Psychometrics; Educational measurement; Test Equating

Bachelor in Statistics

1.- Valeria Leiva (graduated, 2011): An R program to simulate from the ANOVA one-way mixed effects models. Supervisor.
2.- Claudio Alarcón (graduated, 2020): “Teoría de Respuesta al Item e identificabilidad del modelo LPE”. Supervisor.
3.- Fabián Sepúlveda (graduated, 2022): “Equating scores by fixing item parameters”. Supervisor.
4.- Francisca Vilca (graduated, 2023): "Extensión de métodos de curva característica para el cálculo de coeficientes de equating en modelos multidimensionales para datos politómicos". Supervisor.
5.- Camila Echeverría (graduated, 2023): "Reportar Puntajes Generales y de Dominio Válidos y Confiables Utilizando el Modelo Bi-Factor para Ítems Politómicos". Supervisor.

MSc. in Statistics

1- Adrian Leguina (graduated, 2010): Multiple Correspondence Analysis for the Treatment of Mixture Variables: A Survey About the Social Stratification in Chile. Supervisor.
2- Gabriela Estay (graduated, 2012): Characteristic Curves Scale Transformation Methods Using Asymmetric ICCs for IRT Equating. Supervisor.
3- Constanza Rojo (graduated, 2013): The Kernel Method of Equating and its Bayesian Nonparametric Counterpart: A comparison Study Under the Equivalent Groups Design. Supervisor.
4- Gionnella Ramenzoni (graduated, 2013): Exploring the use of Epanechnikov Kernel for test equating. Supervisor.
5- Gabriel Villalobos (graduated, 2013): On Bandwidth selection in kernel equating using the scores cumulative distribution functions. Supervisor
6- Genaro Olave (graduated, 2015): A Comparison of Alternative Kernels in Equating. Supervisor.
7- Gabriel Muñoz (graduated, 2015): Composición y análisis de los Tests de Habilidades Matemáticas y Razonamiento Cuantitativo en el marco del Programa de Inserción a la Matemática Universitaria - PIMU. Supervisor.
8- Sebastián Arenas (graduated, 2015): Estimación de la función equating equipercentil utilizando bootstrap Bayesiano. Supervisor.
-9 Constanza Cortés (graduated, 2015): Local equating y IRT Observed Score Equating utilizando la distribución Binomial de Poisson. Supervisor
10- Leonidas Espinoza (graduated, 2016): The estimation of test equating functions using Bernstein polynomials. Supervisor.
11- Juan Cortés (graduated, 2019): Un estudio sobre la tendencia de la validez predictiva de los factores de selección para los procesos de admisión 2013-2017 en universidades chilenas que integran el Sistema Único de Admisión del CRUCH. Supervisor.
12- Maximiliano Romero (graduated, 2020). Interpretación de parámetros mediante un análisis de identificabilidad en el modelo Rasch de crédito parcial. Supervisor.
13- Luis Fernández (graduated, 2022): “Modelos factoriales para el análisis de datos multidimen- sionales no-cognitivos”. Supervisor.
14- Hernán Robledo (graduated, 2022): “Modelos Bayesianos Flexibles para el Análisis de Datos Longitudinales”. Co-Supervisor (with Luis Gutiérrez as Supervisor).

PhD in Statistics

1- Inés Varas (Graduated, 2019). Linking measurements: a Bayesian nonparametric approach. Supervisor.
2- Eduardo Alarcón-Bustamante (Graduated, 2021). Predictive validity of selection tests with non-ignorable mechanism of missing data. Co-Supervisor (with Ernesto San Martín).
3.- Francisca Calderón (Graduated, 2021). Statistical methods for scoring and the comparability of measurements on polytomous response data in non-cognitive tests. Supervisor.
4.- Mauricio Toro: "Reassessing causal inference estimation from a partial identification perspective: theory and applications". Expected 2024. Co-Supervisor (with Ernesto San Martín as Supervisor)