Gerald J. Bean

Gerald J. Bean's research focuses on the development and evaluation of measurement tools used in social work and school-based settings, such as scales assessing motivation, hope, disordered eating risk, and licensing exam fairness. He primarily applies psychometric techniques like Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis to test whether these instruments work fairly and consistently across different groups of people. This work supports researchers and practitioners in health and social service fields who need reliable, unbiased assessment tools.

Publication output has been steady but modest over the last decade, averaging less than one paper per year with small upticks in 2020 and 2024.

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