WELCOME
I am a Visiting Assistant Professor in Measurement & Statistics program at Florida State University.
Currently, I am teaching three graduate level courses, two sections of General Linear Models (GLM) and one section of ANOVA.
Previously, I have taught Multivariate Analyses course for two semesters.
My dissertation is about simultaneous estimation of differential item functioning for manifest groups and latent classes.
This new DIF detection approach uses mixture IRT modeling framework (Mixture IRT-MIMIC model) through a Bayesian parameter estimation approach.
You can find my dissertation, other publications and presentations in the publications page.
My knowledge of software is proficient including but not limited to MPlus, SAS, SPSS, R, Multilog, BILOG, and WinBUGS.
Structural equation models (SEM), hierarchical generalized linear models (HGLM), multi-level growth and growth mixture models,
subgroup analysis for special population students, multivariate analysis of variance and covariance are some of many advanced analysis I can conduct.
I worked as an intern in an Assessment Office at a Department of Education for 24 months.
I assisted the psychometric and assessment staff on psychometric aspects of the K-12 statewide testing program in different subjects.
I participated in standard setting meetings, pre-calibration meetings, and technical advisory committee meetings.
I was actively involved in replicating the item parameter calibration, equating and scoring processes of the test for quality control purposes.
I'm applying jobs for Fall 2010 and I believe that my training and experience make me a good candidate for academic positions, psychometrician positions in testing companies, and research associate positions in research institutions.
Please feel free to navigate though my website. If you have any questions, you can contact me from
"kbilir[at]fsu.edu" or via the contact form.
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