Curriculum Vitae
General Information
Name: Jorge Andr´es Gonz´alez Burgos. Place and date of birth: Santiago (Chile), December 23, 1978. Nationality: Chilean.
Marital Status: Married (One daughter).
Work Address: Centro de Medici´on MIDE UC, Vicu˜na Mackenna 4860 Macul - Santiago - Chile
RUT: 13.677.686-k
E-mail: jagonzal@uc.cl
Academic Possitions
• Adjoint assistant professor, School of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (since March 2008).
• Adjoint assistant professor, Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (since August 2008).
• Researcher, Centro de Medicion MIDE UC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (since March 2008).
Education
Undergraduate Studies
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (2000).
• Statistician, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (2001)
Postgraduate Studies
• M.Sc. in Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (2003).
Thesis entitled: A New Estimation Method for the One Parameter Logistic Model.
• PhD. in Sciences (Orientation in statistics), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2007).
Thesis entitled: Random Effects Approaches of Individual Differences in Complex Models for Categorical Data.
Supervisor: Dr. Paul De Boeck, Dr. Francis Tuerlinckx.
Research Interests
• Statistical modeling in psychometrics, especially under the item response theory approach (IRT).
• Models with latent variables, generalized linear mixed models, structural equation models.
• Numerical analysis and its use to solve estimation problems in statistics. Particularly, the use of Quasi-Monte Carlo techniques applied in statistics.
Research experience
• Research assistant: Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Research topic: Nonlinear Mixed Models for Educational Measurement. Funded by: DIPUC Proyecto 280/2002, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Period: 2002.
• Researcher: Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Research topic: Modeling sources of individual differences: An application to situational feeling responses. Funded by: Funds for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO) Grant No. G-0148-04. Period: 2004-2005.
• Researcher. Centro de Medicion MIDE UC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Current position).
• Visiting researcher: Invited to work as visiting researcher in the Research Group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, Faculty of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Period July 13-19 2009.
Research projects
• FONDEDOC DGP/075/2003 (Participating as research assistant). Research topic: M´emoire sur la probabilit´e des causes par les ´ev´enements de Laplace: traducci´on y comentario matem´ atico-filos´ofico. Period: 2003.
• PISA y la Calidad de Educaci´on: An´alisis Comparativo entre Chile y pa´ıses equivalentes usando Modelos Lineales Jer´arquicos (Co-Researcher). Funded by: SIMCE, Ministerio de Educaci´on del Gobierno de Chile. Period: July 2008 - July 2009.
• CORFO-INNOVA Desarrollo de pruebas estandarizadas y de una metodolog´ıa de valor agregado para evaluar el progreso de los aprendizajes en Matem´atica y Lenguaje de estudiantes de segundo ciclo de ense˜nanza b´asica (5o a 8o) (Participating as researcher). Period: August 2008 - August 2010. Funded by CORFO, Gobierno Chileno.
• Estrategias de medici´on y an´alisis de datos educacionales usando modelos con variables latentes (Participating as researcher). Funded by Vicerrector´ıa Acad´emica y de Investigaci´on, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Period: 2008.
• Alfabetizaci´on en establecimientos chilenos subvencionados (Participating as Academic Assistant). Funded by: Ministerio de Educaci´on del Gobierno de Chile. Period: Since August 2009.
Grants
• ScholarshipMatricula de Honor. Granted by the Faculty of Mathematics (PUC) to the best student in each promotion.
• Scholarship Beca SBALAM. Granted by th Belgian Government to outstanding latinamerican students to pursue postgraduates studies in Belgium.
• PREI. This is an monetary incentive to the productivity in research. It is assigned according to the number and quality of publications. I have received it in January 2010.
Publications
Papers in referred journal
• Gonz´alez, J., Tuerlinckx, F., De Boeck, P., & Cools, R. (2006). Numerical integration in logistic-normal models. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 51,1535-1548.
• del Pino, G., San Mart´ın, E., Gonz´alez, J., & De Boeck, P. (2008). On the relationships between sum score based estimation and joint maximum likelihood estimation. Psychometrika, 73,145-151.
• Gonz´alez, J., De Boeck, P., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2008). A double-structure structural equation model for three-mode data. Psychological Methods, 13, 337-353.
