Biography:Klaas Sijtsma

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Klaas Sijtsma is a Dutch psychologist. He is an emeritus professor at Tilburg University in Netherlands.[1][2]

Sijtsma received his Bachelors and doctorate degrees from the University of Groningen in 1982 and 1988, respectively. He was a faculty member of University of Groningen, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University. He joined Tilburg University as a faculty member in 1997.[citation needed][3][4]

Sijtsma was President of the Psychometric Society (2010-2011),[5] Dean of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (2011-2017), Rector Magnificus of Tilburg University (2019-2020),[1][6] and the chair of the Dutch Committee on Tests and Testing or COTAN (2005-2010).[7]

Sijtsma published more than 200 articles and book chapters on a variety of topics in psychology and psychometrics. He is a co-author of three books on psychometrics including a Dutch-language textbook on test theory (with Pieter Drenth), Introduction to Nonparametric Item Response Theory (with Ivo W Molenaar),[8][9] Measurement Models for Psychological Attributes (with L. Andries van der Ark),[10] and Never Waste a Good Crisis Lessons Learned from Data Fraud and Questionable Research Practices.[11]

Sijtsma received the Career Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Psychometric Society in 2023.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Klaas Sijtsma, Tilburg University" (in en). 2023-07-25. https://www.psychometricsociety.org/keynote-speaker/klaas-sijtsma-tilburg-university. 
  2. ↑ Wijsen, Lisa D. (2023). "Klaas Sijtsma" (in en). Twenty Interviews With Psychometric Society Presidents. Springer Books. pp. 261–273. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-34858-7_20. https://ideas.repec.org//h/spr/sprchp/978-3-031-34858-7_20.html. 
  3. ↑ "Klaas Sijtsma receives honorary medal for his special merits to Tilburg University" (in en). https://universonline.nl/nieuws/2022/06/01/klaas-sijtsma-receives-honorary-medal-for-his-special-merits-to-tilburg-university. 
  4. ↑ "Klaas Sijtsma, Tilburg University; A Century of Reliability: Issues and Concerns" (in en). https://www.psychometricsociety.org/invited-speaker/klaas-sijtsma-tilburg-university-0. 
  5. ↑ "Past, Present, and Incoming Presidents" (in en). 2019-12-03. https://www.psychometricsociety.org/post/past-present-and-incoming-presidents. 
  6. ↑ "Prof. dr. Klaas Sijtsma, Rector Magnificus" (in nl). https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/nl/over/historie-en-academisch-erfgoed/rectores-magnifici/klaas-sijtsma. 
  7. ↑ Sijtsma, Klaas (2018-01-23). "Never Waste a Good Crisis: Toward Responsible Data Management". https://web.edu.hku.hk/f/event/4626/KS%20-%2020180123.pdf. 
  8. ↑ Sijtsma, Klaas; WMolenaar, Ivo (2002) (in en). Introduction to Nonparametric Item Response Theory. SAGE Publications, Inc.. ISBN 978-1-4129-8467-6. https://methods.sagepub.com/book/mono/introduction-to-nonparametric-item-response-theory/toc. 
  9. ↑ "Book Review" (in en). 2023-02-13. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychometrika/article/abs/k-sijtsma-iw-molenaar-introduction-to-nonparametric-item-response-modeling-measurement-methods-for-the-social-sciences-vol-5-thousand-oaks-ca-sage-publications-168-pp-2002-cloth-6995-isbn-0761908129-paperback-3195-isbn-0761908137/4E4CE303698D8C190CE982F30810B43C. 
  10. ↑ Sijtsma, Klaas; van der Ark, L. Andries (2020). Measurement models for psychological attributes. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis, CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-367-42452-7. 
  11. ↑ Sijtsma, Klaas (2023). Never Waste a Good Crisis: Lessons Learned from Data Fraud and Questionable Research Practices. Milton: CRC Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-032-18374-9. 
  12. ↑ "Klaas Sijtsma receives Psychometric Society Career Award for Lifetime Achievement" (in en). https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/current/news/more-news/klaas-sijtsma-receives-career-award-lifetime-achievement. 
  13. ↑ "Congratulations to 2023 Award Winners!" (in en). 2023-02-13. https://www.psychometricsociety.org/article/congratulations-2023-award-winners. 



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