Jorge N. Tendeiro

Assistant Professor

University of Groningen

Biography

Jorge N. Tendeiro is an assistant professor at the department of Psychometrics and Statistics, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests include item response theory in general and person fit analysis in particular. He is also interested in the Bayesian statistical framework.

Interests

Item Response Theory
Person Fit Analysis
Bayesian Statistics

Education

PhD in Statistics, 2010

University of Groningen
MSc in Applied Statistics, 2005

University of Porto
BSc in Mathematics, 2001

University of Porto

Featured Publications

Mathematical evidence for the adequacy of Bayesian optional stopping

The practice of sequentially testing a null hypothesis as data are collected until the null hypothesis is rejected is known as optional …

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Henk A. L. Kiers, Don van Ravenzwaaij

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A review of issues about null hypothesis Bayesian testing

Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) has been under scrutiny for decades. The literature shows overwhelming evidence of a large …

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Henk A. L. Kiers

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GGUM: An R package for fitting the generalized graded unfolding model

In this article, the newly created GGUM R package is presented. This package finally brings the generalized graded unfolding model …

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Sebastian Castro-Alvarez

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PerFit: An R package for person-fit analysis in IRT

Checking the validity of test scores is important in both educational and psychological measurement. Person-fit analysis provides …

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Rob R. Meijer, A. Susan M. Niessen

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First and second-order derivatives for CP and INDSCAL

In this paper we provide the means to analyse the second-order differential structure of optimization functions concerning …

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Mohammed Bennani Dosse, Jos M. F. Ten Berge

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Recent Publications

Improving the measurement of functional somatic symptoms with Item Response Theory

More than 40 questionnaires have been developed to assess functional somatic symptoms (FSS), but there are several methodological …

Angélica Acevedo-Mesa, Jorge N. Tendeiro, Annelieke Roest, Judith G. M. Rosmalen, Rei Monden

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Mathematical evidence for the adequacy of Bayesian optional stopping

The practice of sequentially testing a null hypothesis as data are collected until the null hypothesis is rejected is known as optional …

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Henk A. L. Kiers, Don van Ravenzwaaij

Code Preprint

On the practical consequences of misfit in Mokken scaling

Mokken scale analysis is a popular method to evaluate the psychometric quality of clinical and personality questionnaires and their …

Daniela R. Crisan, Jorge N. Tendeiro, Rob R. Meijer

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Talks & Workshops

An introduction to Bayesian statistics

This is a 2-hour workshop for the Graduate School of Medical Sciences at the UMCG, Groningen. It takes place online (and perhaps also …

Thu, Oct 29, 2020 15:00 — 17:00 University Medical Center Groningen

Jorge N. Tendeiro

Part 1 Part 2 Github

Robustness of Bayesian null hypothesis testing under optional stopping

A lot has already been said against the use of optional stopping (i.e., sequential testing) in the frequentist framework. On the other …

Tue, Jul 14, 2020 11:20 — 11:55 IMPS 2020 Virtual meeting

Jorge N. Tendeiro, Henk A. L. Kiers, Don van Ravenzwaaij

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Introduction to survival analysis

In this one-hour presentation I aim at offering a gentle introduction to survival analysis. I present introductory material which is …

Wed, May 20, 2020 14:00 — 15:00 University of Groningen

Jorge N. Tendeiro

Slides GitHub

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Contact

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