Wyatt Read

Wyatt Read is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Statistics and Research Methods program at the University of Delaware. He got his B.S. in Psychology from Southern Utah University.

His research is focused on the development and evaluation of psychometric and longitudinal models, with a particular interest in data-driven approaches to model selection.

Education

• B.S., Psychology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah, 2023

Publications

• Student, Sanford and Read, Wyatt (2025). Applying Bayesian Checks of Cancellation Axioms in Limited Samples. Behavior Research Methods.
• Student, Sanford and Read, Wyatt (2026). Interval scales in the wild: A large-scale evaluation of the viability of Rasch models for producing interval scales. Journal of Mathematical Psychology.

Presentations

• Read, W., Student, S.R. & E.M. McCormick (2026, June). Penalized latent curve models for selecting linear versus nonlinear growth trajectories. Poster presentation at the Modern Modeling Methods (M3) Conference. New York City, NY.
• Read, W., Student, S.R. & E.M McCormick (2026, April). On what basis? Regularized latent basis model. Paper presentation at the College of Education and Human Development’s Steele Symposium. Newark, DE.
• Student, S.R. & Read, W (2026, April). Interval Scales in the Wild: A large-scale evaluation of the viability of Rasch models for producing interval scales. Paper presentation at NCME Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
• Read, W., Student, S.R. & E.M. McCormick (2025, October). Using Regularized MNLFA to Detect Differential Item Functioning. Poster presentation at the University of Delaware Data Science Institute’s Data Science Symposium. Newark, DE.
• Student, S.R., Shear, B.R. & W. Read (2025, April). Communicating Effect Sizes to Teachers: A Replication in the U.S.Paper presentation at the NCME Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
• Student, S.R. & W. Read (2025, April). Are interval scales using the Rasch model plausible for researchers? Paper presentation at the International Objective Measurement Workshop, Denver, CO.
• Student, S.R. & W. Read (2025, April). Applying Bayesian checks of cancellation axioms in limited samples. Poster presentation at the College of Education and Human Development’s Steele Symposium. Newark, DE.