Projects

Master’s Thesis: Evaluating the Impact of Passing Conditions and Retakes on Misclassification in the IB’s Diploma Programme

Location: The Hague
Year: Ongoing
Supervisor: Anton Béguin
Languages: R, Fortran, Quarto

Conducting a master’s thesis focused on evaluating the impact of passing conditions and retakes on misclassification in the IB’s Diploma Programme.

38th IRT Workshop

Location: Enschede
Year: 2024

Presented ongoing research on the topic of ‘Navigating Optionality: Improving Reliability Estimates in Educational Measurement’.

Investigating Respondents’ Opinions on Gender Questions in Large-scale Surveys

Location: Utrecht
Year: Ongoing
Supervisor: Katharina Meitinger, Angelo Moretti
Languages: Excel

Coded responses in English, Dutch, German, and French for a survey investigating preferences concerning gender measures in survey data.

Literature Review on Composite Indicators in Small Area Estimation

Location: Utrecht
Year: 2024
Supervisor: Angelo Moretti
Languages: /

• Conducted a literature review of papers on composite indicators in small area estimation.
• Searched online databases to build a formatted bibliography for the lead researcher.

Teaching Assistant for ‘Multivariate Analysis’ Summer School

Location: Utrecht
Year: 2024
Supervisor: Dave Hessen
Languages: SPSS

Prepared resources for discussion sessions and led tutorial sessions, explaining basic multivariate analysis techniques to social science students. Provided SPSS support during tutorials.

Building an Application for Determining Optimal Allocation Ratios in Clinical Trials

Location: Utrecht
Year: 2024
Supervisor: Mirjam Moerbeek
Languages: R, R Shiny

Developed an R Shiny application to find optimal allocation ratios in clinical trials using the Bayes Factor (BF). Conducted a simulation study to investigate the effect of different values of the BF and treatment effect on length of study in group sequential clinical trials. Prepared multilevel model exercises for a summer course taught by the supervisor.

Academic Replication

Location: Utrecht Year: 2024
Supervisor: Independent project
Languages: R
Github: Repository Link

Replicated the findings of Homes et al. (2021) and created an academic poster to present the results and methodology.

Improving the LISS Panel Imputation Procedure

Location: Utrecht
Year: 2023
Languages: R, R Shiny
R Shiny: R Shiny Link

Created an R Shiny app to demonstrate the limitations of the LISS panel imputation procedure and improved upon it using multiple and stepwise imputation methods in R.