Curriculum Vitae. M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2003).

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1 Curriculum Vitae General Information Name: Jorge Andrés González Burgos. Place and date of birth: Santiago (Chile), December 23, Nationality: Chilean. Marital Status: Married (One daughter). Work Address: Centro de Medición MIDE UC, Vicuña Mackenna 4860 Macul - Santiago - Chile RUT: k [email protected] Academic Possitions Adjoint assistant professor, School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (since March 2008). Adjoint assistant professor, Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (since August 2008). Researcher, Centro de Medicion MIDE UC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (since March 2008). Education Undergraduate Studies Bachelor s degree in Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2000). Statistician, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2001) Postgraduate Studies M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2003). Thesis entitled: A New Estimation Method for the One Parameter Logistic Model. PhD. in Sciences (Orientation in statistics), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2007). Thesis entitled: Random Effects Approaches of Individual Differences in Complex Models for Categorical Data. Supervisor: Dr. Paul De Boeck, Dr. Francis Tuerlinckx. Research Interests Statistical modeling in psychometrics, especially under the item response theory approach (IRT). Models with latent variables, generalized linear mixed models, structural equation models. Numerical analysis and its use to solve estimation problems in statistics. Particularly, the use of Quasi-Monte Carlo techniques applied in statistics. 1

2 Research experience Research assistant: Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Research topic: Nonlinear Mixed Models for Educational Measurement. Funded by: DIPUC Proyecto 280/2002, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Period: Researcher: Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Research topic: Modeling sources of individual differences: An application to situational feeling responses. Funded by: Funds for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO) Grant No. G Period: Researcher. position). Centro de Medicion MIDE UC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Current Visiting researcher: Invited to work as visiting researcher in the Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Faculty of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Period July Research projects FONDEDOC DGP/075/2003 (Participating as research assistant). Research topic: Mémoire sur la probabilité des causes par les événements de Laplace: traducción y comentario matemáticofilosófico. Period: PISA y la Calidad de Educación: Análisis Comparativo entre Chile y países equivalentes usando Modelos Lineales Jerárquicos (Co-Researcher). Funded by: SIMCE, Ministerio de Educación del Gobierno de Chile. Period: July July CORFO-INNOVA Desarrollo de pruebas estandarizadas y de una metodología de valor agregado para evaluar el progreso de los aprendizajes en Matemática y Lenguaje de estudiantes de segundo ciclo de enseñanza básica (5o a 8o) (Participating as researcher). Period: August August Funded by CORFO, Gobierno Chileno. Estrategias de medición y análisis de datos educacionales usando modelos con variables latentes (Participating as researcher). Funded by Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Period: Alfabetización en establecimientos chilenos subvencionados (Participating as Academic Assistant). Funded by: Ministerio de Educación del Gobierno de Chile. Period: Since August Grants Scholarship Matricula de Honor. Granted by the Faculty of Mathematics (PUC) to the best student in each promotion. Scholarship Beca SBALAM. Granted by th Belgian Government to outstanding latinamerican students to pursue postgraduates studies in Belgium. PREI. This is an monetary incentive to the productivity in research. It is assigned according to the number and quality of publications. I have received it in January

3 Publications Papers in referred journal González, J., Tuerlinckx, F., De Boeck, P., & Cools, R. (2006). Numerical integration in logisticnormal models. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 51, del Pino, G., San Martín, E., González, J., & De Boeck, P. (2008). On the relationships between sum score based estimation and joint maximum likelihood estimation. Psychometrika, 73, González, J., De Boeck, P., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2008). A double-structure structural equation model for three-mode data. Psychological Methods, 13, González, J., Preiss, D., & San Martin, E. (2008). Evaluando el discurso docente: desarrollo de un modelo Rasch a partir de evidencia audiovisual de profesores chilenos de primer ciclo de educación básica en el área lenguaje. Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluación Educativa 1(2), González, J., Tuerlinckx, F., & De Boeck, P. (2009). Analyzing structural relations in multivariate dyadic binary data. Applied Multivariate Research, 13, San Martin, E.,González, J., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2009). Identified parameters, parameter of interest and their relationship. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspective, 7, González, J. (2010). Bayesian methods in psychological research. The case of IRT. International Journal of Psychological Research, 3(1), San Martin, E, González, J. (2010). Bayesian Identifiability: Contributions to an Inconclusive Debate. Chilean Journal of Statistics, 1(2), Chapter in book González, J., & San Martin, E. (2009). Performance in the PISA test: Is it possible to understand the scope and limitations of comparisons between countries?. In Leonor Cariola, Gabriela Cares and Ema Lagos (Eds.)What does PISA tell us about the education of high school students in Chile? New analyses and perspectives on the PISA 2006 results. Ministry of Education, Curriculum and Assessment Unit. In proceedings Del Pino, G., González, J., & Balazs, K. (2003). Random-effect models for guessing. Paper presented at the 13rd International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Cagliari, Italy (July 2003). González, J., San Martín, E., & Del Pino, G. (2003). A New Estimation Method for the One Parameter Logistic Model. Bilateral Workshop on Psychometrics Flanders-Chile, Leuven, July, 2003) González, J. (2003). An alternative form for the estimation of the item characteristic curves in IRT models. XXX National Statistical Meetings, Valdivia, Chile (October, 2003). González, J. (2004). Bayesian statistics in educational measurement: Standard Settings defined through an IRT model. International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Via del Mar - Valparaiso, Chile, May, 23-27,

