Our Work

 

Psychometric Work

  • Dainis, A., Gonthier, I.,  & Smith, B. (2022, Oct.). Questions, Answers, and Discussion with an International Panel of Psychometricians. Roundtable discussion led at the 2022 European Association of Test Publishers Conference, London, UK. 

  • Dainis, A. (2022, Oct.). Secure, valid, and efficient: SME-based standard setting in a virtual environment. Presentation given at the 2022 European Association of Test Publishers conference, London, UK.  

  • Dainis, A. (2022, Oct.). Collaborate as a team while using Surpass remotely. Presentation given at the 2022 Surpass Conference, Liverpool, UK. 

  • Lokey, M. (2022, Oct.). Supporting Content Developers in Surpass: The Administrator's Perspective. Presentation given at the 2022 Surpass Conference, Liverpool, UK. 

  • Dainis, A. (2022, Sept.). Test Validity 101: Exam development concepts and application. Presentation given at the annual educational conference for CLEAR, Louisville, KY. 

  • Fischer, P., & Jakobsen, K. V. (2022). Witnessed inclusion improves identification of Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 40, 254 – 270. 

  • Dainis, A. (2021). To Validity and Beyond! A Handbook for Credentialing Exams (M. Maurice & E. Duer, Eds.). 

  • Dainis, A. (2020, Oct.). In-person vs. remote exam development: Supporting validity at every step. Paper presented at the 2020 BTL Surpass Conference, virtual.

  • Dainis, A. (2020, Sept.). [Webinar], Standard Setting Features in Surpass. Surpass Community Webinar.

  • Dainis, A., Duffy, N., & Burnett, T. (Hosts). (2020, May). [Audio podcast episode], Transitioning from physical item writing workshops to remote collaboration. Surpass Community Podcast. 

  • DeLong, M., Fischer, P., Biskup, C., Duchemin, J., Gagain, K., Harmon, S., Montwill, P., Roessel, R., (2020, April). Rapid Demand Curves and Delay Discounting in the Pigeon. Virginia Association for Psychological Science, Charlottesville, Virginia (Conference cancelled).

  • Dainis, A. & Legge. J. (2020, March). [Webinar], Online Invigilation for business as usual. Surpass Community Webinar.

  • Dainis, A., McAnulla, A., & Burnett, T. (Hosts). (2020, March). [Audio podcast episode], The Increasing Importance of Technology in Testing Development. Surpass Community Podcast.   

  • Dainis, A., Maurice, M.A., & Duffy, N. (2019, Nov.). Long distance relationships vs. moving in together: Are virtual or in-person approaches best for you and your Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)? Paper presented at the 2019 Institute for Credentialing Excellence Exchange Conference, San Diego, CA.

  • Dainis, A. (2019, Aug.). How to Speak Psychometrician: Validity, Reliability, and Defensibility of Credentials. PowerPoint presentation given at the annual meeting and exposition of the American Society of Association Executives, Columbus, OH. 

  • Dainis, A. (2019, Aug.) Validity for Certification Exams: Confirming Competence. Handout presented at the annual meeting and exposition of the American Society of Association Executives, Columbus, OH.

  • Nastos, C., Brice, K., DeLong, M., Fischer, P., Roessel, R., Townsend, E., Turner, A. & Holt, D. D., (2019, April). Reinforcer valuation: Pigeons in a rapid demand curve procedure. Virginia Association for Psychological Science, Newport News, Virginia.

  • Korinthia Nicolai, Charles Nastos, Metacognitive awareness: Does instructional method matter? (2018, April). Virginia Association for Psychological Science, Roanoke, Virginia.

  • Matthew Wolf, Charles Nastos, Lauren Capasso, Jessica Gelband, Xavier Lambert, Erin Townsend, Caroline Towse, Adriana Turner (2018, April.). Delay Discounting in the Pigeon: Conditioned Reinforcers, Virginia Association for Psychological Science, Roanoke, Virginia.

