David Thissen

David Thissen
Professor of Psychology
L.L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory

Office:		358 Davie Hall
Telephone:		919-962-5036
FAX:		919-962-2537
Website:		http://www.unc.edu/~dthissen
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Mailing address:		Dr. David Thissen Department of Psychology University of North Carolina CB#3270 Davie Hall Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270
Education:		Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976.
Research Interests:		Psychometrics, item response theory, statistical models for developmental data, graphical data analysis.
Representative Publications:		Thissen, D., Steinberg, L. & Wainer, H. (1993). Detection of differential item functioning using the parameters of item response models. In P. W. Holland & H. Wainer (Eds.), Differential item functioning. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 67-113. Wainer, H. & Thissen, D. (1993). Graphical data analysis. In G. Keren & C. Lewis (Eds.), Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 391-457.