PRIISM, the Center for Practice and Research at the Intersection of Information, Society, and Methodology, is an interdisciplinary center that builds capacity for researchers within academia and beyond to collect data, build inferential models and predictive algorithms, and communicate findings in impactful and socially responsible ways.
PRIISM Seminar Series
Watch the PRIISM seminar on Informing Educational Assessment with Test-Taking Process Data with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Susu Zhang.
Highlights
Does question ordering matter on a survey or exam?
Dr. Klint Kanopka and colleague show what happens when response probability depends on item position and proposes a position-sensitive IRT model.
Tale of Two Cities: London and New York City during Covid-19
Dr. Marc Scott and PRIISM Affiliate Augustin de Coulon investigate the diffusion of COVID-19 across neighborhoods in two major cities, London and New York.
US Math Teachers' Views on Student Performance
Dr. Joseph Cimpian and colleague find that teachers hold different views on why girls are good at math than they do for boys.
View our gallery of past highlights.
The PRIISM Team
Meet the faculty, researchers, students, and affiliates working at PRIISM
Meet the TeamMS, Applied Statistics for Social Science Research
PRIISM is highly integrated with the academic program of Applied Statistics for Social Science Research. Learn advanced quantitative research techniques and apply them to critical policy issues across social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Degree Details How to ApplyPhD, Statistics and Computational Social Science
PRIISM is highly integrated with the doctoral program of Statistics and Computational Social Science. Learn about statistical, computational, and social science theory and how the combination of these disciplines can be used to understand and address problems of social importance in public health, education, criminal justice, and other domains.
Degree Details How to Apply
