The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) builds on the Psychometric Society's
mission to share quantitative methods relevant to psychology. The chapters of this volume
present cutting-edge work in the field. Topics include studies of item response theory
computerized adaptive testing cognitive diagnostic modeling and psychological scaling.
Additional psychometric topics relate to structural equation modeling factor analysis causal
modeling mediation missing data methods and longitudinal data analysis among others. The
papers in this volume will be especially useful for researchers in the social sciences who use
quantitative methods. Prior knowledge of statistical methods is recommended. The 78th annual
meeting took place in Arnhem The Netherlands between July 22nd and 26th 2013. The previous
volume to showcase work from the Psychometric Society's Meeting is New Developments in
Quantitative Psychology: Presentations from the 77th Annual Psychometric Society Meeting
(Springer 2014).
