Klaus Kubinger
Klaus D. Kubinger (born May 25, 1949 in Vienna, Austria), is a psychologist as well as a statistician, professor for psychological assessment at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology. His main research work focuses on fundamental research of assessment processes and on application and advancement of Item response theory models (Rasch model). He is also known as a textbook author of psychological assessment on the one hand and on statistics on the other hand. Biography. Kubinger received 1973 the doctor's degree in psychology (PhD) in Vienna, Austria, and became assistant professor. In 1985 he achieved the  postdoctoral lecture qualification of psychology. Since then he is head of the examination subject "psychological assessment" at the University of Vienna. In 1989 he was graduated as a MSc in statistics. In 1998 he was promoted to a full professor of psychological assessment. From this time on, he is head of the division of psychological assessment and applied psychomterics, which includes a "Center of Testing and Consulting". In 1997 he earned the qualification of a systemic psych-therapist. Scientific Work. The beginning of Klaus Kubinger's carrier was characterized by applications of the Rasch model (Item response theory) on pertinent  psychological tests Then he developed some non-parametric discriminant analysis and an analysis of variance for a two-way layout for rank scaled data Later on the intelligence test-battery AID and AID 2 respectively, have been established, which is based on (branched-) adaptive testing. There have also been developed several objective personality tests sensu R.B. Cattell Nowadays his research work focuses on fundamental research of assessment processes (fakability of personality questionnaires, guessing effects in multiple choice tests equivalency of computerized or in other cultures transposed tests and on the advancement of Item response theory models