Matthew Diemer
@mattadiemer.bsky.social
Professor @ U of Michigan, Combined Program in Education & Psychology (CPEP) & Educational Studies + Developmental Psychology (by courtesy)
Helping people learn quant methods @ Statistical Horizons
Helping people learn quant methods @ Statistical Horizons
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Matthew Diemer
@mattadiemer.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Illustrating and Enacting a Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models
Quantitative methodology and the field of measurement have racist, sexist, and eugenicist histories. These histories have led many to abandon quantitative methods, believing that achieving equity i...
www.tandfonline.com
Gratitude to Drs. Dania Francis & Shanyce Campbell for organizing this special issue in JREE!
Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand -
Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand -
Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Boosting this work, nimbly led by Dr. Mike Medina and appearing in J of School Psychology Special Issue - free access via this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m9dR56ZNX...
authors.elsevier.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Boosting this work, nimbly led by Dr. Mike Medina and appearing in J of School Psychology Special Issue - free access via this link: authors.elsevier.com/c/1m9dR56ZNX...
Bumping - starts next week Wednesday!
Happy to share that the (BlueSky-less) Dr. Kelvin Afolabi will serve as TA
Happy to share that the (BlueSky-less) Dr. Kelvin Afolabi will serve as TA
Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.
Psychometrics | Online Course | Statistical Horizons
Apply psychometric methods in this online course with Matthew Diemer, Ph.D. Measure latent constructs using EFA, CFA, MIMIC models, and invariance testing.
statisticalhorizons.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Bumping - starts next week Wednesday!
Happy to share that the (BlueSky-less) Dr. Kelvin Afolabi will serve as TA
Happy to share that the (BlueSky-less) Dr. Kelvin Afolabi will serve as TA
Sharing free access to our paper, led by Constance Flanagan & 8 co-authors (so many handles!) -> quasi-exp. to foster science motivation among minoritized youth in CEP
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Sharing free access to our paper, led by Constance Flanagan & 8 co-authors (so many handles!) -> quasi-exp. to foster science motivation among minoritized youth in CEP
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.
Psychometrics | Online Course | Statistical Horizons
Apply psychometric methods in this online course with Matthew Diemer, Ph.D. Measure latent constructs using EFA, CFA, MIMIC models, and invariance testing.
statisticalhorizons.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join "Psychometrics" w/ @mattadiemer.bsky.social on Nov. 12-14 to learn about #psychometrics and how to to understand, detect, and remediate bias in measures. Topics include exploratory factor analyses, confirmatory factor analyses, MIMIC models, invariance & more.
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How can we measure student behavior at scale?
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
August 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: How can we measure student behavior at scale?
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social, @weilanch.bsky.social, @mattadiemer.bsky.social, Rebecca Unterman, @annakshapiro.bsky.social, & Thomas Staines use PCA and factor analysis to build behavior composites from admin data.
📄 bit.ly/4ofre5b
Looking forward to working with @pbost.bsky.social !
I’m excited to announce that after graduating this past December from @umich.edu with my BA in Psychology, I will be returning to Michigan this fall to pursue a PhD in Education and Psychology under the mentorship of @mattadiemer.bsky.social and Dr. Deborah Rivas-Drake! #ForeverGoBlue
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Looking forward to working with @pbost.bsky.social !
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Gratitude to Drs. Dania Francis & Shanyce Campbell for organizing this special issue in JREE!
Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand -
Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand -
Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Illustrating and Enacting a Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models
Quantitative methodology and the field of measurement have racist, sexist, and eugenicist histories. These histories have led many to abandon quantitative methods, believing that achieving equity i...
www.tandfonline.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Gratitude to Drs. Dania Francis & Shanyce Campbell for organizing this special issue in JREE!
Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand -
Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our paper w/ Michael Frisby & Aixa Marchand -
Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models - is now in print. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On request I'm sharing a youtube link to an IRT workshop I provided last year with the talented Dr. Matthew Truwit.
Happy viewing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALN...
Happy viewing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALN...
NIMLAS Workshop Using IRT Methods to Refine Measurement 1/26/2024
YouTube video by UMISR
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
On request I'm sharing a youtube link to an IRT workshop I provided last year with the talented Dr. Matthew Truwit.
Happy viewing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALN...
Happy viewing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mALN...
Can someone parse or translate the newest NIH notice I just saw about "recission of civil rights language?"
June 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Can someone parse or translate the newest NIH notice I just saw about "recission of civil rights language?"
Is there a German word for schadenfreude?
