Research at the Chair for Methods in Empirical Educational Research focuses on:
- Mathematical Educational Research,
- Methods in Large Scale Assessment (IGLU/PIRLS, TIMSS, PISA),
- Psychometrics (Psychometric Society),
- Mathematical Psychology (Society for Mathematical Psychology),
- Scaling Methods in Psychophysics,
- Item Response Theory,
- Knowledge and Learning Space Theory,
- Educational Data Mining,
- Applied and Computational Statistics and Data Analysis,
- Interactive Statistical Graphics,
- Applied Discrete Mathematics,
- Motivation and Self-Determination Theory (SDT).