Paul D. Nichols

1.1k total citations
20 papers, 517 citations indexed

About

Paul D. Nichols is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul D. Nichols has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 517 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Education, 8 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 7 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Paul D. Nichols's work include Educational and Psychological Assessments (6 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (6 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers). Paul D. Nichols is often cited by papers focused on Educational and Psychological Assessments (6 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (6 papers) and Student Assessment and Feedback (5 papers). Paul D. Nichols collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Paul D. Nichols's co-authors include Robert L. Brennan, Susan F. Chipman, David F. Lohman, Brenda Sugrue, Natasha Williams, Jason L. Meyers, David C. Horwell, Edward Roberts, Giles S. Ratcliffe and Mark Wallert and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Review of Educational Research and Tetrahedron Letters.

In The Last Decade

Paul D. Nichols

19 papers receiving 449 citations

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul D. Nichols United States 10 188 120 116 108 49 20 517
Peida Zhan China 14 82 0.4× 184 1.5× 193 1.7× 83 0.8× 91 1.9× 46 478
Tim Davey United States 13 123 0.7× 230 1.9× 79 0.7× 98 0.9× 37 0.8× 28 500
Bradley A. Hanson United States 16 132 0.7× 548 4.6× 65 0.6× 66 0.6× 86 1.8× 42 855
Tianyou Wang United States 14 74 0.4× 414 3.5× 77 0.7× 63 0.6× 82 1.7× 42 667
Ross Turner Australia 14 254 1.4× 20 0.2× 82 0.7× 44 0.4× 17 0.3× 32 442
Taro Fujita United Kingdom 15 672 3.6× 20 0.2× 37 0.3× 152 1.4× 24 0.5× 74 801
Alina von Davier United States 10 87 0.5× 19 0.2× 114 1.0× 148 1.4× 28 0.6× 27 318
Mark K. Singley United States 12 70 0.4× 24 0.2× 178 1.5× 142 1.3× 36 0.7× 22 449
J. Michael Shaughnessy United States 17 790 4.2× 23 0.2× 60 0.5× 112 1.0× 89 1.8× 25 1.0k
Louis V. DiBello United States 7 174 0.9× 82 0.7× 99 0.9× 102 0.9× 34 0.7× 16 380

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nichols, Paul D., et al.. (2021). Arguing About the Effectiveness of Assessments for the Classroom. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior. 61. 100839–100839. 1 indexed citations
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Camara, Wayne J., et al.. (2019). A Validity Argument in Support of the Use of College Admissions Test Scores for Federal Accountability. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 38(4). 12–26. 8 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D., Susan F. Chipman, & Robert L. Brennan. (2012). Cognitively Diagnostic Assessment. 138 indexed citations
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Smith, Jennifer, et al.. (2010). Bringing the excitement and motivation of research to students; Using inquiry and research‐based learning in a year‐long biochemistry laboratory. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 38(5). 324–329. 34 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D., et al.. (2010). Standard‐Setting Methods as Measurement Processes. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 29(1). 14–24. 23 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D., et al.. (2009). A Response to Shepard. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 28(3). 38–38. 1 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D., et al.. (2009). A Framework for Evaluating and Planning Assessments Intended to Improve Student Achievement. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 28(3). 14–23. 31 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D. & Natasha Williams. (2009). Consequences of Test Score Use as Validity Evidence: Roles and Responsibilities. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 28(1). 3–9. 22 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D., et al.. (2008). Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment for Education: Theory and Applications edited by Leighton, J. P., & Gierl, M. J.. Journal of Educational Measurement. 45(4). 407–411. 9 indexed citations
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Lohman, David F. & Paul D. Nichols. (2006). Meeting the NRC Panel's Recommendations: Commentary on the Papers by Mislevy and Haertel, Gorin, and Abedi and Gándara. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 25(4). 58–64. 3 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D. & Brenda Sugrue. (1999). The Lack of Fidelity Between Cognitively Complex Constructs and Conventional Test Development Practice. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 18(2). 18–29. 39 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D., et al.. (1999). Prophesying the Reliability of Cognitively Complex Assessments. Applied Measurement in Education. 12(1). 73–94. 3 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D. & Philip L. Smith. (1998). Contextualizing the Interpretation of Reliability Data. Educational Measurement Issues and Practice. 17(3). 24–36. 14 indexed citations
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Horwell, David C., Paul D. Nichols, Giles S. Ratcliffe, & Edward Roberts. (1994). Synthesis of Conformationally Constrained Tryptophan Derivatives. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 59(16). 4418–4423. 26 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D.. (1994). A Framework for Developing Cognitively Diagnostic Assessments. Review of Educational Research. 64(4). 575–575. 6 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D.. (1994). A Framework for Developing Cognitively Diagnostic Assessments. Review of Educational Research. 64(4). 575–603. 86 indexed citations
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Horwell, David C., Paul D. Nichols, & Edward Roberts. (1994). Conformationally constrained amino acids: Synthesis of novel 3,4-cyclised tryptophans. Tetrahedron Letters. 35(6). 939–940. 9 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D.. (1993). A Framework for Developing Assessments That Aid Instructional Decisions..
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Lohman, David F. & Paul D. Nichols. (1990). Training spatial abilities: Effects of practice on rotation and synthesis tasks. Learning and Individual Differences. 2(1). 67–93. 60 indexed citations
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Nichols, Paul D.. (1982). Comparison between techniques for measuring the LP 11 -mode cutoff wavelength in monomode fibres. Electronics Letters. 18(23). 1008–1009. 4 indexed citations

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