Some Advice for Psychologists Who Want to Work With Computer Scientists on Big Data

Authors

Cornelius J. König, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyFollow
Andrew M. Demetriou, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsFollow
Philipp Glock, PRECIRE Technologies GmbH, Aachen, GermanyFollow
Annemarie M. F. Hiemstra, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsFollow
Dragos Iliescu, University of Bucharest, RomaniaFollow
Camelia Ionescu, TestCentral, Bucharest, RomaniaFollow
Markus Langer, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyFollow
Cynthia C. S. Liem, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The NetherlandsFollow
Anja Linnenbürger, PRECIRE Technologies GmbH, Aachen, GermanyFollow
Rudolf Siegel, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, GermanyFollow
Ilias Vartholomaios, Owiwi, Athens, GreeceFollow

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2020.01.002

Abstract

This article is based on conversations from the project “Big Data in Psychological Assessment” (BDPA) funded by the European Union, which was initiated because of the advances in data science and artificial intelligence that offer tremendous opportunities for personnel assessment practice in handling and interpreting this kind of data. We argue that psychologists and computer scientists can benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration. This article aims to inform psychologists who are interested in working with computer scientists about the potentials of interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as the challenges such as differing terminologies, foci of interest, data quality standards, approaches to data analyses, and diverging publication practices. Finally, we provide recommendations preparing psychologists who want to engage in collaborations with computer scientists. We argue that psychologists should proactively approach computer scientists, learn computer scientific fundamentals, appreciate that research interests are likely to converge, and prepare novice psychologists for a data-oriented scientific future.

Recommended Citation

König, Cornelius J.; Demetriou, Andrew M.; Glock, Philipp; Hiemstra, Annemarie M. F.; Iliescu, Dragos; Ionescu, Camelia; Langer, Markus; Liem, Cynthia C. S.; Linnenbürger, Anja; Siegel, Rudolf; and Vartholomaios, Ilias (2020) "Some Advice for Psychologists Who Want to Work With Computer Scientists on Big Data," Personnel Assessment and Decisions: Number 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25035/pad.2020.01.002
Available at: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/pad/vol6/iss1/2

Corresponding Author Information

Cornelius J. König

ckoenig@mx.uni-saarland.de

Universität des Saarlandes, AE Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, Campus A1 3, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany