Development of Interactive Shiny Modules for Psychometric Research Dissemination

Half day short course (2:00pm – 5:30pm)

Short Course #4

Shiny applications are interactive web applications built entirely in R and designed for data visualization and analysis. They enable dynamic demonstrations of statistical concepts and algorithms, facilitating teaching, learning, and dissemination of methodological research. ShinyItemAnalysis (SIA) is an R package and Shiny application for the interactive presentation of psychometric methods and the analysis of multi-item measurements in education, psychology, and related fields (Martinková & Hladká, 2023). The package recently introduced extendable functionality through add-on modules.

In this workshop, we will provide a comprehensive overview of the SIA infrastructure, combining psychometric concepts with practical functionalities such as data uploading and processing. Participants will explore the fundamentals of building Shiny applications using a traditional approach and compare this with the innovative modular framework of SIA. The workshop also includes a hands-on introduction to the SIAtools package, designed to streamline the development of add-on modules. Practical demonstrations will feature sample modules from SIAmodules and other packages, providing participants with actionable insights into designing and deploying their own interactive applications for psychometric research and education.

Intended Audience

Researchers, interested in disseminating their research via Shiny modules.

References

Martinková, P., & Hladká, A. (2023). Computational Aspects of Psychometric Methods: With R. Chapman and Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003054313

About the instructors

Patrícia Martinková & Jan Netík (Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

	Patrícia Martinková, PhD
	Jan Netík, PhD