CV

Work experience

• People Data Scientist, Rabobank, Netherlands, 2022 - present

Education and Academic Experience

• Ph.D in Statistics and Methodology, Tilburg University, 2018 - 2023
• Research Intern, Department of Psychological Methods, University of Amsterdam, 2017 - 2018
• M.Sc in Social and Organizational Psychology, University of Catania, 2015 - 2017
• B.Sc in Psychological Sciences, University of Catania, 2012 - 2015

Skills

• Data Science
  • Machine Learning
    • Supervised Learning
    • Unsupervised Learning
    • Text mining (limited)
  • Statistical Analyses
    • Hypothesis Testing
    • Regression
    • Experimental Design
  • Programming
    • Python
    • R
    • LaTeX
  • Data Visualization
    • PowerBI
  • Data Story Telling
  • Data-driven Problem Solving
• Psychometrics
  • Structural Equation Modeling
  • Factor Analysis
  • Item Response Theory

Languages

• 🇮🇹 Italian (Native)
• 🇬🇧 English (Full proficiency)
• 🇳🇱 Dutch (Intermediate)

Publications

Scale Length Does Matter: Recommendations for measurement invariance testing with categorical factor analysis and item response theory approaches

D’Urso, E.D., De Roover, K., Vermunt, J.K. et al. Scale length does matter: Recommendations for measurement invariance testing with categorical factor analysis and item response theory approaches. Behav Res 54, 2114–2145 (2022).

Awareness Is Bliss: How Acquiescence Affects Exploratory Factor Analysis

D’Urso, E. D., Tijmstra, J., Vermunt, J. K., & De Roover, K. (2023). Awareness Is Bliss: How Acquiescence Affects Exploratory Factor Analysis. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 83(3), 433–472. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644221089857

A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being

Hogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A, et al. (2022) A many-analysts approach to the relation between religiosity and well-being, Religion, Brain & Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2022.2070255

Does Acquiescence Disagree with Measurement Invariance Testing?

D’Urso, E. D., Tijmstra, J., Vermunt, J. K., & De Roover, K. (2023). Does Acquiescence Disagree with Measurement Invariance Testing? Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 31(3), 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2023.2260106

A Psychometric Study of a Trait and State Assessment of Sexual Pleasure – The Amsterdam Sexual Pleasure Inventory

Borgmann, M., Brandner, L. M., D’Urso, D., Gonin-Spahni, S., Znoj, H. J., & Werner, M. A. (2023). A Psychometric Study of a Trait and State Assessment of Sexual Pleasure – The Amsterdam Sexual Pleasure Inventory. The Journal of Sex Research, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2023.2261439

The Dire Disregard of Measurement Invariance Testing in Psychological Science

Maassen, E., D’Urso, E. D., van Assen, M. A. L. M., Nuijten, M. B., De Roover, K., & Wicherts, J. M. (2023, December 25). The Dire Disregard of Measurement Invariance Testing in Psychological Science. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/met0000624

Pseudo Factor Analysis of Language Embedding Similarity Matrices: New Ways to Model Latent Constructs

Guenole, N., D'Urso, E., Samo, A., & Sun, T. (2024, April 14). Pseudo Factor Analysis of Language Embedding Similarity Matrices: New Ways to Model Latent Constructs. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vf3se