul>\n<li>Lauriola, M., Foscha, R., Mosca, O., &amp; Weller, J.A., (2015). Tolerance of Ambiguity: Empirically robust factors in self-report personality scales.<\/li>\n<li>Weller, J. A., Ceschi, A., &amp; Randolph, C. (2015). Decision-making competence predicts domain-specific risk attitudes.<em> Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 6, <\/em>540<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statisticshell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Field\u2019s website on statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/discovering-statistics-using-ibm-spss-statistics\/book238032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy\u2019s Field\u2019s book on SPSS to do statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Psychometrics-Introduction-R-Michael-Furr\/dp\/1452256802\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1460991728&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=psychometrics+furr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stats textbook by Furr<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anistasi &amp; Urbina\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Psychological-Testing-7th-Anne-Anastasi\/dp\/0023030852\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1460991858&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=urbina+psychological+testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Psychological Testing<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Essentials-Psychological-Testing-Behavioral-Science-ebook\/dp\/B00LHTBPV6\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1460991747&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=urbina+psychological+testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Essentials of Psychological Testing<\/em><\/a> by Urbina<\/li>\n<li>Josh\u2019s favorite articles about writing good survey items\n<ul>\n<li>Clark,\u00a0 L. A.,\u00a0 &amp; Watson,\u00a0 D. B. (1995)\u00a0 Constructing validity: Basic issues in scale development.\u00a0 <em>Psychological Assessment<\/em>,\u00a0<em>7<\/em>,\u00a0 309-319.<\/li>\n<li>Smith, G. T., Fischer, S., &amp; Fister, S. M.\u00a0 (2003).\u00a0 Incremental validity principles in test construction.\u00a0 <em>Psychological Assessment, 15, <\/em>467-477.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/math\/probability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khan Academy\u2019s statistics modules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bonus Clip: <\/strong><strong>Statistics and Fantasy Baseball <\/strong>[00:00-11:34]<\/p>\n<p>In this bonus clip, Josh shares about his experience using his skills and experience with statistics and research on risk-taking for his hobby of fantasy baseball.<\/p>\n<p>In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Moneyball-Art-Winning-Unfair-Game\/dp\/0393324818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moneyball<\/a> <\/em>by Michael Lewis<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1210166\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">film adaptation of <em>Moneyball<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, post a comment below or contact the &#8220;Research in Action&#8221; podcast:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIA_podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIA_podcast<\/a> or #<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIA_podcast?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RIA_podcast<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Email<\/strong>: <a href=\"mailto:riapodcast@oregonstate.edu\">riapodcast@oregonstate.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Voicemail<\/strong>: <a href=\"tel:+15417371111\">541-737-1111<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you listen to the podcast via <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/research-in-action\/id1101916802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, please consider leaving us a review.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Ecampus or Oregon State University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, Josh explains what it means to be a psychometrician and shares examples of how he uses psychometrics in his research on risk-taking tendencies and decision-making competence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osu-guest","category-episodes","category-quantitative"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7BNXQ-e7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecampus.oregonstate.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}