Scandinavian Applied Measurement Conference (SAMC2024)
Welcome to the first Scandinavian Applied Measurement Conference on June 12-14, 2024 at Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
The Scandinavian Applied Measurement Conference (SAMC) aims to facilitate interaction and knowledge exchange among researchers, practitioners, and students.
The SAMC theme is applied measurement, focusing on rating scales and other category-based measurement and assessment instruments. Papers on development, evaluation and quality assurance using Rasch measurement theory and related approaches are welcome. Person-centred measurement, which emphasize the role of the individual person in the measurement process and analyses, as well as the use and interpretation of results at the level of the individual person, is encouraged.
The conference will be multidisciplinary and cover fields such as the health, social, educational, behavioral, and related sciences.
Conference registration is closed!
Preliminary Program
June 12
09.00-12.00 Pre-conference workshop: Magnus Johansson.
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.15 Opening
13.15-14.45 Key note: Dr. I Marais.
15.00-17.15 Sessions
19.00- Dinner
June 13
08.00-12.10 Sessions
12.10-13.10 Lunch
13.10-14.30 Poster pitch and Poster session
14.30-16.50 Sessions
19.00- Dinner
June 14
08.00-11.15 Sessions
11.15-11.30 Closing
11.30-12.30 Lunch
12.30-15.30 Post-conference workshop: Prof. David Andrich, Dr. Ida Marais and Sonia Sappl.
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Instructions for presenters
Follow the link for more information about information and instructions about oral and poster presentations.
Venue
The conference will be held at Kristianstad University, building 17. Kristianstad is situated within an easy reach of Europe by air or by train. High-speed trains connect Kristianstad to Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen and Malmö.
How to get to Kristianstads University and how to find your way around Kristianstad
Accomodation
For participant´s in the conference SAMC 2024 we are recommending booking a hotel in central Kristianstad.
Organizing committee
Prof. Peter Hagell, Chair, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
Prof. Karl Bang Christensen, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dr. Jeanette Melin, Swedish Defence University, Karlstad, Sweden
Prof. Albert Westergren, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden
Prof. Kristofer Årestedt, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden