| Name | Takafumi WAKITA, Ph.D. (Psychology) |
| Position | Professor |
| Affiliation | Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University, Japan |
| Research | Psychometrics, research methods in psychology, survey methodology, test theory |
| wakita [at] psych.measurement.jp | |
| Address | 3-3-35 Yamate, Suita, Osaka 564-8680, Japan |
| Phone | +81-6-6368-1121 |
Research interests
- Likert scales — quantifying the psychological distance between response categories with item response models (Wakita et al., 2012), and designing questionnaires that reduce respondent burden.
- Health-related quality of life — development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures in collaboration with clinical researchers.
- University admissions — evaluation of admission methods and their relationship with academic performance.
Career
| 1997 | Department of Education, Faculty of Literature, Nanzan University |
| 2001 | Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University |
| 2007 | Researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Healthcare Research, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| 2008 | Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University |
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