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Hua-Hua Chang is a Chinese psychometrician.

Biography

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After earning a diploma in mathematics at East China Normal University in 1980, Chang moved to the United States to pursue masters and doctoral studies in statistics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[1][2] His 1992 doctoral dissertation, Some Theoretical and Applied Results Concerning Item Response Theory Model Estimation, was advised by William Fleming Stout.[3] Chang then worked as research scientist for the Educational Testing Service between 1992 and 1999.[1][4] Between 1997 and 1998, he was an associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[1][4] From 1999 to 2001, Chang was affiliated with the National Board of Medical Examiners, then returned to academia, joining the University of Texas at Austin faculty.[1][4] In 2005, Chang returned to UIUC, as a professor of educational psychology and within the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies until 2018.[1][5] That year, Chang was appointed Charles R. Hicks Chair Professor at the Purdue University College of Education, as well as a courtesy professor of statistics.[1][4]

Chang succeeded Mark L. Davison as chief editor of the academic journal Applied Psychological Measurement.[6] The first issue of Chang's editorial tenure was published in November 2012.[7] From 2012 to 2013, Chang was president of the Psychometric Society.[8]

Chang was elected to fellowship of the American Educational Research Association in 2010,[9] and was awarded the AERA's E. F. Lindquist Award in 2017.[10][11] The American Statistical Association elected Chang to fellowship in 2019.[12] Chang received the 2021 Award for Career Contributions from the National Council on Measurement in Education.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "HUA-HUA CHANG (CV)" (PDF). Purdue University College of Education. November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Hua-hua Chang Professor Emeritus". University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign Department of Psychology. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. ^ Hua-Hua Chang at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b c d "Hua-Hua Chang". Purdue University College of Education. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Hua Hua Chang". University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign College of Education. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  6. ^ Davison, Mark L. (January 2007). "New Editor's Statement: Continuity and Change". Applied Psychological Measurement. 31 (1): 3. doi:10.1177/0146621606295551.
  7. ^ Chang, Hua-Hua (November 2012). "New Editor's Statement". Applied Psychological Measurement. 36 (8): 631. doi:10.1177/0146621612464945.
  8. ^ "Past, Present, and Incoming Presidents". Psychometric Society. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  9. ^ "AERA honors 67 new fellows for outstanding research accomplishments". Stanford University Graduate School of Education. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  10. ^ "2017 Awards". American Educational Research Association. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  11. ^ "AERA Announces 2017 Award Winners in Education Research". American Educational Research Association. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  12. ^ "2019 ASA fellow announcement" (PDF). Amstat News. American Statistical Association. 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Hua-Hua Chang Receives 2021 Career Contributions Award". Purdue University Department of Statistics. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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