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Eduardo García Garzón
Personal Address
Calle Astorga 54-60 3rdF C.P 37006
Salamanca – Salamanca (Spain)
Telf. (m): +34 695 30 94 26
Email: [email protected]
Industry
Grupo Effort S.L.
www.grupoeffort.com
Email: [email protected]
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Being recognised as an enthusiastic individual with a personal interest in
psychometrics and applied statistics, I have been collaborate in several research groups
from three main research areas: positive psychology, policy development and new
technologies and education. My primary research interest is the development of
efficient psychometric tools, investigating how to foster the main factors impacting
societies’ return on academic investment.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. in Applied Methodology in Social & Health Sciences
September 2014– Present
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain.
Core Modules: Advance Data Analysis, Structural Equation Modelling, Meta-analysis, IRT
theory & applications, Neural Networks, Simulation techniques, among others.
Master’s Thesis: Bi-Factor Exploratory Factor Analysis: A comparison of rotation methods in
the orthogonal case. Dir: Prof. Francisco. Abad. Autonomous University of Madrid.
BSc Psychology
September 2009– June 2014
University of Salamanca, Spain. Grade 2:1
Core Modules: Cognitive Psychology, Basic Psychology, Data analysis, Methodology of
Behavioural Sciences with twelve A+ marks (Distinctive honored).
European Summer School on Psychology and Well-being Research
July 2013
Active participant in full-week research training and project development in Voeren, Belgium
Team member: Happy in the school? Examining Well-being in School Context: Daily
Experiences of Pupils and Teachers
SEM and Longitudinal data with Mplus
May 2014
The Psychometric Centre - University of Cambridge
6-day-long course covering topics such as Structural Equation Modelling, factor analysis or
latent growth class/ mixture analysis and their application to specific research questions using
the Mplus Software.
Statistical Learning
February 2014 – April 2014
University of Stanford
Seven week-long online course offered by Prof. Trevor Hastie and Robert Tibshirani. It is
focused on regression and classification methods. The syllabus includes: linear and polynomial
regression, logistic regression and linear discriminant analysis; cross-validation and
bootstraping, model selection and regularization methods (ridge and lasso); nonlinear models.
Computing done with R.
Statistical Methods in Brain and Cognitive Sciences
October 2013 – February 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Course conducted with materials from the original lectures offered by Dr.Ruth Rosenholtz’s in
2004. The course included information about probability theory, experimental design,
hypothesis testing, ANOVA, simple and multiple regression.
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Present
University Francisco de Vitoria, Psychology Department.
01/2016 – Present
Research Assistant
 Lecturer: “Research Designs”. 6 ECTS compulsory course, second course, degree in Psychology.
 Statistical consultant for degree and master thesis at the Psychology Department.
University of Cambridge, Psychology Department.
10/2015 – 02/2016
Academic Visitor involve in the Policy Research Group.
 Development of a new scale for assessing Flourishing in large scale surveys (i.e. European Social
Survey).
 Analysis of cross-cultural longitudinal well-being trends between 2006-2012
University Pablo Olavide, Seville, Spain.
11/2015 - Present
Graduate Researcher
 Development of multilevel SEM models for studying education-related outcomes in Spain.
 Analysis of large survey datasets (i.e. PISA) for studying potential relationship between learning
the new technologies’ use.
Grupo Effort, Spain.
11/2015 – Present
Analytical Consultant
 Statistical consultant in HR Company in the “Job & Place App”.
 Potential customer and stakeholder relationship management, overseeing of sales/people
channels and active business growth monitoring.
 Preparation of analytical and technical reports, focusing on growth opportunities in selected
online job seekers’ market.
Junior Researcher Programme’s jSchool 2016 Slovenia
September 2015- July 2016
Senior Research Training Coordinator
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Lead role in a 10 person international team, being responsible for creating objective’s schedules,
agenda and overseeing project’s evolution.
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International recruiting and fundraising task, creating a network of collaborators and interested
research institutions across Europe.
Multidisciplinary Researchers on Psychology Association
President and Internal Coordinator
March 2014 – Present
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Expertise with team leadership, goal-oriented research groups and time management
Coordinator of a research platform for advanced research in collaboration with professional from
diverse disciplines.
