Introduction

He was born in Kamakura, grew in Urayasu, learnt in Waseda, and now, researches in Komaba.

Ph.D. (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Professor, Research Division, The National Center for University Entrance Examinations (alias, DNC)

Theme

Psychometrics, Multivariate Analysis, Educational Engineering, Test Science

Latent Rank Theory (LRT), Neural Test Theory (NTT)

Item Response Theory (IRT), Classical Test Theory (CTT), Categorical Data Analysis

Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Factor Analysis (FA), Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling (AMDS)

Full-Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) Method, EM algorithm

Genetic Algorithm (GA), Spline, Self-Organizing Map (SOM)

Social Activities

Trustee of the Japan Association for Research in Testing (Aug. 2008-)

Member of Research Board of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology (Jan. 2015-)

Member of Working Committee of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan (Apr. 2006-Mar. 2009, Apr. 2015-)

Member of Editorial Board of the Japanese Association of Educational Psychology (Apr. 2012-Mar. 2014)

Awards

Chikio Hayashi Award for Excellence by the Behaviormetric Society of Japan (2012)

Good Presentation Award by the Japan Association for Research on Testing (2011)

Good Paper Award by the Japan Association for Research on Testing (2007)

Tadashi Hidano & Kinji Mizuno Award by the Behaviormetirc Society of Japan (2004)