Nambury S. Raju

Nambury S. Raju (1937 – October 27, 2005) was an American psychology professor known for his work in psychometrics, meta-analysis, and utility theory. He was a Fellow of the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology.[1]

Professional biography

At the time of his death, Raju was a Distinguished Professor in the Institute of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago, Illinois. Raju worked at Science Research Associates (SRA) from 1961 to 1978, specializing in psychometrics and test validation. His first published article, A new working formula for the split-half reliability model appeared in Educational and Psychological Measurement in 1965 and was published with Isaiah Guttman, a colleague from SRA. He received his PhD from IIT in 1974, and in 1978 he joined the psychology faculty at IIT, eventually reaching the rank of Full Professor. In 1993 he left IIT for Georgia Tech, but he returned to IIT in 1996 as a Distinguished Professor. Over the course of his career, Raju authored over 150 publications and presentations and was editor or reviewer for more than 24 professional journals and served on the United States Department of Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing from 1989 to 1992.[2][3] Shortly before his death, Raju served on a National Academy of Science Committee to evaluate the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Scholarship

Raju contributed to the literature on personnel selection (especially validation and utility), psychometrics (especially in the areas of reliability and differential item functioning), and validity generalization/meta-analysis.

Raju was a SIOP Fellow, but he was also a member of seven other professional organizations including APA and NCME. He received the Distinguished Career Award from the Academy of Management's Research Method Division posthumously for his many contributions to research methodology.

Publications

Journal articles


References

  1. Reckase, M.D. (2006). In Memoriam: Professor Nambury Raju. Applied Psychological Measurement, 30(2), 83–83
  2. Mitchell, M. Ellen. "Obituaries: Nambury Raju (1937-2005)". Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Inc. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
  3. "Evaluating Human Resources Programs: A 6-Phase Approach for Optimizing Performance". Society for Human Resource Management. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
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