• Gonz´alez, J., Preiss, D., & San Martin, E. (2008). Evaluando el discurso docente: desarrollo de un modelo Rasch a partir de evidencia audiovisual de profesores chilenos de primer ciclo de educaci´on b´asica en el ´area lenguaje. Revista Iberoamericana de Evaluaci´on Educativa 1(2),137-147.
• Gonz´alez, J., Tuerlinckx, F., & De Boeck, P. (2009). Analyzing structural relations in multivariate dyadic binary data. Applied Multivariate Research, 13, 77-92.
• San Martin, E.,Gonz´alez, J., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2009). Identified parameters, parameter of interest and their relationship. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspective, 7, 97-105.
• Gonz´alez, J. (2010). Bayesian methods in psychological research. The case of IRT. International Journal of Psychological Research, 3(1),164-176.
• San Martin, E, Gonz´alez, J. (2010). Bayesian Identifiability: Contributions to an Inconclusive Debate. Chilean Journal of Statistics, 1(2),69-91.
Chapter in book
• Gonz´alez, J., & San Martin, E. (2009). Performance in the PISA test: Is it possible to understand the scope and limitations of comparisons between countries?. In Leonor Cariola, Gabriela Cares and Ema Lagos (Eds.)What does PISA tell us about the education of high school students in Chile? New analyses and perspectives on the PISA 2006 results. Ministry of Education, Curriculum and Assessment Unit.
In proceedings
• Del Pino, G., Gonz´alez, J., & Balazs, K. (2003). Random-effect models for guessing. Paper presented at the 13rd International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Cagliari, Italy (July 2003).
• Gonz´alez, J., San Mart´ın, E., & Del Pino, G. (2003). A New Estimation Method for the One Parameter Logistic Model. Bilateral Workshop on Psychometrics Flanders-Chile, Leuven, July, 2003)
• Gonz´alez, J. (2003). An alternative form for the estimation of the item characteristic curves in IRT models. XXX National Statistical Meetings, Valdivia, Chile (October, 2003).
• Gonz´alez, J. (2004). Bayesian statistics in educational measurement: Standard Settings defined through an IRT model. International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Via del Mar -Valparaiso, Chile, May, 23-27, 2004.
• Gonz´alez J., De Boeck, P., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2006). A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data. Proceedings of the First Leuven Statistical Day (Theme: Mixed Models), June 12, 2006 Leuven, Belgium.
• Gonz´alez J., De Boeck, P., & Tuerlinckx, F. (2006). Analyzing three-mode data with a double-structure structural equation model. 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) joint with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM). July 2-5, Budapest, Hungary , 2006.
Work submitted for publication, in progress and/or under review
• Gonz´alez, J., Tuerlinckx, F., & De Boeck, P. Crossed random effects models for the analysis of complex designs. (Under review).
• Gonz´alez, J., Preiss, D., & San Martin, E. Teacher-talk at middle school mathematics lesson-openings in Chile: A Rasch-Poisson model analysis of video-survey data. (Work in progress).
• San Martin, E, Gonz´alez, J., Del Pino, E., Manzi, J. Value-added models for school performance under large school variability and high selectivity. (Work in progress).
• San Martin, E.,Gonz´alez, J., & Tuerlinckx, F. A note on the identification of the 3PL model. (Work in progress).
• Gonz´alez, J., San Martin, E.& Preiss, D. A Bayesian Semi-Parametric Rasch Count Poisson Model for Characterizing Teacher-Talks Practice in Mathematics Using Video-Tape information (Work in progress).
• Janssen, R., San Martin, E., & Gonz´alez, J. Item-centered procedures for standard setting in the Rasch Poisson counts model (work in progress).
Contributed talks
• Una Implementaci´on Bayesiana de un Modelo de Imputaci´on M´ultiple para Datos Faltantes. XVIII Jornadas Nacionales de Estad´ıstica. October 2001, Antofagasta.
• A Bayesian model for multiple imputations in a transport survey. First Latin American Bayesian Congress COBAL. February 2002, Ubatuba , Brasil.
• Random-Effecs models for guessing. 13th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society. Cagliari, Italy July 7-10, 2003.
• A new estimation method for the One Parameter Logistic Model. First Chile-Flanders Bilateral Workshop. Leuven, Belgium, July 12-13, 2003.
