Allan Cohen, Ph.D.
ALLAN COHEN, PH.D., (University of Iowa, 1972). Professor and Director, Test Scoring and Reporting
I currently serve as a Professor and Director of Test Scoring and Reporting. My teaching interests are educational measurement, item response theory, test development, and applied statistics. My research focuses on examining methodological issues in educational measurement primarily with respect to applications in test development. This includes problems dealing with (1) the construction and maintenance of achievement tests, (2) equating, detection of item bias, and estimation of item parameters under item response theory and (3) standard setting.
E-mail Address: acohen@uga.edu
Research interests:
Educational measurement, item response theory, test development; applied statistics
Description of Current Research Focus:
My research focuses on examining methodological issues in educational measurement primarily with respect to applications in test development. This includes problems dealing with (1) the construction and maintenance of achievement tests, (2) equating, detection of item bias, and estimation of item parameters under item response theory and (3) standard setting.