After resigning from Michigan and bending over backwards to try and appease them, "The Florida Board of Governors voted Tuesday to reject Santa Ono as the next president of the University of Florida"
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Florida Board Rejects Ono for UF Job
The Florida Board of Governors decided against confirming Santa Ono as president of the University of Florida in a contentious vote focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.insidehighered.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Is there a German word for schadenfreude?
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
Read about Andres Pinedo's experiences: myumi.ch/R3W6N
Stay in on-campus housing! General Session participants receive a 10% discount on their course fees when they also stay in on-campus housing. For details: myumi.ch/y2zJw
#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAnalysis #StatisticalSkills #ResearchSkills
Stay in on-campus housing! General Session participants receive a 10% discount on their course fees when they also stay in on-campus housing. For details: myumi.ch/y2zJw
#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAnalysis #StatisticalSkills #ResearchSkills
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Read about Andres Pinedo's experiences: myumi.ch/R3W6N
Stay in on-campus housing! General Session participants receive a 10% discount on their course fees when they also stay in on-campus housing. For details: myumi.ch/y2zJw
#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAnalysis #StatisticalSkills #ResearchSkills
Stay in on-campus housing! General Session participants receive a 10% discount on their course fees when they also stay in on-campus housing. For details: myumi.ch/y2zJw
#SumProg25 #ICPSR #DataAnalysis #StatisticalSkills #ResearchSkills
Hey I know him!
Looking forward to offering this IRT workshop with @stathorizons.bsky.social
Please reach out with ?s
Looking forward to offering this IRT workshop with @stathorizons.bsky.social
Please reach out with ?s
Join Item Response Theory (IRT) with @mattadiemer.bsky.social on June 3-6 to learn how to interpret, analyze, and depict IRT analyses. This hands-on introduction will teach you how to develop and improve measures using #RStats and #MPlus.
Item Response Theory | Statistics Workshop & Training
This online course taught by Matthew Diemer provides a hands-on introduction to item response theory (IRT).
statisticalhorizons.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hey I know him!
Looking forward to offering this IRT workshop with @stathorizons.bsky.social
Please reach out with ?s
Looking forward to offering this IRT workshop with @stathorizons.bsky.social
Please reach out with ?s
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
Come join members of the University of Michigan community who are marching in support of reinstating DEI work at the institution on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5 pm at the U-M Diag.
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI @umdeidefense.bsky.social
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI @umdeidefense.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Come join members of the University of Michigan community who are marching in support of reinstating DEI work at the institution on Tuesday, April 22nd, at 5 pm at the U-M Diag.
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI @umdeidefense.bsky.social
Hope to see you there!
#WeareDEI @umdeidefense.bsky.social
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
Learn how Item Response Theory (IRT) enhances measurement! @mattadiemer.bsky.social’s seminar (June 3-6) covers IRT fundamentals and figures, the Graded Response Model, and practical applications in research. Watch the first hour now to see what IRT can do for you: youtu.be/B-oLR7XRVCU
Understanding Item Response Theory (IRT): Key Concepts & Applications with Matthew Diemer
YouTube video by Statistical Horizons
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Learn how Item Response Theory (IRT) enhances measurement! @mattadiemer.bsky.social’s seminar (June 3-6) covers IRT fundamentals and figures, the Graded Response Model, and practical applications in research. Watch the first hour now to see what IRT can do for you: youtu.be/B-oLR7XRVCU
Receiving earlier-than expected statements from workplace 403b, bank etc
I wonder what reason, pray tell, that these are being sent now?
I wonder what reason, pray tell, that these are being sent now?
April 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Receiving earlier-than expected statements from workplace 403b, bank etc
I wonder what reason, pray tell, that these are being sent now?
I wonder what reason, pray tell, that these are being sent now?
I see you sly dogs
Schedule-sending emails for Mondays @ 8:02am or 8:03am to look like 'real' emails
Schedule-sending emails for Mondays @ 8:02am or 8:03am to look like 'real' emails
March 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I see you sly dogs
Schedule-sending emails for Mondays @ 8:02am or 8:03am to look like 'real' emails
Schedule-sending emails for Mondays @ 8:02am or 8:03am to look like 'real' emails
Hope everyone enjoyed sleeping in their time machine Sat night/Sun early morning
a man in a suit and tie is holding a glass of liquid in his hand and says `` gigawatts ? '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a glass of liquid in his hand and says `` gigawatts ? '' .
media.tenor.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hope everyone enjoyed sleeping in their time machine Sat night/Sun early morning
Paraphrasing conversation with an academic friend from {redacted} this AM:
"I'd wake up every morning, and the leader would say something $^#, and then that would become law that evening. That's why I left {country name here} for the U.S., but now I'm waking up everyday to the same thing."