2015 – 2016
University of Cambridge, Psychology Department.
10/2015 – 02/2016
Academic Visitor involve in the Policy Research Group.
 Development of a new scale for assessing Flourishing in large scale surveys (i.e. European Social
Survey).
 Analysis of cross-cultural longitudinal well-being trends between 2006-2012
2014-2015
University of Cambridge
April 2014 – December 2014
Academic Visitor involve in the Judge Executive Development Assessment (JEDA) project.
 Development of a new scale for assessing personal growth and development in personnel
selection framework.
 Validity and reliability assessment, item selection, internal structure measurement and latent
class analysis.
EFPSA European Summer School 2015 Spain
Head of the Host Team
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Arrange accommodation and ensuring practical necessities of the even for 55 people (including
students, supervisors and international lectures) are met.
Lead role of a 6 person team, being responsible for both, academic and social programmes
during this 7 day-long event.
Fundraising duties, where 20.000e where obtained for assuring the sustainability of the event,
negotiating with universities, private sponsors and national educational organizations.
2013-2014
Junior Researcher Programme Internship
August 2014 – September 2014
Lead Analyst in Decision Making Project [Global Health Access Project]
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Experience with online data collection using Qualtrics.
Data analysis: Multilevel logistics regression modelling
Time pressure task management in a high-demanding environment
EFPSA Junior Researcher Programme
Junior Researcher
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July 2013- August 2014
Policy Analyst in the project: “Happy in the school? Examining Well-being in School Context:
Daily Experiences of Pupils and Teachers” project.
Responsible for data collection and literature review as well as European ethics framework and
European applied interventions in school.
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PUBLICATIONS
Under Review
Garcia-Garzon, E., Zhukovsky, P., Haller,E., Plakolm, S., David, F., Petrova, D., Mahalingam, V.,
Menezes, I.G., & Ruggeri K., (under review). Multilevel modeling and policy development:
Guidelines and applications to medical travel. Frontiers in Psychology – Quantitative Psychology
and Measurement.
Tadic, M., Gioaba, I., Garcia-Garzon, E., Gonul, B., Lucatuorto, L., McCarthy, C., & Rutar, D.
(under review). Examining Well-Being in School Context: Weekly Experiences of Pupils and
Teachers. American Journal of Education.
Accepted
Carrasco-Temiño, M.A., Belando-Montoro, M.R., & Garcia-Garzon, E. (accepted). Information
and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a tool for developing time management skills:
A college experience. En Meneses, E.L. (Eds). Educación Superior en el Siglo XXI. Una Reflexión
desde y para el Profesorado”. ISBN-13: 978-1-943697-01-4.
Published
2015
Zhukovsky, P., Ruggeri K., Garcia-Garzon, E., Plakolm, S., Haller,E., Petrova, D., Mahalingam,
V. & Menezes, I.G. (2015). Global health policy and access to care: Investigating patient
choice on an international level using social media. Frontiers in Public Health-Public Health Policy
Garcia-Garzon, E. & Vázquez, E.C. (2015). El software estadístico y su utilización en programas
educativos: una comparación entre SPSS y R. En Meneses, E.L. (Eds). Educación Superior en el
Siglo XXI. Una Reflexión desde y para el Profesorado”. ISBN-13: 978-1-943697-01-4.
2014
Tadic, M., Gioaba, I., Garcia-Garzon, E., Gonul, B., Lucatuorto, L., McCarthy, C., & Rutar, D.
(2014). Examining Well-Being in School Context: Weekly Experiences of Pupils and Teachers.
Journal of European Psychology Students, 5(2), 13-18, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jeps.bx
PEER REVIEWED ABSTRACTS & POSTERS
2015
Abad, F.J., Garcia-Garzon, E. Barrada, J.R., Garrido, L. & Olea, J. (2015, July). Rotational methods in
exploratory bi-factor structures: A comparison. XIV Congress on Methodology for Social and Health
Sciences, Mallorca, Spain.
Lecuona, O, Rodríguez-Carvajal, R, Garcia-Garzon, E, Angosto, A y García-Rubio, C (2015, July).
