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. (In press). When Cognitive Diagnosis Meets Computerized Adaptive Testing: CD-CAT. Psychometrika. DOI: 10.1007/S11336-009-9123-2.
Cheng, Y., & Keng, L. (in press). Computerized adaptive testing in criterion-referenced testing. In Smith, E. & Stone, G. (Eds.), Applications of Rasch Measurement
in Criterion-Reference Testing: Practice Analysis to Score Reporting. JAM Press.
Cheng, Y., & Chang. H. (2009). The maximum priority index method for severely constrained item selection in computerized adaptive testing. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 62, 369-383.
Cheng, Y., Chang, H., Douglas, J., & Guo, F. (2009). Constraint-weighted a-stratification for computerized adaptive testing with non-statistical constraints: Balancing measurement efficiency and exposure control. Educational and psychological measurement, 69, 35-49.
Cheng, Y., Chang, H., & Yi, Q. (2007). Two-phase item selection procedure for flexible content balancing in CAT. Applied Psychological Measurement, 31, 467-482.
Contact Information
Office: 103 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-7649
Email: ycheng4@nd.edu