News and Upcoming Events

Workshops & Talks

Workshop on Measurement Invariance Testing

On September 28 2025, David and Philipp offer a pre-conference workshop at the FGME 2025 in Berlin with the title New Perspectives on Measurement Invariance Testing. The workshop will cover both newly developed methods for measurement invariance exploration and a causal framework of invariance analyses. More information can be found on the conference website.

Workshop on New Methods for Model Fit Evaluation in SEM

On September 21 2025, Melanie and David offer a pre-conference workshop at the DPPD 2025 in Kassel with the title Established and innovative methods to evaluate model fit in structural equation modeling. This workshop introduces new strategies to evaluate model fit in SEM including dynamic fit cutoffs (McNeish & Wolf, 2023) and machine learning based approaches (Partsch & Goretzko, 2024/under review). More information can be found on the conference website.

European Congress of Methodology 2025

On Tuesday, 22nd of July 2025, we (Melanie, Philipp, and David) organize a pre-conference workshop on New Perspectives on Measurement Invariance Testing at the EAM 2025 at the University of La Laguna in San Cristobal de La Laguna, Tenerife. More information can be found on the conference website. We will also present our research in a symposium called “Measurement and Machine Learning” that will be chaired by Melanie.

Workshop on Machine Learning Methods for Modeling in Psychology

As part of the Statistical Modeling in Psychology (SMiP) Summer School 2025 (30/06/2025 - 04/07/2025), David and Philipp will provide a workshop on machine learning modeling with a focus on its applicability to psychological research and assessment. Besides covering general aspects of machine learning, approaches for interpretable machine learning and cost-sensitive learning are discussed in the workshop. More information can be found on the SMiP hompage.

Introduction to Machine Learning at the University Trento (Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science)

On Tuesday, May 27 2025, David will give an Introduction to Supervised Machine Learning in Psychology at the University of Trento. The talk (+ workshop-style exercise) will focus on key concepts of machine learning modeling - such as resampling strategies, hyperparameter tuning, and performance evaluation. More information can be found on the website of the University of Trento .

New Publications

Our tutorial paper Assessing Measurement Invariance with Exploratory Factor Analysis Trees: A Practical Guide. has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Psychological Assessment:

Straub, N., Goretzko, D., & Sterner, P. (2025) Assessing Measurement Invariance with Exploratory Factor Analysis Trees: A Practical Guide. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000898

We are delighted to share that our paper Embrace the heterogeneity in EFA but be transparent about what you do – A commentary on Manapat et al. (2023) has been accepted for publication in Psychological Methods:

Goretzko, D., Partsch, M. V., & Sterner, P. (accepted for publication). Embrace the heterogeneity in EFA but be transparent about what you do – A commentary on Manapat et al. (2023). Psychological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000759