Susanne Frick submitted her thesis in October 2021 and successfully defended it on 09 December 2021.
Primary Advisor: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Meiser (University of Mannheim)
Additional Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Eunike Wetzel, Prof. Dr. Christoph Klauer
Dissertation Thesis: Item Response Theory for the Analysis and Construction of Multidimensional Forced-Choice Tests
Research Areas
- Item Response Theory
- psychometrics
- response formats in psychological assessment
- response biases
Publications
Frick, S. (2022). Modeling Faking in the Multidimensional Forced-Choice Format: The Faking Mixture Model. Psychometrika, 87, 773–794 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11336-021-09818-6
Frick, S., Brown, A. A., & Wetzel, E. (2021). Investigating the Nnrmativity of trait estimates from multidimensional forced-choice data. Multivariate Behavioral Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2021.1938960
Wetzel, E., Frick, S., & Brown, A. (2020). Is the multidimensional forced-choice format fake-proof? Comparing the susceptibility of the multidimensional forced-choice format and the rating scale format to socially desirable responding. Psychological Assessment.
Wetzel, E., & Frick, S. (2020). Comparing the validity of trait estimates from the multidimensional forced-choice format and the rating scale format. Psychological Assessment, 32(3), 239–253. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000781
Wetzel, E., Frick, S., & Greiff, S. (2020). The multidimensional forced-choice format as an alternative for rating scales: Current state of the research. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 36(4), 511–515. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000609
Sass, R., Frick, S., Reips, U.-D., & Wetzel, E. (2018). Taking the test-taker’s perspective: Response process and test motivation in multidimensional forced-choice vs. rating scale instruments. Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191118762049
Talks
Frick, S., Brown, A., & Wetzel, E. (2019, December). Normativität von Traitschätzern aus mehrdimensionalen Forced-Choice Daten – Eine Simulationsstudie. Talk given in the research colloquium of the department Methods II: Evaluation and Diagnostics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg.
Frick, S., Brown, A., & Wetzel, E. (2019, September). Normativität von Traitschätzern aus mehrdimensionalen Forced-Choice Daten – Eine Simulationsstudie. Talk given at the 14th Meeting of the Section for Methods & Evaluation of the German Psychological Society, Kiel.
Frick, S. & Wetzel, E. (2018, September). Eine Simulationsstudie über die Normativität von Traitschätzern aus mehrdimensionalen Forced-Choice Daten. Talk given at the 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society, Frankfurt.
Posters
Frick, S., Brown, A., & Wetzel, E. (2019, July). Normativity of trait estimates from multidimensional forced-choice data – A simulation. Poster presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Santiago, Chilé.
Frick, S. (2019, June). Comparing information in the multidimensional forced-choice and the true-false format. Poster at the 34th IOPS/
SMiP Summer Conference, 13–14 June 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. Frick, S. & Wetzel, E. (2017, September). Gewinnung normativer Traitschätzer aus mehrdimensionalen Forced-Choice Daten – Eine Simulationsstudie. Poster presented at the 13th Meeting of the Section for Methods & Evaluation of the German Psychological Society, Tübingen.
Frick, S., Sass, R., Lang, F., & Wetzel, E. (2016, September). Untersuchung des kognitiven Antwortprozesses bei mehrdimensionalen Forced-Choice Items. Poster presented at the 50th Conference of the German Psychological Society, Leipzig.