Kurz Andreas

Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Kurz, MSc
Senior Scientist

Hellbrunner Straße 34, 5020 Salzburg

Tel.: +(0)662 / 8044 – 5147
Fax.: +(0)662 / 8044 – 5126
E-Mail:

Consultation hour : by appointment

Research group :    Psychological Assessment
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Education:

  • 2021 Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology, UMIT TIROL
  • 1995 Diploma in Civil Engineering (equivalent MSc ETH), ETH Zürich

Academic positions:

  • since 2022 Senior Scientist at Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg
  • 2019­-2022 Student Assistant at Institute of Psychology, UMIT TIROL
  • 2007-2009 Research Assistant at Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK), ETH Zürich

Research
Research in psychometrics and psychological measurement, with an emphasis on item response theory—particularly Rasch models—within the framework of probabilistic test theory, including modeling, simulation, and empirical validation.

Publications :

Draxler, C., Kurz, A., & Lemonte, A. J. (2020). The gradient test and its finite sample size properties in a conditional maximum likelihood and psychometric modeling context. Communications in Statistics-Simulation and Computation, 1-19. doi:10.1080/03610918.2019.1710193
Draxler, C., & Kurz, A. (2021). Conditional Inference in Small Sample Scenarios Using a Resampling Approach. Stats, 4(4), 837-849. doi:10.3390/stats4040049
Draxler, C., Kurz, A., Gürer, C., & Nolte, J. P. (2024). An improved inferential procedure to evaluate item discriminations in a conditional maximum likelihood framework. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 49(3), 403–430. doi:10769986231183335
Draxler, C., & Kurz, A. (2025). Testing measurement invariance in a conditional likelihood framework by considering multiple covariates simultaneously. Behavior Research Methods, 57(50), 1–15. doi:10.3758/s13428-024-02551-9
Draxler, C., & Kurz, A. (2025). A mixed effects model for longitudinal designs considering multiple covariates. Behaviormetrika,1–21. doi:10.1007/s41237-025-00272-7

Congress participations (most current)

Breuer, S., Ortner, T. M., Mann, L., & Kurz, A. (2025, Sept. 21-24). Welche Information steckt in einer Antwort? Prädiktive Validität asynchroner Videointerviewfragen für den Studienerfolg. Zum Zusammenhang zwischen einer ersten Einschätzung, der Videoqualität und dem tatsächlichen Studienerfolg. [Conference session].18. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Kassel. Retrieved from  https://dppd2025.de/

Statistical Programming – R Packages

Kurz, A. & Draxler, C., (2021). tclboot: Conditional inference in small sample scenarios using a resampling approach Version: 0.1.0. Retrieved from  https://github.com/akurz1/tclboot/
Draxler, C., & Kurz, A. (2021). tcl: Testing in Conditional Likelihood Context Version: 0.1.1. Retrieved from  CRAN: Package tcl