4 González J., De Boeck, P., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2006). A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data. Proceedings of the First Leuven Statistical Day (Theme: Mixed Models), June 12, 2006 Leuven, Belgium. González J., De Boeck, P., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2006). Analyzing three-mode data with a doublestructure structural equation model. 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) joint with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM). July 2-5, Budapest, Hungary, Work submitted for publication, in progress and/or under review González, J., Tuerlinckx, F., & De Boeck, P. Crossed random effects models for the analysis of complex designs. (Under review). González, J., Preiss, D., & San Martin, E. Teacher-talk at middle school mathematics lessonopenings in Chile: A Rasch-Poisson model analysis of video-survey data. (Work in progress). San Martin, E, González, J., Del Pino, E., Manzi, J. Value-added models for school performance under large school variability and high selectivity. (Work in progress). San Martin, E.,González, J., & Tuerlinckx, F. A note on the identification of the 3PL model. (Work in progress). González, J., San Martin, E.& Preiss, D. A Bayesian Semi-Parametric Rasch Count Poisson Model for Characterizing Teacher-Talks Practice in Mathematics Using Video-Tape information (Work in progress). Janssen, R., San Martin, E., & González, J. Item-centered procedures for standard setting in the Rasch Poisson counts model (work in progress). Contributed talks Una Implementación Bayesiana de un Modelo de Imputación Múltiple para Datos Faltantes. XVIII Jornadas Nacionales de Estadística. October 2001, Antofagasta. A Bayesian model for multiple imputations in a transport survey. First Latin American Bayesian Congress COBAL. February 2002, Ubatuba, Brasil. Random-Effecs models for guessing. Cagliari, Italy July 7-10, th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society. A new estimation method for the One Parameter Logistic Model. First Chile-Flanders Bilateral Workshop. Leuven, Belgium, July 12-13, An alternative form for the estimation of the item characteristic curves in IRT models. Jornadas nacionales de estadística, Valdivia, Chile (October, 2003). XXX Bayesian statistics in educational measurement: Standard Settings defined through an IRT model. International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Via del Mar - Valparaiso, Chile, May, 23-27, Numerical integration in IRT models. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2005, Tilburg, The Netherlands, July 05-08,

5 A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data. First Leuven Statistical Day (Theme: Mixed Models), June 12, 2006 Leuven, Belgium. A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2006, Montreal, Canada, June 14-17, Analyzing three-mode data with a double-structure structural equation model. 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) joint with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM). July 2-5, Budapest, Hungary, Crossed random-effects models for the analysis of interactions in complex designs. 17th Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS) winter conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, December 12-13, Value-added modeling of school performance under large school variability and high selectivity. The 16th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, St John s College, Cambridge, 20th to 24th of July 2009 Mixed Modeling Approach to Value-Added Analysis: features, Problems, and Recent Developments in the Chilean Case. Simposio sobre Modelamiento Estadístico 2009 (ex-smab). Instituto de Sistemas Complejos, Valparaíso, December 17-18, The Use of Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration for the Estimation of Generalized Linear Mixed Models. X Jornadas Nacionales de Bioestadística / II Workshop Bayesiano. Facultad de Matemáticas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, January 12-15, Mixed Modeling Approach to Value-Added Analysis: features, Problems, and Recent Developments in the Chilean Case. Second meeting of EARLI SIG 18; Educational Effectiveness: Models, Methods and Applications, Leuven, Belgium, August 25-27, Attended meetings XII Jornadas Nacionales de Estadística, Valdivia, Chile (October, 2000). XIII Jornadas Nacionales de Estadística, Antofagasta, Chile (October, 2001). V Seminario Chileno de Estadística Bayesiana. Antofagasta, Chile. (October, 2001) First Latin American Bayesian Congress.Ubatuba, Brasil, February, 3-7, Fifth Latin American Congress of Statistic Societies. November 1, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 28 to 13th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society. Cagliari, Italy, July 7-10, The first Chile-Flanders Bilateral Workshop. Leuven, Belgium, July 12-13, XXX Jornadas nacionales de estadística, Valdivia, Chile, 8-10 October, International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Via del Mar - Valparaiso, Chile, May, 23-27, International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2005, Tilburg, The Netherlands, July 05-08,

