What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Psychometrician/Statistician position at National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners?
Summary
The National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) is seeking an experienced Associate Psychometrician/Statistician to perform psychometric operations including test design, form assignment, standard setting, item and test analysis. This also includes test form assembly utilizing the Automated Test Assembly method, scaling, equating and reporting for NBOME examinations.
Responsibilities:
- Following the processing and analysis of existing products to ensure highest quality and integrity, including test design, test assembly, standard setting, item and test analysis, equating, scoring and score reporting.
- Designs, conducts, and coordinates psychometric research.
- Submits research for professional presentation and publication related to the validity and defensibility of NBOME services and testing products.
- Internal coordination of departmental planning; IT needs; cross-functional teams; activities in support of psychometric analysis and research; other internal processes.
- Willing and able to work some weekends for onsite meetings.
- Other duties as requested by supervisor or senior leadership staff.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree required; PhD preferred.
- Minimum of two years of work experience as a psychometrician related to psychological and educational testing required.
- Experience or education must include utilizing psychometric models and methods, statistical procedures, and applications of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT) and/or the Rasch model for test design and analysis.
- Strong background in applying CTT and IRT to large-scale testing programs preferred.
- Proven ability to analyze and solve measurement problems in testing operations.
- Experience in designing, conducting, summarizing and presenting psychometric studies preferred.
- Strong data analysis skills and scientific computing skills using (e.g. SAS, R, SQL and WINSTEPS).
- Ability to work well with exam committees and interdepartmental colleagues.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- This position has a hybrid work schedule so candidate must live in the Chicago area.
Salary Range Information
The salary range for this role is $75,000 to $85,000. This range may be modified in the future.
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000