people
Esther Kaufmann studied psychology at the University of Zurich (1997-2003). Afterward, she was a research assistant at the ETH Zurich (2003-2006) and a doctoral candidate at the University of Mannheim (2007-2009). After completing her doctorate, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Teacher Education Zug (2009-2011) and as a school psychologist (2011-2012). From 2012 to 2015, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. F. Eberle (University of Zurich) and Prof. S. Schumann (University of Konstanz). From 2015 she was a senior assistant (Oberassistentin) at the Chair for Theory and Empirical Research on School Educational Processes at the Institute of Educational Science (University of Zurich). One year later, she obtained the Teaching Skills Certificate of the University of Zurich. Then followed a research stay (supported by the SNF) at Prof. David V. Budescu, Fordham University, New York City, USA. She has been part of the iScience group since fall 2020. In spring 2022 she successfully passed her habilitation examination at the University of Zurich. Her research interests and focuses are modeling and measuring competencies, teacher judgment accuracy, meta-analysis, online research, test development and test evaluation, and evaluation research. Additional information (publications): https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1177-5146 / https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=osTd7HAAAAAJ&hl=de
publications
- Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2024). Meta-analysis in a digitalized world: A step-by-step primer. Behavior Research Methods.
- Laupper, E., Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2023). Late responding in Web and Mail surveys: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Survey Research Methods, 17(4), 465-491.
- Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2008). Internet-basierte Messung sozialer Erwünschtheit [Internet-based measurement of social desirability]. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
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presentations
- Kaufmann, E. (2023). Workshop: Einführung in die Meta-Analyse: Theorie und Praxis, Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung, TU Dortmund, 25./26.09.
- Laupper, E., Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2023, September). The late responding phenomenon in web versus mail surveys: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 16th Meeting of Methods and Evaluation Division of the German Psychological Society (DGP’s). University of Konstanz, September 13.-15.
- Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2023, September). A step-by-step primer on conducting meta-analyses: The case of Internet-based research. 16th Meeting of Methods and Evaluation Division of the German Psychological Society (DGP’s). University of Konstanz, September 13.-15.
- Kaufmann, E. (2022, September). The potential of quantitative data to improve teachers’ judgment accuracy. Quantitative Methodology Center 2022 (QMC22).
- Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2021, October). Herausforderungen bei Meta-Analysen: Datenqualität Online und Online. Online Workshop. DigiGEBF, Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, 29.10.
- Reips, U.-D. & Kaufmann, E. (2021, October). Herausforderungen bei Online Untersuchungen. Online Workshop. DigiGEBF, Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, 22.10.
- Laupper, E., Kaufmann, E., & Reips, U.-D. (2021, September). Better late than not at all? A systematic review on late respondents in (web) survey. General Online Research (GOR’ 21). Online Conference, September, 8.-10.
