Don Mellenbergh

Biographical Profile

Research
Construction and analysis of educational and psychological measurement instruments; differential item functioning in educational and psychological measurement; psychometric decision making (accept/reject decisions in (culture-fair) selection), and (empirical) specification of utility functions; analysis of psychometric concepts and their interrelations. The research resulted in more than 150 publications and 40 supervised methodological dissertations.
Present professional memberships
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Psychometric Society, International Statistical Institute, and the Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS) (honorary member).
Methodological consultancy
Advices to students and researchers on methodological issues in different fields of Psychology, e.g., Clinical and Health Psychology, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and related fields, such as Educational Research, Social Dentistry, and Psychiatry. The consultancy resulted in, among others, 45 co-supervised substantive dissertations.

Key publications

• Mellenbergh, G.J., & Van der Linden, W.J. (1981). The linear utility model for optimal selection. Psychometrika, 46, 283 – 293.
• Mellenbergh, G.J. (1989). Item bias and item response theory. International Journal of Educational Research, 13, 127 – 143.
• Mellenbergh, G.J. (1994). Generalized linear item response theory. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 300 – 307.
• Mellenbergh, G.J., & Van den Brink, W.P. (1998). The measurement of individual change. Psychological Methods, 3, 470 - 485.
• Mellenbergh, G.J. (1999). Measurement models. In H.J. Adèr & G.J. Mellenbergh (Eds.), Research methodology in the social, behavioural & life sciences (pp. 168 – 187). London: Sage.