Tim Trautwein
Research Assistant, Section: Psychological Assessment
- Location
- Holländische Straße 36-38
34127 Kassel
- Room
- Holländische 36-38, Raum 3302
Education
| Since 10/2023 | Research Scientist, Psychological Assessment, University of Kassel |
| 08/2023 | Master in Psychologie (M.Sc.), University of Ulm |
| 10/2020 | Bachelor in Psychologie (B.Sc.), University of Ulm |
Professional Experience
| 07/2023 - 09/2023 | Internship in Personnel Psychology & Test Development in the Research & Development Department of HR Diagnostics AG, Stuttgart |
| 03/2021 - 09/2023 | Student Assistant in the Department of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment, University of Ulm, Germany |
| 09/2019 - 10/2019 | Research internship at the Department of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment, University of Ulm, Germany |
| 10/2018 - 07/2020 | Student assistant as statistics tutor, University of Ulm |
- Scale construction using metaheuristics
- Machine Learning Algorithms & LLM (in psychology)
- Methods for measuring/modeling personality and cognitive abilities
- Metaanalytical approaches
Preprints
- Trautwein, T., Steger, D., Wilhelm, O., & Schroeders, U. (2026, April 21). Predicting item-level characteristics of knowledge tests using large-language models. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/mv8sk
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Peer-reviewed articles
- Trautwein, T., Scharf, F., & Schroeders, U. (2026). Model specification search in correlated factor models using Bee Swarm Optimization. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2025.2612170
open access syntax / data BSO algo - Achaa-Amankwaa, P., Trautwein, T., Lenhard, W., & Schroeders, U. (2025). Balancing between categorical and dimensional assessment in short-scale construction using Ant Colony Optimization. European Journal of Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000892
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