This proceedings book highlights the latest research and developments in psychometrics and
statistics. Featuring contributions presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric
Society (IMPS) organized by the University of Zurich and held in Zurich Switzerland from July
17 to 21 2017 its 34 chapters address a diverse range of psychometric topics including item
response theory factor analysis causal inference Bayesian statistics test equating
cognitive diagnostic models and multistage adaptive testing. The IMPS is one of the largest
international meetings on quantitative measurement in psychology education and the social
sciences attracting over 500 participants and 250 paper presentations from around the world
every year. This book gathers the contributions of selected presenters which were subsequently
expanded and peer-reviewed.
