Exploring the potential of artificial intelligence tools in educational measurement and assessment
Examines the implications of artificial intelligence tools for educational measurement, assessment systems, and evaluation practices.
Researcher | Psychometrician | Statistician
Valentine Joseph Owan
Lecturer, researcher, psychometrician, and statistician whose work focuses on structural equation modelling, psychometrics, publication persistence, scholarly publishing, and AI in higher education.
Core Research Interests
Featured Research
Selected studies in psychometrics, structural equation modelling, scholarly publishing, and AI in higher education.
Multi group analysis of demographic differences in higher education students ChatGPT use behaviour within a modified UTAUT2 model
Structural equation modelling of demographic differences in ChatGPT adoption and use behaviour among higher education students.
Academic staff emotional intelligence questionnaire (ASEIQ): Development, validation, and bifactor modelling in Nigerian universities
Development and bifactor validation of a psychometric instrument for assessing emotional intelligence among university academics.
Lecturers’ job satisfaction questionnaire (LJSQ): Development, construct validity, and bifactor modelling in Nigerian universities
Psychometric development and bifactor validation of a multidimensional instrument measuring lecturers’ job satisfaction.
Collaboration and institutional culture as mediators linking mentorship and institutional support to academics’ research productivity
Mediation modelling of mentorship, institutional culture, collaboration, and academics’ research productivity.
Construction and standardisation of an instrument measuring lecturers’ persistence to publish in Scopus-indexed journals
Development and standardisation of an instrument measuring lecturers’ persistence toward publication in indexed journals.
Current Research Programme
- Publication persistence and research productivity modelling
- Psychometric instrument development and validation
- Structural equation modelling applications in higher education
- AI adoption and technology acceptance in educational settings
- Scholarly publishing systems and academic productivity studies
Methods & Resources
Statistical guides, psychometric resources, SEM workflows, IRT materials, machine learning applications, and quantitative research resources will be added progressively.
Coming Soon
R scripts, reporting templates, bifactor modelling notes,
IRT resources, scale validation guides,
machine learning workflows,
and quantitative research materials.