Reflections on 2014: Advancing school psychology science, practice and policy through interdisciplinary collaboration

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda A. Reddy
Keyword(s):  
School Psychology ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Science Practice

scholarly journals Introduction to the Special Issue on Advanced Technologies in Assessment: A Science-Practice Concern

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelius König ◽  
Andrew Demetriou ◽  
Philipp Glock ◽  
Annemarie Hiemstra ◽  
Dragos Iliescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Science Practice ◽  
Personnel Assessment ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Computer Scientists

This article is based on conversations from the project “Big Data in Psychological Assessment” (BDPA) funded by the European Union, which was initiated because of the advances in data science and artificial intelligence that offer tremendous opportunities for personnel assessment practice in handling and interpreting this kind of data. We argue that psychologists and computer scientists can benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration. This article aims to inform psychologists who are interested in working with computer scientists about the potentials of interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as the challenges such as differing terminologies, foci of interest, data quality standards, approaches to data analyses, and diverging publication practices. Finally, we provide recommendations preparing psychologists who want to engage in collaborations with computer scientists. We argue that psychologists should proactively approach computer scientists, learn computer scientific fundamentals, appreciate that research interests are likely to converge, and prepare novice psychologists for a data-oriented scientific future.

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