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David Chuah
Siang Chee Department of
Psychology University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 603 East Daniel
Street Champaign IL
61820 Tel: (217) 352 2608 (home), chuah@uiuc.edu |
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Education |
Industrial/Organizational
Psychology PhD program (ABD) Minor: Quantitative
Psychology and Human Computer Interaction
Dissertation Title:
Conspiracy Theory: An empirical study of cheating in a continuous testing
environment. University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign September 2000 –
present; degree expected: May 2005 |
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A.M. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003 Masters of Arts in Psychology Thesis Title: Personality Assessment: Does the Medium Matter? No Assesses the equivalence of personality assessments across
paper-and-pencil, computer laboratory, and Internet administration using IRT
methods and criterion validity. B.A. Boston University College of Arts and Science, 1999 Distinction in Psychology Thesis Title: Visual
Foviation As A Factor Of Personality Traits Summa Cum Laude Honors Program |
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PUBLICATIONS |
Chuah, S. C., Drasgow, F., & Luecht, R. M. (in press) How Big is
Big Enough? Sample Size Requirements for CAST Item Parameter Estimation, Applied
Measurement in Education Drasgow, F. & Chuah, S. C. (in press) Computer Based Testing.
Chapter to appear in M. Eid & E. Diener (Eds.), Handbook of Psychological
Measurement: A multimethod perspective. Chuah, S. C., Drasgow, F., & Roberts, B. W. (in press) Personality
Assessment: Does the Medium Matter? No, Journal of Research in Personality. |
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Manuscripts In Progress |
Benroy-Do, Chuah, S. C. & Drasgow, F. Effects of range restriction
on item parameter recovery with multistage adaptive tests. Chuah, S. C. & Bedwell, S. Development of a multimedia assessment
of emotional intelligence. |
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Conference Presentations |
Chuah, S. C. & Drasgow (2004) Thwarting cheaters on computerized
tests. Paper presented at the 19th annual
conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists.
Chicago, April 2- April 4, 2004. Chuah, S. C., Drasgow, F., Luecht, R. M. (2003) Licensure Decision
Accuracy as a Function of Item Parameter Estimation Sample Size. Symposium paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. |
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Chuah, S. C. (2003) How
to Use Technology to Develop New Assessments. Paper presented at the 18th annual
conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists.
Orlando, April 11- April 13, 2003. Chuah, S. C., &
Roberts, B. (2003) Shortening the Impulsiveness Scale Using Item Response
Theory Methods. Paper presented at the 18th annual conference for the Society
of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists. Orlando, April 11- April 13,
2003. Chuah, S.C., Drasgow,
F., & Roberts, B. (2002) Practical Applications of DIF/DTF: The Equivalence
of Internet and Paper-and-pencil Personality Assessments. Paper presented at
the 17th annual conference for the Society of Industrial and Organizational
Psychologists. Toronto, Canada, April 12-April 14, 2002 Chuah, S.C., Lee, W.C.,
& Wadlington, P. (2001) The UIUC IRT Web Tutorial. Paper to be presented
at the annual meeting for the Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology, San Diego , April 27-April 29, 2001 |
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Work Experience |
Teaching Assistant
(Instructor) University of Illinois
(Fall 2004) Introductory Psychology University of Illinois Supervisor: Sandy Goss
Lucas |
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Teaching Assistant University of Illinois
(Spring 2004) Research methods in
personality University of Illinois Supervisor: Brent
Roberts |
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Research Assistant University of Illinois
(Fall 2000 – Spring 2003) American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants Supervisor: Fritz
Drasgow |
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Network Applications Developer Boston University (Feb. 1999 - Jan. 2000) Develop database applications for the Department of the Physical
Plant. These include APAS (Employee Benefits Program), Financial Reporting
System (Secure Intranet for Financial Services), EASY (Integrated Electronic
Employee Timesheet utilizing Electronic ID Cards). Daily maintenance of
servers and network administration tasks. |
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Database Support and Technical Assistant Boston University (May 1998 - Jan. 1998) Provide computer support to employees of the Department of the
Physical Plant. |
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Drug and Alcohol Counselor (volunteer) The Medical Foundation, Boston, MA (September 1997-May 1998) Provide referrals and information regarding available resources
for substance abusers in Massachusetts. Basic counseling and crisis
intervention over the telephone. |
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Drug and Alcohol Counselor (volunteer) Massachusetts Drug and Alcohol Hotline (Feb. 1997-Aug. 1997) Responsibilities same as above. Underwent 10 week training
program on dealing with addiction and crisis intervention. |
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Teaching Assistant (Psychology of Perception) Perception Boston University (Sept. 1997 - Dec. 1997) Supervisor: Takeo
Watanabe |
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Current Research |
Multimedia Interpersonal
Skills Assessment Applications of Item
Response Theory in Psychological Measurement Personality Measurement Internet-Based Assessment Video-Based Emotional Intelligence Assessment Computerized Inbasket Assessment |
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Grants Special Projects |
Center for Human Resources Management (CHRM) Summer 2001/2002 Proposal Title: A Longitudinal Persona-Environment Fit Approach
to Understanding Retention of IT Workers Developed automated web server application to conduct
questionnaires vie the internet. Currently administering a web server for The
Health and Ageing Study of Central Illinois Laboratory. |
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Codeveloped a unique experimental station for use with an early
version of the ViewPoint EyeTracker (Arrington Research, Inc.), including
custom modification of the infrared illumination |
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Memberships And Honors |
Incomplete List of
Teachers Rated as Excellent (2004) Phi Beta Kappa (early
admission) Golden Key National
Honor Society Psi Chi Psychology Honor
Society Dean's List Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists |
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Computer And Technical Skills |
Software: MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, SAS, SPSS, Visual
Interdev, Internet Information Services 5 Databases: MS Access, SQL Server 7.0 Programming Languages: C++, Visual Basic for Applications, HTML,
Active Server Pages, VBScript, JavaScript, SQL |