  • King, D., Ryan, A., Kantrowitz, T., Grelle, D., & Dainis, A. (2015). Mobile internet testing: An analysis of equivalence, individual differences, and reactions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 23(4), pp. 382-394.

  • Kantrowitz, T.M., & Dainis, A. (2014). How secure are unproctored pre-employment tests? Analysis of inconsistent test scores. Journal of Business and Psychology, 29, 605-616.  

  • Dainis, A. (2013, April). Time and time again: A combination approach to setting a test-level timer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, Houston, TX.

  • Dainis, A. (2013, Feb.). Cheating on the internet: Detection and prevalence in employment testing. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 

  • Kerry, M., Dainis, A., & Kantrowitz, T. (2012, April). Cross-cultural biodata: Toward a common  ground. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, San Diego, CA. 

  • Dainis, A., Borneman, M., & Grauer, E. (2009, April). Randomizing item and response option order on cognitive tests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, New Orleans, LA. 

  • Dainis, A., Grelle, D., & Hurst, L. (2009, April). Optimizing test length and measurement precision: computer adaptive versus dynamically administered tests. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychologists, New Orleans, LA. 

  • Dainis, A., & Gutierrez, S. (2009, Feb.). An examination of differential item functioning as a step in the computer-adaptive test development process, utilizing executive-level cognitive ability data. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Test Publishers, Dallas, TX. 

  • Dainis, A. M., Swerdzewski, P. J., & Harmes, J. C. (2007, April). The effect of innovative item placement on computer-based test motivation and performance. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL. 

  • Fetzer, M., Dainis, A., & Lambert, S. (2007). Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT). Atlanta, GA: PreVisor.  

 

Evaluation Work

  • Hartzler-Weakley, K., Duer, E. & McKean, K. Developing a Tool for Monitoring and Evaluating a Network Approach to Innovation: Lessons from Year 1 of the SexEdVA Disability-Inclusive Sexual Health Network (DSHN). Prev Sci (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01516-2

  • Duer, E. (2022, Nov.). Left Out on Both Sides: Getting creative to make evaluation research feasible for community-based organizations to conduct, and accessible for people with disabilities to participate in [Conference presentation]. AEA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

  • Metzler Sawin, E., Switzer, T., Robinson. J., Lam, C. & Duer, E. (2022, Nov.). Navigating the system: Overcoming implementation challenges in juvenile detention centers to deliver sexual health programming to adjudicated youth [Conference presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 

  • Hartzler-Weakley, K., Dainis, A., McKean, K (2022, Nov.). Navigating the system: Overcoming implementation challenges in juvenile detention centers to deliver sexual health programming to ajudicated youth [Conference presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 

  • Hartzler-Weakley, K., Dainis, A., McKean, K (2022, Nov.). Let’s take it to the next level: Evaluating the impact of an online, gamified sexuality education program on adolescent sexual health risk behaviors [Conference presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.  

  • Metzler Sawin, E., Switzer, T., Robinson. J., Lam, C. & Duer, E. (2022, Nov.). If you train them, the jobs will come: Preparing the undergraduate nursing workforce to provide culturally sensitive primary care services in rural settings [Conference presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 

  • Metzler Sawin, E., Switzer, T., Robinson. J., Lam, C. & Duer, E. (2022, Nov.). On Hollers and Gaps: Filling the need for culturally competent primary care nurses in rural Virginia through the UPCARE Project [Conference presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. 

  • Metzler Sawin, E., Switzer, T., Robinson. J., Lam, C. & Duer, E. (2022, Nov.). Depending on each other: The UPCARE approach to an academic-practice partnership to invest in a nursing workforce from and for rural and underserved communities [Conference presentation]. APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

  • Duer, E. (2022, July). In the Weeds: Growing Organizational Capacity to Meet the Sexual Health Education Needs of Youth with Disabilities through Evaluation Skill Building [Conference presentation]. OPA TPP Grantee Conference (Virtual). 

