Specializations

"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs"

- Sir Francis Darwin

IAP and the MindHub™ have specific interests and expertise in the following areas:

• Human ability measurement as per the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC; Gf-Gc) Theory of Cognitive Abilities
• Achievement and cognitive ability test development and interpretation

• The practical application of IRT, multivariate statistics, psychometric network analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) methods to educational and psychological issues and problems
• Research, development, and validation of models of human abilities and competence, particularly in the areas of multiple intelligence's, academic and cognitive skill development, personal competence, adaptive behavior, and community adjustment
• The development and measurement of educational and community outcomes for individuals with disabilities
• The development of strong programs of construct validity for educational and psychological assessment and measurement methods
• Recognizing the importance on non-cognitive (e.g., self-regulated learning strategies; self- efficacy; etc) student characteristics in academic learning
• Psychometric issues surrounding intelligence testing in federal Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases
• Education regarding applied psychometric topics