{"id":1293,"date":"2022-12-21T18:45:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T02:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=1293"},"modified":"2024-04-27T21:19:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T04:19:17","slug":"knowledge-mobilization-efforts-of-the-ubc-psychometric-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=1293","title":{"rendered":"[Our Knowledge Mobilization]"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"139\" class=\"wp-image-1873\" src=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/knowledge-mobilization-logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/knowledge-mobilization-logo.png 868w, https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/knowledge-mobilization-logo-300x48.png 300w, https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/knowledge-mobilization-logo-768x123.png 768w, https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/knowledge-mobilization-logo-624x100.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This page of the UBC Edgeworth Lab describes the <b><i>UBC-Psychometric Research Initiative&#8217;s Knowledge Mobilization (Kmb) <\/i><\/b><i>and dissemination efforts<\/i>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" 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href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=1293\/#Knowledge_Mobilization\" >Knowledge Mobilization<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=1293\/#Major_Funding_Initiatives\" >Major Funding Initiatives<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=1293\/#Current_Funding\" >Current Funding<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=1293\/#Past_Funding\" >Past Funding<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Knowledge_Mobilization\"><\/span>Knowledge Mobilization<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em><strong>How do we think about knowledge mobilization?<\/strong><\/em> As noted by Canadian granting agencies such as the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), &#8220;knowledge mobilization is an umbrella term encompassing a wide range of activities relating to the production and use of research results, including knowledge synthesis, dissemination, transfer, exchange, and co-creation or co-production by researchers and knowledge users (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\/funding-financement\/policies-politiques\/knowledge_mobilisation-mobilisation_des_connaissances-eng.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SSHRC<\/a><\/em>, 2022).&#8221;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In addition to the [<a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">publications and scholarly activities<\/span><\/a>], our knowledge mobilization efforts include freely available [<a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invited addresses &amp; webinars<\/a>], [<a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">monographs and research reports<\/a>], and extensive resources we have made available on special topics like the impact of and how to correct for [<a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey nonparticipation (unit nonresponse)<\/a>].<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em><strong>Webinar Series<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">webinars<\/a> and learning opportunities on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCkvlPbkn15FVDKRplm-fuw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> are freely available as part of the <em>UBC-Psychometric Research Initiative&#8217;s<\/em> knowledge mobilization efforts to maximize the impact of the research for the benefit of improved psychometric research and practice, testing, assessment, and survey design globally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Monographs, research reports, and hard-to-find publications<\/em><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"33\">click here to view<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Nonparticipation (Unit Nonresponse) In Surveys<\/em><\/strong>: A Practitioner&#8217;s&#8217; Guide to the Conceptualization, Impact of, and Adjustment for Unit Nonresponse: <a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/?page_id=369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"369\">click here to view<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Major_Funding_Initiatives\"><\/span>Major Funding Initiatives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Current_Funding\"><\/span>Current Funding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p>In addition to standard operating research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca\/home-accueil-eng.aspx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SSHRC<\/a>) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (<a href=\"https:\/\/cihr-irsc.gc.ca\/e\/193.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CIHR<\/a>), the UBC Psychometric Research Initiative is funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca\/home-accueil-eng.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada Research Chairs Program (CRCP)<\/a> of the Government of Canada.\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca\/chairholders-titulaires\/profile-eng.aspx?profileId=4947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Psychometrics and Measurement<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was awarded by the CRCP to Professor Zumbo in 2020, administered through the <em>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council<\/em> (SSHRC). It is tenable for seven years, 2020-2027, and renewable once.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">The central theme of Prof. Zumbo&#8217;s Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Psychometrics and Measurement is <em>Equity and Fairness at the Nexus of Data Science, Digital Innovation, and Social Justice<\/em>&#8212; please see this brief <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3RDLf_ujK00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> to learn more about his motivation for this line of research, feel free to his YouTube channel.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Research Summary<\/span>. How accurately do tests measure results in multicultural societies\u2014and how fair are they? These are two questions at the heart of research by Dr. Bruno Zumbo, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Psychometrics and Measurement.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">Zumbo is particularly interested in equity and fairness at the nexus of data science, digital innovation, and social justice. He focuses on the social context of test fairness and data science methods for examining fairness. Using survey and test data, he is developing and refining new theories and methods that make the most of multivariate statistics and computational technology advances. Ultimately, his goal is to ensure that measurement practices in education and the social sciences embrace test-takers diversity and the many ways of being human in Canada\u2019s contemporary multicultural society.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Past_Funding\"><\/span>Past Funding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n<p>From 2015 to the spring of 2024, the UBC-Psychometric Research Initiative was largely funded by the UBC Paragon Research partnership, which was led since its inception by Professor Zumbo in his role as the Paragon UBC Professor in Psychometrics and Measurement. In 2021, at the launch of the second agreement,\u00a0 this groundbreaking 9-year partnership (2015-2024), its impact to date, and plans for the final stage were described in the video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mGZZ4ki3-_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impact of the Paragon UBC Professorship and the UBC-Paragon Partnership<\/a> and the accompanying report titled <em><a href=\"https:\/\/brunozumbo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UBC-Paragon-Partnership-2015-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Outcomes, Impacts, and Next Steps<\/a><\/em>. In the spring of 2021, Paragon Testing Enterprises (a subsidiary of UBC at the time) was acquired by <em>Prometric Canada<\/em><strong>,<\/strong> whose parent company is <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prometric.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prometric LLC<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page of the UBC Edgeworth Lab describes the UBC-Psychometric Research Initiative&#8217;s Knowledge Mobilization (Kmb) and dissemination efforts. Knowledge Mobilization How do we think about knowledge mobilization? 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