Publications

Papers & talks

Journal articles, working papers, and conference presentations across psychometrics, mathematical psychology, and applied econometrics.

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Journal Articles

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  1. Chen, K.-M., Chen, Y.-C., Hung, C.-C., & Yang, H.-H. (2026). Institution or major? Understanding student preferences in college admissions. Economic Inquiry (conditionally accepted).
  2. Chen, K.-M., Tsai, L.-T., & Yang, H.-H. (2026). Labor market sorting in Taiwan. Taiwan Economic Review (in press).
  3. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2025). Identifiability of polychoric models with latent elliptical distributions. Psychometrika, 90(2), 757–778. [doi]
  4. Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). The generalized Robbins–Monro process and its application to psychophysical experiments for threshold estimation. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 120–121, 102855. [doi]
  5. Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). A note on the application of stochastic approximation to computerized adaptive testing. Behaviormetrika, 51(1), 259–276. [doi]
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Submitted Papers

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  1. Yang, H.-H., Wei, C.-M., & Chen, Y.-C. (2025). On the consistency of Bayesian adaptive testing under the Rasch model. Under revision. [link]
  2. Yang, H.-H., Cheng, C., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2025). Parametric bootstrapping of standard errors for ability parameters in dichotomous IRT models: Asymptotic and small-sample analyses. PsyArXiv preprint. [doi]
  3. Yang, H.-H., Ho, T.-Y., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2025). Enhancing Random Forest performance on imbalanced data using the General Condorcet Model. Under revision.
  4. Chang, W.-C., Yang, H.-H., Lin, T.-Y., Tong, J. C. H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2025). Comparison of bisection-based and adaptive psychophysical methods for eliciting indifference points in loss aversion research. Submitted.
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Manuscripts

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  1. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). On the existence and uniqueness of MLE of the latent trait under log-concave distributional assumptions in IRT. PsyArXiv preprint. [doi]
  2. Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). An alternative modeling proposal to conjoint survey experiments: Re-evaluating data from Duch et al. (2021). PsyArXiv preprint. [doi]
  3. Tong, J. C. H., Yang, H.-H., & Chen, Y.-P. (In preparation). Decision-making process of retail investors during a financial bubble: An fMRI study.
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Conference Presentations

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  1. Yang, H.-H., Wei, C.-M., & Chen, Y.-C. (2025). On the consistency of Bayesian adaptive testing under the Rasch model. Oral presentation, 8th International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta 2025), Tokyo, Japan.
  2. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2025). When the test information curve misleads: Exact bias, SE, and RMSE curves in Item Response Theory. Oral presentation, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Behaviormetric Society, Kanagawa, Japan.
  3. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., Hsu, Y.-F., & Lay, K.-L. (2025). A methodology for addressing the biases caused by ipsative placement of Q-sort items. Poster, SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
  4. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., Hsu, Y.-F., & Lay, K.-L. (2025). Paradigmatic decisions for measuring choices and preferences: Likert scales, comparative judgments, or combined models?. Poster, 89th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Sendai, Japan.
  5. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., Hsu, Y.-F., & Lay, K.-L. (2024). Two are better than one: Incorporating Likert scale and comparative judgment data in joint Thurstonian IRT model. Oral presentation, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Taiwanese Psychological Association, Taipei, Taiwan.
  6. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). On the existence and uniqueness of polychoric correlations. Poster, 88th Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association, Kumamoto, Japan.
  7. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). Existence and uniqueness of MLE of the ability in IRT. Poster, IMPS 2024, Prague, Czech Republic.
  8. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2024). Predetermined R squared: An index of later development determined by the past. Poster, 27th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
  9. Chen, K.-M., Chen, Y.-C., Hung, C.-C., & Yang, H.-H. (2024). Estimating preferences for college programs using Taiwanese college admission data. Oral presentation, Annual Conference of the Population Association of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan.
  10. Chen, K.-M., Chen, Y.-C., Hung, C.-C., & Yang, H.-H. (2024). Estimating preferences for college programs using Taiwanese college admission data. Oral presentation, 18th International Symposium on Econometric Theory and Applications (SETA 2024), Taipei, Taiwan.
  11. Chen, K.-M., Chen, Y.-C., Hung, C.-C., & Yang, H.-H. (2023). College and major preference estimation using Taiwanese college admission data. Oral presentation, Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics 2023 Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
  12. Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2023). On the consistency and relative efficiency of a generalized Robbins-Monro process for threshold estimation. Poster, MathPsych 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  13. Yang, H.-H., Cheng, C., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2023). Evaluating SEs of parameter estimates in the 2PL model with exact parametric bootstrap. Poster, IMPS 2023, College Park, MD, USA.
  14. Cheng, C., Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2023). Identifiability of polychoric models with latent elliptical distributions. Oral presentation, IMPS 2023, College Park, MD, USA.
  15. Yang, H.-H., & Hsu, Y.-F. (2021). Modification of the estimation method of threshold: A new adaptive method taking response time and response confidence into account. Oral presentation, 60th Annual Meeting of the Taiwanese Psychological Association, Taipei, Taiwan.