Matthew Madison, University of Georgia

about the speaker

Matthew Madison is Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methodology at the University of Georgia, where he studies and teaches courses in educational measurement and statistics. His research centers around the advancement of multivariate psychometric models. More specifically, Dr. Madison has focused his research on a class of contemporary item response models called diagnostic classification models (DCMs) and their application in educational contexts. Motivated by his background in mathematics education, his research seeks to use DCMs to improve the utility of educational assessments. Recently, he has investigated longitudinal DCMs as alternative to traditional methods for modeling learning over time. His research has been supported by Institute of Education Sciences and National Science Foundation, and he has published research in journal such as Psychometrika, Journal of Educational Measurement, and Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.