"I'd wake up every morning, and the leader would say something $^#, and then that would become law that evening. That's why I left {country name here} for the U.S., but now I'm waking up everyday to the same thing."
March 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Paraphrasing conversation with an academic friend from {redacted} this AM:
"I'd wake up every morning, and the leader would say something $^#, and then that would become law that evening. That's why I left {country name here} for the U.S., but now I'm waking up everyday to the same thing."
"I'd wake up every morning, and the leader would say something $^#, and then that would become law that evening. That's why I left {country name here} for the U.S., but now I'm waking up everyday to the same thing."
Hi!
Sharing info re: webinar organized by SSHD, for a special issue on Critical Consciousness in Research in Human Development
Link to register: montclair.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please reach out w/ ?s !
Sharing info re: webinar organized by SSHD, for a special issue on Critical Consciousness in Research in Human Development
Link to register: montclair.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please reach out w/ ?s !
January 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hi!
Sharing info re: webinar organized by SSHD, for a special issue on Critical Consciousness in Research in Human Development
Link to register: montclair.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please reach out w/ ?s !
Sharing info re: webinar organized by SSHD, for a special issue on Critical Consciousness in Research in Human Development
Link to register: montclair.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Please reach out w/ ?s !
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
Looking to add some work on contributors, perceptions or experiences of environmental racism to my racism, psychology, and society course. Any recent work in this area you’d rec?
January 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Looking to add some work on contributors, perceptions or experiences of environmental racism to my racism, psychology, and society course. Any recent work in this area you’d rec?
Hot take:
Die Hard is most definitely a holiday movie
Die Hard is most definitely a holiday movie
a billboard that says vote die hard is a christmas movie
ALT: a billboard that says vote die hard is a christmas movie
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Hot take:
Die Hard is most definitely a holiday movie
Die Hard is most definitely a holiday movie
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
High school students enrolled in ethnic studies develop the ability to think analytically about the causes of social inequalities. @mattadiemer.bsky.social via Michigan News: myumi.ch/zXANr
Ethnic studies boosts critical thinking, equity awareness in high school students
The study found that students enrolled in ethnic studies experience significant growth in critical reflection, a core component of critical consciousness, which enables people to recognize and challen...
myumi.ch
December 22, 2024 at 2:34 AM
High school students enrolled in ethnic studies develop the ability to think analytically about the causes of social inequalities. @mattadiemer.bsky.social via Michigan News: myumi.ch/zXANr
Midlife update:
- Attended concert where lead singer (David Yow) looked more Gandalf than rockstar
- Some friends wore earplugs, thats a new thing
- My brother bought said lead signer a beer at a concert so long ago -> that beer itself would now be legally eligible to buy beer
- Had great time
- Attended concert where lead singer (David Yow) looked more Gandalf than rockstar
- Some friends wore earplugs, thats a new thing
- My brother bought said lead signer a beer at a concert so long ago -> that beer itself would now be legally eligible to buy beer
- Had great time
a man with a beard is wearing a hat and says " indeed "
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a hat and says " indeed "
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Midlife update:
- Attended concert where lead singer (David Yow) looked more Gandalf than rockstar
- Some friends wore earplugs, thats a new thing
- My brother bought said lead signer a beer at a concert so long ago -> that beer itself would now be legally eligible to buy beer
- Had great time
- Attended concert where lead singer (David Yow) looked more Gandalf than rockstar
- Some friends wore earplugs, thats a new thing
- My brother bought said lead signer a beer at a concert so long ago -> that beer itself would now be legally eligible to buy beer
- Had great time
Reposted by Matthew Diemer
“This review applies critical consciousness theory to shed light on the factors that spur youth political activism and to highlight how developing critical consciousness engenders developmental benefits.” @profandy.bsky.social @mattadiemer.bsky.social Michael Frisby #UMich #PsychSky #PoliSky
Our annual review paper on critical consciousness and youth political activism was officially published today, you can find it open access here: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Critical Consciousness and Youth Political Activism | Annual Reviews
Like previous generations, today's youth are engaging in political activism to positively transform their local communities and the broader society. This review applies critical consciousness the...
www.annualreviews.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:35 AM
“This review applies critical consciousness theory to shed light on the factors that spur youth political activism and to highlight how developing critical consciousness engenders developmental benefits.” @profandy.bsky.social @mattadiemer.bsky.social Michael Frisby #UMich #PsychSky #PoliSky