Hua-Hua Chang

Terminal Degree

Ph.D. in Statistics, 1992, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M.S.   in Statistics, 1988, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Diploma in Mathematics, 1980, East China Normal University 

Representative Publications

Chang, H. (2004). Understanding Computerized Adaptive Testing – From Robbins-Monro to Lord and beyond. In David Kaplan (Ed.) The SAGE handbook of quantitative methodology for the social sciences (pp. 117-133), Sage Publications.www.sagepub.com/book.aspx?pid=10048

Chang, H. & van der Linden, W.J. Optimal stratification of item pools in a-stratified adaptive testing. Applied Psychological Measurement 27, 262-274, 2003

Chang, H. & Zhang, J. Hypergeometric family and item overlap rates in computerized adaptive testing. Psychometrika 67, 387-398, 2002.

Chang, H. & Ying, Z. A-stratified multistage computerized adaptive testing. Applied Psychological Measurement, 23, 1999,211-222.

Chang, H., Mazzeo, J. & Roussos, R. Detect DIF for polytomously scored items: An adaptation of Shealy-Stout's SIBTEST procedure.  Journal of Educational Measurement, 33, 333-353, 1996.

Recent Awards

• Jan. 27, 2005       Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant Award

Boards, Committees and Associations

• American Statistical Association
• American Educational Research Association
• Chinese Association of Educational Statistics and Measurement
• National Council on Measurement in Education
• Psychometric Society

Current Research Projects and Grants

Principal Investigator             $77,943        Received in June 2002

U.S. Department of Education Application for a Grant under the National Assessment of Educational Progress Secondary Analysis Program

(CFDA Number: 84.902B)

Proposal Title: Improving the DIF Detection Procedures for NAEP Data Analysis 

Principal Investigator             $180,000      Received in March 2003      

NSF, Division of Social And Economic Sciences (Program Name: Method, Measure & Stats) 

Proposal Title: Improving Computerized Adaptive Testing In the United States 

Principal Investigator    $120,000               Tentatively Accepted

Co-PI Jeff Douglas, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College Board

Proposal Title: Joining Diagnostic Assessment with Large-Scale College Board Tests

Current Courses

Item Response Theory

Introduction to Statistics

Correlation & Regression Methods

Educational Measurement & Evaluation

Multivariate Methods