6 The 3rd International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) world conference on Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. Limassol Cyprus, October 28-31, First Leuven Statistical Day (Theme: Mixed Models), Leuven, Belgium, June 12, International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2006, Montreal, Canada, June 14-17, th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) joint with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM). July 2-5, Budapest, Hungary, th Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS) winter conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, December 12-13, The Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA) Equating Workshop. University of Iowa, Iowa, June 22-26, The 16th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), St John s College, Cambridge, 20th to 24th of July Simposio sobre Modelamiento Estadístico 2009 (ex-smab). Instituto de Sistemas Complejos, Valparaíso, December 17-18, X Jornadas Nacionales de Bioestadística / II Workshop Bayesiano. Facultad de Matemáticas, P. Universidad Católica de Chile, January 12-15, Second meeting of EARLI SIG 18; Educational Effectiveness: Models, Methods and Applications, Leuven, Belgium, August 25-27, Teaching Experience As lecturer Lecturer, Statistics. Course given to second year students in Business Engineering. Facultad de Negocios y Marketing, Universidad del Pacífico. Period: Lecturer, Categorical Data Analysis. Undergraduate level. Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Period: 2003, 2008, Lecturer, Measurement instruments and theory in psychology and education. Postgraduate level Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Matemáticas y Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Jointly taught with Jorge Manzi and Ernesto San Martín Period: 2008, 2009, Lecturer, Identification problems in econometrics and psychometrics. Postgraduate level Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Jointly taught with Ernesto San Martín Period:

7 Lecturer, Tercer Taller del Programa de Evaluación Nacional de Logros de Aprendizaje Escolar: Análisis Estadístico y Teoría de la medición. WorldBank. Jointly taught with Jorge Manzi. Period: Lecturer, Multivariate analysis. Undergraduate level. Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Period: As teaching assistant Assistant, Departamento de Estadística, Facultad de Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ( ) in: Regression Analysis, Statistics Methods in Econometrics, Probability Models, Multivariate Analysis, Statistical Consulting, Explanatory Data Analysis (courses given to undergraduate students in statistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) Statistical Inference (course given to postgraduate students in statistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) Statistics, Probability (courses given to second year students in Civil Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile). Assistant, Private Chilean Universities ( ) in: Calculus (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad Bernardo O Higgins). Calculus (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad Finis Terrae). Calculus (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad del Desarrollo). Linear Algebra (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad del Desarrollo.) Thesis supervision Title: Análisis de correspondencias múltiples para el análisis de clases sociales. Written by Adrián Leguina. Thesis presented to obtain the degree of MSc in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2009). Referee for articles submitted in international journals Statistical Modelling of Neighbour Treatment Effects in Aquaculture Clinical Trials. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics (ASA). Member of Doctoral jury Title Pseudo-likelihood Approach to Item Response Theory Models: Theory and Applications by Eduardo Rodriguez. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. December

8 Referee of projects Fondecyt: Referee of projects presented to Concurso de Iniciación en Investigación (2008). Title: Generación de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales con variables asociadas a la eficacia escolar en establecimientos secundarios municipales que operan en contextos de vulnerabilidad social. Programa de las naciones unidas para el desarrollo (PNUD): Technical referee. Title: Optimización De Los Procedimientos Psicométricos Para el Linking de Puntuaciones Simce. Consulting and Professional Activities Multiple Imputation for EOD of travels in Santiago, Facultad de Ingenieria, Departamento de Transportes, PUC-Chile Forecast models for air quality: PM10 in Santiago, Facultad de Ingenieria Departamento de Quimica ambiental, PUC-Chile Analysis of different kind of skins, Vichy Laboratories, 2001 Short Term Consultant appointment to the staff of the World Bank for an assignment with the Human Development Division. From January 20, 2009 to March 13, Languages Spanish (Mother tongue) English (Advanced). Dutch (Basic). References Dr. Paul de Boeck. Department of Psychology, K.U.Leuven, Belgium ( [email protected]). Dr. Francis Tuerlinckx. Department of Psychology, K.U.Leuven, Belgium ( [email protected]). Dr. Ronald Cools. Department of Computer Science, K.U.Leuven, Belgium ( [email protected]). Dr. Jan Beirlant. Department of Mathematics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium ( [email protected]). 8