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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Psychology

Sunbeom Kwon

Research Interests

Psychometrics
  • Item Response Theory (IRT) & Response-time Modeling, Process Data Analysis, Fairness & Validity in Automated Scoring
Latent Variable Modeling
  • Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), Latent Class Mediation Analysis
Applied Statistics
  • Bayesian Analysis, Copula Models

Education

Statistics, MS, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Psychology, MA, Sungkyunkwan University

Psychology and Statistics, BA, Sungkyunkwan University

Awards and Honors

Psychometric Society Travel Award (sponsored by Duolingo), IMPS 2025.

Graduate College Conference Presentation Award, 2025.

Hobson Fellowship, Department of Psychology, 2021-2025.

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students, Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning, 2023.

Courses Taught

PSYC 490 Measurement & Test Develop Lab

PSYC 301 Psychological Statistics

PSYC 235 Intro to Statistics

Ida Lawrence Research Summer Internship at ETS (2024)

Recent Publications

Kwon, S., Zhang, S., Köhn, H. F., & Zhang, B. (2025). MCMC stopping rules in latent variable modelling. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 78(1), 225-257.
Choi, J., Kwon, S., & Zhang, B. (2025). A Structural After Measurement Approach to Bifactor Predictive Models. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 32(2), 173-186.
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Psychology

308 Psychology Bldg, MC-716

603 East Daniel St.

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 333-0631

Email: psych@illinois.edu

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