Faculty
Ying "Alison" Cheng
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Profile
Dr. Ying "Alison" Cheng's research focuses on psychological and educational measurement. In particular, she is interested in theoretical development and applications of item response theory (IRT), including computerized adaptive testing (CAT), test equity across different ethnicity/gender groups (formally known as different item functioning or DIF), classification accuracy and consistency with licensure/certification of state graduation exams. Recently she is working on cognitive diagnostic models and their applications to CAT.
Recent Papers
Cheng, Y., & Chang, H. The maximum priority index method for severely constrained item selection in CAT. British Jounal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology. In press.
Cheng, Y., Chang, H., & Yi, Q. (2007). Two-phase item selection procedure for flexible content balancing in CAT. Applied Psychological Measurement, 31 ,467-482.
Cheng, Y., & Cheng, H. (2007). The modified maximum global discrimination index method for cognitive diagnostic CAT. In D. Weiss (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2007 GMAC Computerized Adaptive Testing Conference .
Contact Information
Office: 103 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-7649
Email: ycheng4@nd.edu