April 2025

Fourth meeting of the Comparative Judgement Research Consortium

Friday 25th April 2025, 11am to 4pm, reception from 10am

Commons, Newton Park, Bath Spa University
Funded by Bath Spa University

Agenda

10:00
Arrival and coffee.

11:00
Welcome, introductions, housekeeping (Andy Gray).

11:10
Talk 1
Robin Hankin, University of Stirling
A new method for subjective ranking.

11:40
Talk 2
Chris Wheadon
CJ in the age of Large Language Models.

11:50
Activity 1
Led by Chris Wheadon
What are the most pressing research questions to be answered in the new world of LLMs?

12:20
Lunch.

13:20
Talk 3
Jose Manuel Rivera Espejo, Universiteit Antwerpen
Let’s talk about Thurstone & co.: an information-theoretical model for comparative judgments, and its statistical translation.

13:50
Talk 4
Merlin Walter, Ofqual
Investigating the validity of comparative judgement: What influences judges’ decisions when assessing STEM subjects?

14:20
Talk 5
Adaeze Adigwe, University of Edinburgh
Investigating multiple renditions from a generative speech synthesis model.

14:50
The Consortium website and email list (Rowland Seymour).

15:00
Activity 2
Led by Marie-Josée Bisson
Breaking down the barriers to using CJ.

15:50
Close and next meeting (Marie-Josée Bisson).

Afterwards
Join us for drinks and food in central Bath.

Conveners

Ian Jones, Loughborough University
Marie-Josée Bisson, De Montfort University Rowland Seymour, University of Birmingham

Local host

Andy Gray, Bath Spa University