  • Dainis, A. (2022, June). The "e" is not just for Assessment anymore: Achieving validity through virtual assessment development processes. Workshop to be presented at the 2022 International e-Assessment Conference and Awards, London, UK. 

  • Duer, E. (2022, April). Retention Rates Overboard! Testing multi-point data collection strategies in stormy waters [Conference presentation]. EERS Conference (Virtual).

  • Duer, E., & McKean, K. (2021, Nov.). Using Incentives to Reach Teens: Evaluating a sexual health education program [Conference presentation]. AEA Annual Meeting (Virtual). 

  • Hartzler-Weakley, K.M., & Dainis, A. (2021, Oct.). Knowing when to look: A comparison of data collection timetables in the evaluation of an online sexuality education program. Roundtable discussion led at the 2021 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 

  • Hartzler-Weakley, K.M., & Dainis, A. (2021, Oct.). Meeting them where they are: Effectiveness of an online, gamified sexuality education intervention with high-risk youth across rural service settings. Research paper presented at the 2021 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. 

  • Duer, E. (2021, June). Asking Evaluation Questions: Getting Creative with Measurement [PowerPoint, presentation recording]. Disability-inclusive Sexual Health Network Annual Summit. 

  • Duer, E. & Maurice, M. (2021). 2020 Lynchburg Youth Survey: 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students from Lynchburg City Schools. Lynchburg City School District.

  • Hartzler-Weakley, K.M. & Dainis, A. (2019, April). Examining the impact of a gamified sexuality education curriculum across gender. Research paper presented at the National Sexuality Education Conference, Newark, NJ. 

  • Wallis, A., & Duer, E. (2018). Annual Evaluation Report FY17: Healthy Start and Empowerment Family Support Programs. Visiting Nurse Services of Iowa 

  • Dainis, A. (2017, June). Psychometrics 101 for Program Evaluation. Powerpoint presentation given at the Family and Youth Services Bureau Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Grantee Conference, St. Louis, Missouri 

  • Duer, E. (2016). Cultural Responsiveness in Domestic Violence Fatality Review: A Guide to Self-Assessment. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

  • Duer, E., Bonniwell, B. & Villalba, L. (2015, May). Diverse Communities and Fatality Review [PowerPoint]. National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative Conference.

  • Duer, E. (2015). Family and Intimate Partner Homicide in Virginia’s Cities and Counties: 1999-2013. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

  • Duer, E. (2015). 2014-2015 Virginia Statewide Needs Assessment on Underserved Victims of Sexual & Domestic Violence. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

  • Mathews, H., Hjelm, R. & Duer, E. (2015). Violence at Home: The FACT) Report [Annual Report]. Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia 

  • Ward, K, Patrick A., Allchin, A. & Duer, E. (2015). Virginia’s Lethal Loopholes: Policy Solutions to Domestic Homicides Committed with Firearms. Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence. 

  • Mathews, H., Hjelm, R. & Duer, E. (2014). Violence at Home: The FACT) Report [Annual Report]. Family and Children’s Trust Fund of Virginia 

  • Duer, E. (2014). Family and intimate partner homicide: A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and circumstances surrounding family and intimate partner homicide in Virginia [Annual Report]. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

  • Duer, E. (2013). Guidance Document on Evaluating the Impact of Virginia Domestic Violence Fatality Review Teams. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

  • Duer, E. (2013). Best Practices in Fatality Review [PowerPoint]. Department of Defense’s Annual Fatality Review Summit

  • Duer, E. (2013). Family and intimate partner homicide: A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and circumstances surrounding family and intimate partner homicide in Virginia [Annual Report]. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

  • Duer, E. (2012). Family and intimate partner homicide: A descriptive analysis of the characteristics and circumstances surrounding family and intimate partner homicide in Virginia [Annual Report]. Virginia Department of Health Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

  • Duer, E. (2010, Nov.). Enrolling low-income families in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Reducing barriers to eating locally through access and education [PowerPoint]. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. 

  • Duer, E. (2009). Low-income access to fresh produce: Evaluation planning for the Local Foods Connection [Poster Presentation]. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.