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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

A Review of Applications of the Bayes Factor in Psychological Research

The last 25 years have shown a steady increase in attention for the Bayes factor as a tool for hypothesis evaluation and model …
Daniel W. Heck, Udo Boehm, Florian Böing-Messing, Paul-Christian Bürkner, Koen Derks, Zoltan Dienes, Qianrao Fu, Xin Gu, Diana Karimova, Henk A. L. Kiers, Irene Klugkist, Rebecca M. Kuiper, Michael D. Lee, Roger Leenders, Hidde J. Leplaa, Maximilian Linde, Alexander Ly, Marlyne Meijerink-Bosman, Mirjam Moerbeek, Joris Mulder, Bence Palfi, Felix D. Schönbrodt, Jorge N. Tendeiro, Donvan den Bergh, Caspar van Lissa, Don van Ravenzwaaij, Wolf Vanpaemel, Eric-Jan Wagenmakers, Donald R. Williams, Mariëlle Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, Herbert Hoijtink
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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
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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
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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

  • +31 50 36 36953
  • Grote Kruisstraat 2/1, Groningen, 9712 TS
  • Enter Heymans building and take the stairs to office 0206 on floor 2
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