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Statistical Theoreticians and Educational Assessment: Comments on Shelby Haberman's NCME Career Contributions Award
Author(s) -
Mislevy Robert J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of educational measurement
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.917
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-3984
pISSN - 0022-0655
DOI - 10.1111/jedm.12280
Subject(s) - psychology , mathematics education
In his 2019 NCME Career Contributions Award address, Dr. Shelby Haberman uses examples of three kinds to illustrate how his training in theoretical statistics influenced his contributions to educational measurement. I bracket my comments on his address, and his contributions more generally, by considering two questions: Why might any theoretical statisticians receive this award? Why aren't all recipients theoretical statisticians? Through the course of the discussion emerges the answer to a third, easier, question: Why Shelby Haberman?