The Psychometric Center of the School of Health Sciences (Prófastofa HVS) offers academic staff members and graduate students at the faculty consultation regarding the use of questionnaires in research, e.g. self-assessment scales and symptom checklists. The service includes assistance with selection, translation and administration of questionnaires, as well as design of new questions. For whom is the service? Academic staff members and graduate students at the School of Health Sciences. Assistance is not provided for assignments in courses except in consultation with course instructor. Staff Vaka Vésteinsdóttir is a lecturer (UK) / assistant Professor (USA) at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Iceland. She acts as the director of The Psychometric Center. She completed a BA, MA and a PHD at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Iceland and served as postdoc at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Vaka's main expertise lies in the field of methodology in online surveys, design of questions and measurement errors in surveys with an emphasis on social desirability. Sigurbjörg Björnsdóttir has a master's degree in quantitative psychology from the University of Iceland and a BS in psychology from the same school. She is a project manager at The Psychometric Center. Her field of knowledge covers statistics and methodology in research with an emphasis on statistical methods employed in psychology, validity of clinical scales and treatment of missing data. Ragnhildur Lilja Ásgeirsdóttir is a doctoral student in quantitative psychology at the University of Iceland, a part-time lecturer at the University of Iceland and an employee of The Psychometric Center. She completed a BA and MS degree at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Iceland and a BS degree at the Faculty of Business Administration at the same school. Ragnhildur Lilja's research has been in the field of psychometrics and survey methodology, with an emphasis on question wording, cognitive interviews and measurement errors in surveys, especially acquiescence and social desirability. Emphasis in her teaching has been on statistics, methodology and design of self-assessment scales. Kristín Hulda Kristófersdóttir is a doctoral student in quantitative psychology at the University of Iceland, a part-time lecturer at the University of Iceland and an employee of The Psychometric Center. She has a BS degree in psychology and an MS degree in quantitative psychology from the University of Iceland. Her field of expertise is quantitative methods and survey methodology, in particular the validity of sum scores on clinical self-report scales. She has taught courses in statistics and design of self-assessment scales, in addition to having provided varied statistical consultancy alongside her studies. What do we offer? Assistance in selection of questionnaires Assistance in gathering information on specific questionnaires Assistance with translation of questionnaires Recommendations regarding administration of questionnaires (e.g. setting up online questionnaires) Assistance in design of new questions Consultation and bookings Short inquiries and booking requests for consultations can be sent to phvs@hi.is. The following information must accompany all inquiries: Who asks for the advice and from which department within the SHS What is the subject of the study / project What kind of assistance is needed (e.g. advice on choice of a questionnaire, gathering information, translation, design, administration) emailfacebooklinkedintwitter
