Dr Edmund Jones
Senior Research Manager
Edmund holds a PhD in Computational Statistics from Bristol University. As a member of the English Research Group, he focuses on computer-based tests, automated assessment, and detection of malpractice. He provides expertise in quantitative methods and statistics as part of projects focusing on product development.
Before joining Cambridge, he worked in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at Cambridge University on statistical modelling of cardiovascular disease. He has also worked in Japan as an English teacher and a translator.
Jones. E. (2024). Using technology and statistics to detect cheating in objectively marked tests. In G. Yu & J. Xu (eds.), Language Test Validation in a Digital Age (pp. 335–354). Studies in Language Testing Volume 52. Cambridge University Press & Assessment.
Jones, E., Breakspear, T., & Xu, J. (2024). Evaluating score accuracy for an automated scoring system in a high-stakes writing test [conference presentation]. Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC).
Jones, E., & Xu, J. (2022). Using limits of agreement to evaluate an automated scoring system [conference presentation]. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting.
Jones, E., Mokaram, S., & Xu, J. (2022). Exploring hybrid marking for a computer-based speaking test [conference presentation]. Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC).
Jones, E. (2021). Detection of possible cheating at the group level, using a statistical hypothesis test based on meta-analysis [conference presentation]. Conference on Test Security (COTS).
Xu, J., Jones, E., Laxton, V., & Galaczi, E. (2021). Assessing L2 English speaking using automated scoring technology: examining automarker reliability. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 28 (4), 411–436. Available online. (This was runner-up for the ILTA Best Article Award.)
Sweeting, M. J., Masconi, K. L., Jones, E., Ulug, P., Glover, M. J., Michaels, J. A., Bown, M. J., Powell, J. T., & Thompson, S. G. (2018), Analysis of clinical benefit, harms, and cost-effectiveness of screening women for abdominal aortic aneurysm, Lancet, 392 (10146), 487–495. Available online.
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