Catherine Close
I
am a doctoral student in Educational Psychology with a focus on
quantitative methods in education (QME). I have worked on
research projects focusing on college readiness/awareness,
examining factor structures of intelligence tests, measuring the
average speed of numerical reasoning etc. My current interest is
in exploring cognitive skills and their role in testing.
Prior to coming to the University of Minnesota, I completed a master’s degree in Education at Hamline University.
Selected Publications
Semmes, R., Davison, M. , & Close, C. (In review). Modeling Individual Differences in Numerical Reasoning Speed as a Random Effect of Response Time Limits.
Davison, M. L., Kim, S., & Close, C. N., (2009) Factor Analytic Modeling of Within Person Variation in Score Profiles. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 44(5), 668-687.
Selected Presentations
Gonzalez, C. J., & Close, C. (April, 2010). Parent encouragement and adolescent formal volunteering. Graduate Student Poster Session for Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Conference. Philadelphia, PA.
Close, C.N. (April, 2009). Measuring Average Speed of Numerical Reasoning. Graduate Student Poster Session for AERA/NCME annual meeting.
Close, C.N. (June, 2009). Measuring Average Speed of Numerical Reasoning. Graduate Student Poster Session for IES annual meeting, National Harbor, MD.
Close, C.N. (August, 2009). Modeling Individual Differences in Numerical Reasoning Speed as a Random Effect of Response Time Limits. Graduate Student Poster Session for APA annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Internships
Internship: Educational Testing Service. (Summer, 2010). Human Constructed-Response Scoring group, under the mentorship of Catherine McClellan and Jilliam Joe. ETS, Princeton, NJ.
June 2010