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Fabio Setti
PhD student in Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology at Fordham University
I am enrolled in the Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology (PQP) PhD program at Fordham University. I love doing both applied and methodological research! I mainly focus on psychometric measurement and the implementation of appropriate statistical methods in the field of psychology.
Education
Universita’ degli Studi di Padova
B.S. in Psychological Science
Padova, Italy
2016 - 2019
Illinois State University
M.S. in Quantitative Psychology
Bloomington, IL
2020 - 2022
Fordham University (in progress)
PhD in Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
New York, NY
2022 - Today
Research Positions
Research Assistant
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Summer 2023
- Worked on validating SCENTinel, a quick, self-administered, test to screen for abnormal olfaction. (Supervisor: Emily Ho)
Professional Experience
Human Resources Assistant Internship
Uomo e Impresa s.r.l.
Treviso, Italy
4/2019 - 7/2019
• Resumes’ translation from Italian to English
• Research and evaluation of various skills-assessment inventories and test batteries commercially available
• Basic data analysis
Editorial Assistant for Innovation in Science Teacher Education (ISTE)
Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Bloomington, IL
4/2021 - 5/2022
• Reviewing articles submitted for publication
• Checking that submitted articles conform to APA guidelines
• Uploading publication-ready articles to the WordPress ISTE website and making sure that formatting follows APA guidelines
Teaching Experience
Lab Instructor for PSYC 2000 (Intro to Statistics)
Fordham University
New York, NY
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
Lab Instructor for PSYC 2401 (Memory Lab)
Fordham University
New York, NY
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Lab Instructor for PSYC 6802 (Intro to Psych Statistics, Graduate)
Fordham University
New York, NY
Fall 2024
Lab Instructor for PSYC 7804 (Regression with Lab, Graduate)
Fordham University
New York, NY
Spring 2025
Workshops
Intro to R Workshop
Fordham University
New York, NY
Spring 2023
The workshop aimed at introducing the basics of the R programming languageand data cleaning, data visualization, and fundamental statistical analyses to graduate students at Fordham University.
Undergraduate R Workshop (Part 1)
Fordham University
New York, NY
Spring 2024
A workshop for undergraduate Psychology students at Fordham University aimed to introduce the R programming language and some of its functionalities for psychological research.
Publications and Presentations
Setti, F., & Feuerstahler, L. M. (2024, July 16-19). Bayesian model averaging of (a)symmetric IRT models in small samples. In J. Verkuilen (chair) & C. Falk (discussant), Asymmetric Item Response Models [Symposium]. IMPS: Annual conference of the Psychometric Society, Prague, CZ.
Setti, F., & Kahn, J. H. (2024). Evaluating how facets of openness to experience predict music preference. Musicae Scientiae, 28(1), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649231174751
Setti, F., Kahn, J. (2022, April 21-23). Influence of Facets of Openness to Experience on Music Preference [poster presentation]. Midwestern Psychological Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.