New perspectives in Mindfulness self-report assessment: factor Structure and Item Response Theory (IRT)
analysis of the Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Poster presented at 13th European
Conference on Psychological Assessment, Zurich.
Rodríguez-Carvajal, R; Herrero, M; Castillo-Gualda, R; de Rivas, S; Moreno, JE; Garcia-Garzon, E
(2015, July). Nuances of Flow in work and cross-cultural adaptation of the Flow State Scale at work
among Spanish speakers. Poster presented at 13th European Conference on Psychological
Assessment, Zurich.
Plakolm, S., Garcia-Garzon, E., Maguire, Á. & Ruggeri, K. (2015, July). Stigma & Employment:
Expectations and Experience of People with Severe Mental Illness. Poster presented at 4rd Junior
Researcher Programme Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
2014
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Ruggeri, K., García, E.G. & Ladislav, L. (2014, Agoust). The Judge Executive Development Assessment
(JEDA). Poster presented at 3rd Junior Researcher Programme Conference, University of
Cambridge, Cambridge
Dalsklev, M., Fink, D., Garcia, E.G., Haller, E., Meier-zu-Koecker. C., Nagels-Coune, L., Plakolm,
S., Zhukovsky, P. & Ruggeri K., (2014, Agoust). What factors influence the decision-making of
potential medical travellers?. Poster presented at 3rd Junior Researcher Programme Conference,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge
Tadic, M., Gioaba, I., Garcia Garzon, E., Gonul, B., Lucatuorto, L., McCarthy, C., & Rutar, D.
(2014, Agoust). Examining Well-Being in School Context: Weekly Experiences of Pupils and Teachers.
Poster presented at 3rd Junior Researcher Programme Conference, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge
Cadavid, S., García, E.G., San Agustín, A., Cano, A. & Beato, M. (2014, april). Theme identifiability
on three-critical-word DRM lists. Poster presented at 9th Encontro Nacional Da APPE –
Associaçao Portugal de Psicología Experimental, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha,
Portugal.
Cadavid, S., García, E.G., Rodríguez, L., San Agustín, A., Cano, A., Delgado, A. & Beato, M. (2014,
Agoust). Theme identifiability on DRM list: A normative study. Poster presented at 3rd Junior
Researcher Programme Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge
INVITED PRESENTATIONS & SYMPOSIA
2015
Garcia-Garzon, E. (2015, August). Multilevel Analysis: A short course on multilevel anaylisis
applied to social sciences research. 2015 Junior Researcher Programme Internship. Lecture
conducted from University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2014
Tadic, M., Gioaba, I., Garcia-Garzon, E., Gonul, B., Lucatuorto, L., McCarthy, C., & Rutar, D.
(2014, August). Examining Well-Being in School Context: Weekly Experiences of Pupils and
Teachers. 3rd Junior Researcher Programme Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.
Garcia-Garzon, E. & Haller, E. (2014, August). Introduction to Data Analysis with R. 2014 Junior
Researcher Programme Internship. Lecture conducted from University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, United Kingdom.
CONGRESS ATTENDANCE
2015
13th European Conference on Psychological Assessment, Zurich, Switzerland. July 2015.
XIV Congress on Methodology for Social and Health Sciences, Mallorca, Spain. July 2015.
4rd Junior Researcher Programme Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
August 2015.
2013
3rd Junior Researcher Programme Conference, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
August 2014.
9th National Meeting of APPE – Portuguese Association of Experimental Psychology, University of Beira
Interior, Covilha, Portugal. April, 2014.
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LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, Spanish (native).
TECHNICAL SKILLS
PROGRAMMING
Highly experienced with R: Statistical Lenguage, SPSS, Mplus and STATA.
Microsoft (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
LaTeX,, GNU EMacs
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS PERFORMED
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Experimental design
Linear and robust regression
Nonlinear regression
Bootstraping and resampling techniques
Simulation studies
Cluster analysis & classification techniques.
Mixed models: Multilevel analysis
Classic theory & IRT, test development.
Speciality Topics: Factor analysis and Structural Equation Models. Mastery on growth models
and longitudinal analysis.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Location: Willing to travel or relocate
References available on request
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