January 2025

The 3rd Comparative Judgement Users’ Day Meeting

Friday 17th January 2025, 11am to 4pm, reception from 10am

University of Birmingham

Funded by the London Mathematical Society Workshop Grant [WS-2324-09] and a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship [MR/X034992/1]

Agenda

10:00
Arrival and coffee.

11:00
Welcome, introductions, housekeeping (Rowland Seymour).

11:10
Talk 1
Tom Benton, Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Simplified Pairs: Efficient and transparent CJ for linking two existing scales.

11:30
Talk 2
Marie Hoffelinck, Liege University
Exploring students’ experience of CJ: a qualitative perspective on the act of ordering.

11:50
Talk 3
Cat Smith, University of Birmingham
A flexible and accessible comparative judgement data collection flask application.

12:10
Activity: What are the current limitations to using CJ? (Part I).

12:30
Lunch.

13:30
Talk 4
Jacob van Etten, Alliance Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
CJ to elicit knowledge on products in agriculture and food.

13:50
Talk 5
Beth Woollacott, Loughborough University
Using CJ to investigate textbook design.

14:20
Talk 6
Rowland Seymour, University of Birmingham
Funding for CJ collaborations.

15:20
Activity: What are the current limitations to using CJ? (Part II).

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

Afterwards
Join us for drinks and food in central Birmingham. The Victoria Pub (B1 1BN) and then the Malaya Classic (B5 4TD). Train or Jude Street Car Park (B5 4AN).

Conveners

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