• An alternative form for the estimation of the item characteristic curves in IRT models. XXX Jornadas nacionales de estad´ıstica, Valdivia, Chile (October, 2003).
• Bayesian statistics in educational measurement: Standard Settings defined through an IRT model.
International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Via del Mar - Valparaiso, Chile, May, 23-27, 2004.
• Numerical integration in IRT models. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2005, Tilburg, The Netherlands, July 05-08, 2005.
• A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data. First Leuven Statistical Day (Theme: Mixed Models), June 12, 2006 Leuven, Belgium.
• A Double-Structure Structural Equation Model for Three-Mode Data. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2006, Montreal, Canada, June 14-17, 2006.
• Analyzing three-mode data with a double-structure structural equation model. 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) joint with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM). July 2-5, Budapest, Hungary , 2006.
• Crossed random-effects models for the analysis of interactions in complex designs. 17th Interuni-versity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS) winter conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, December 12-13, 2007.
• Value-added modeling of school performance under large school variability and high selectivity.
The 16th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, St John’s College, Cambridge, 20th to 24th of July 2009
• Mixed Modeling Approach to Value-Added Analysis: features, Problems, and Recent Developments in the Chilean Case. Simposio sobre Modelamiento Estad´ıstico 2009 (ex-SMAB). Instituto de Sistemas Complejos, Valpara´ıso, December 17-18, 2009.
• The Use of Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration for the Estimation of Generalized Linear Mixed Models.
X Jornadas Nacionales de Bioestad´ıstica / II Workshop Bayesiano. Facultad de Matem´aticas, P. Universidad Cat´olica de Chile, January 12-15, 2010.
• Mixed Modeling Approach to Value-Added Analysis: features, Problems, and Recent Developments in the Chilean Case. Second meeting of EARLI SIG 18; Educational Effectiveness: Models, Methods and Applications, Leuven, Belgium, August 25-27, 2010.
Attended meetings
• XII Jornadas Nacionales de Estad´ıstica, Valdivia, Chile (October, 2000).
• XIII Jornadas Nacionales de Estad´ıstica, Antofagasta, Chile (October, 2001).
• V Seminario Chileno de Estad´ıstica Bayesiana. Antofagasta, Chile. (October, 2001)
• First Latin American Bayesian Congress.Ubatuba , Brasil, February, 3-7, 2002.
• Fifth Latin American Congress of Statistic Societies. Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 28 to November 1, 2002.
• 13th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society. Cagliari, Italy, July 7-10, 2003.
• The first Chile-Flanders Bilateral Workshop. Leuven, Belgium, July 12-13, 2003.
• XXX Jornadas nacionales de estad´ıstica, Valdivia, Chile, 8-10 October, 2003.
• International Society for Bayesian Analysis World Meeting, Via del Mar - Valparaiso, Chile, May, 23-27, 2004.
• International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2005, Tilburg, The Netherlands, July 05-08, 2005.
• The 3rd International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) world conference on Compu-tational Statistics and Data Analysis. Limassol Cyprus, October 28-31, 2005.
• First Leuven Statistical Day (Theme: Mixed Models), Leuven, Belgium, June 12, 2006.
• International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, IMPS 2006, Montreal, Canada, June 14-17, 2006.
• 25th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioural Sciences (SMABS) joint with the 2nd Conference of the European Association of Methodology (EAM). July 2-5, Bu-dapest, Hungary , 2006.
• 17th Interuniversity Graduate School of Psychometrics and Sociometrics (IOPS) winter conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, December 12-13, 2007.
• The Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA) Equating Workshop. University of Iowa, Iowa, June 22 - 26, 2009.
• The 16th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS), St John’s College, Cambridge, 20th to 24th of July 2009.
• Simposio sobre Modelamiento Estad´ıstico 2009 (ex-SMAB). Instituto de Sistemas Complejos, Val-para´ıso, December 17-18, 2009.
• X Jornadas Nacionales de Bioestad´ıstica / II Workshop Bayesiano. Facultad de Matem´aticas, P. Universidad Cat´olica de Chile, January 12-15, 2010.
• Second meeting of EARLI SIG 18; Educational Effectiveness: Models, Methods and Applications, Leuven, Belgium, August 25-27, 2010.
Teaching Experience
As lecturer
• Lecturer,Statistics. Course given to second year students in Business Engineering. Facultad de Negocios y Marketing, Universidad del Pac´ıfico.
