The Section Methods and Evaluation was established in 1992 at the initiative of Bodo Krause (Berlin), Klaus Kubinger (Vienna), Jürgen Rost (Kiel), and Rolf Steyer (Jena).
Tasks
The tasks of our section include, in particular, documenting and disseminating information on methodological research, organizing conferences, promoting methodological research, and ensuring that methodological topics are taken into account in the curricula of universities and universities of applied sciences.
Aims
The Methods and Evaluation Section is special interest group within the German Psychological Society (DGPs). It was founded in 1992 and has approximately 550 members. Its central tasks include promoting and disseminating empirical research and evaluation methods. In this context, the development and application of statistical procedures play an important role. Psychological fields in which research methods are of great importance include, among others, research on psychological interventions, the development and application of diagnostic tests, and the analysis of psychological experimental designs.
Membership
Membership in the Division is open to anyone who is a full or associate member of the German Psychological Society. Membership is acquired by declaring one’s intention to join the Division of Methods and Evaluation to the treasurer of the German Psychological Society.
Satzung der Fachgruppe
The current statutes of the Section (2019) can be downloaded here.