Period: 2003.
• Lecturer,Categorical Data Analysis. Undergraduate level.
Departamento de Estad´ıstica, Facultad de Matem´aticas, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Period: 2003, 2008, 2009.
• Lecturer,Measurement instruments and theory in psychology and education. Postgrad-uate level
Departamento de Estad´ıstica, Facultad de Matem´aticas y Escuela de Psicolog´ıa, Pontificia Univer-sidad Cat´olica de Chile. Jointly taught with Jorge Manzi and Ernesto San Mart´ın
Period: 2008, 2009, 2010.
• Lecturer,Identification problems in econometrics and psychometrics. Postgraduate level Departamento de Estad´ıstica, Facultad de Matem´aticas, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Jointly taught with Ernesto San Mart´ın
• Lecturer,Tercer Taller del Programa de Evaluaci´on Nacional de Logros de Aprendizaje Escolar: An´alisis Estad´ıstico y Teor´ıa de la medici´on.
WorldBank. Jointly taught with Jorge Manzi. Period: 2009.
• Lecturer,Multivariate analysis. Undergraduate level.
Departamento de Estad´ıstica, Facultad de Matem´aticas, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile. Period: 2010.
As teaching assistant
• Assistant, Departamento de Estad´ıstica, Facultad de Matem´aticas, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (1999-2003) in:
– Regression Analysis, Statistics Methods in Econometrics, Probability Models, Multivariate Analysis, Statistical Consulting, Explanatory Data Analysis (courses given to undergraduate students in statistics at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile)
– Statistical Inference (course given to postgraduate students in statistics at Pontificia Univer-sidad Cat´olica de Chile)
– Statistics, Probability (courses given to second year students in Civil Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile).
Assistant, Private Chilean Universities (1999-2003) in:
– Calculus (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins).
– Calculus (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad Finis Terrae).
– Calculus (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad del De-sarrollo).
– Linear Algebra (course given to first year students in Business Engineering at Universidad del Desarrollo.)
Thesis supervision
• Title: An´alisis de correspondencias m´ultiples para el an´alisis de clases sociales. Written by Adri´an Leguina. Thesis presented to obtain the degree of MSc in Statistics, Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (2009).
Referee for articles submitted in international journals
• Statistical Modelling of Neighbour Treatment Effects in Aquaculture Clinical Trials. Manuscript submitted toJournal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics(ASA).
Member of Doctoral jury
• Title Pseudo-likelihood Approach to Item Response Theory Models: Theory and Applications by Eduardo Rodriguez. PhD. Dissertation, Department of Statistics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Referee of projects
• Fondecyt: Referee of projects presented toConcurso de Iniciaci´on en Investigaci´on(2008). Title: Generaci´on de un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales con variables asociadas a la eficacia escolar en establecimientos secundarios municipales que operan en contextos de vulnerabilidad social.
• Programa de las naciones unidas para el desarrollo (PNUD): Technical referee. Title: Optimizaci´on De Los Procedimientos Psicom´etricos Para el Linking de Puntuaciones Simce.
Consulting and Professional Activities
• Multiple Imputation for EOD of travels in Santiago, Facultad de Ingenieria, Departamento de Transportes, PUC-Chile 2001.
• Forecast models for air quality: PM10 in Santiago, Facultad de Ingenieria Departamento de Quim-ica ambiental, PUC-Chile. 2002.
• Analysis of different kind of skins, Vichy Laboratories, 2001
• Short Term Consultant appointment to the staff of the World Bank for an assignment with the Human Development Division. From January 20, 2009 to March 13, 2009.
Languages
• Spanish (Mother tongue)
• English (Advanced).
• Dutch (Basic).
References
• Dr. Paul de Boeck. Department of Psychology, K.U.Leuven, Belgium (e-mail: paul.deboeck@psy.kuleuven.be).
• Dr. Francis Tuerlinckx. Department of Psychology, K.U.Leuven, Belgium (e-mail: francis.tuerlinckx@psy.kuleuven.be).
• Dr. Ronald Cools. Department of Computer Science, K.U.Leuven, Belgium (e-mail: ronald.cools@cc.kuleuven.be).
• Dr. Jan Beirlant. Department of Mathematics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium (e-mail: jan.beirlant@wis.kuleuven.be).
