1985	Ph.D., Psychometrics /Educational Measurement Cornell University, New York, USA
1981	M.S., Educational Measurement and Testing University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
1974	B.S., Educational Psychology National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Feb. 1995 - present	Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Oct. 2002 - May 2003	Visiting Scholar, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey
Feb. 1996 - present	Adjunct Full Professor, Institute of Sociology, National Taipei University, Taiwan
April 1987 - Feb. 1995	Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Sep. 1974 - June 1979	Junior High School Teacher, Taipei, Taiwan

Honors

2001	Educational Award (木鐸獎), Educational and Academic Association (中華民國教育學術學會), ROC, Taiwan
1992 - 1994	Excellence Award, National Science Council, R.O.C

Membership In Professional Societies

Professional Activities

Publications

[2] Lin, M. H. (2001). 大學考試分發入學制檢定改進方法. Journal of Chinese Statistical Association, Vol. 39, No. 2, 1-30.

[3] Lin, M. H. (2001). On the Ceiling Effect of the Senior-High Admission Tests. Proceedings of the National Science Council, R.O.C. – Part C: Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 135-147.

[4] Lin, M. H. (200). A Feasibility Study on Using Psychological Tests for the National Examinations. Presented at the 2000 Annual Conference on Examinational Policies and Methods, January 10-11, 2000, Ministry of Examination/Examination Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.

[5] Lin, M. H. (2000). Statistical Models for Educational Testing. Journal of Propagations in Probability and Statistics (JPPS), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19-34.

[6] Lin, M. H. (1997). Empirical Review of Unidimensionality Measures for the Item Response Theory. Proceeding of the National Science Council, R.O.C. – Part D: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education. Vol. 7, No. 3, 123-134.

[7] Lin, M. H., Cheng, Y. J., Mao, S. L., Guo, H. M., Fang, T.S., Lin, J. H. and Lin, J. T. (1997). Investigation of the Structure and Dimensionality of ILPS Tests Items. Proceedings of the National Science Council, R.O.C. – Part D: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education. Vol. 7, No. 1, 46-65.

[8] Lin, M. H., Liang, W. Q. and Ho, H. C. (1995). An Investigation of school Performance of Students Under the Class-Norm Educational Program. Journal of Mathematical Dissemination. Vol. 19, No. 1, 44-49.

[9] Lin, M. H. and Hsiung, C. (1994). Empirical Bayes Estimates of Domain Scores Under Binomial and Hypergeometric Distributions for Test Scores. Psychometrika, Article Section, Vol. 59, No. 3, 331-359.

[10] Lin, M. H., Hsiung, C. and Hsiao, C. F. (1994). A Program for Monotonizing Two Empirical Bayes Estimators in Binomial and Hypergeometric Data Distributions. Psychometrika, Computational Psychometrics Section, Vol. 59, No. 3, 423-424.

[11] Lin, M. H. (1994). On the Equity of Relative Five-Rank Scoring Within a Class Norm. Proceedings of the National Science Council, R.O.C. – Part C: Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 2, 246-263.

[12] Lin, M. H. and Hsiung, C. (1992). Four Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for the Binomial-Error Model. Psychometrika, Article Section, Vol. 57, No. 4, 499-520.

[13] Lin, M. H. (1990). An Application of Rash’s Logistic Model To Item Banking. Psychological Testing, Vol. XXXV II, 97-112.

[14] Lin, M. H. (1990). On the Reliability and Scores Distribution of the 77th Annual College Entrance Examinations. Journal of the Chinese Statistical Association. V28, No. 1, 116-133.

[15] Lee, M. B., Lee, Y. J., Lee, L., and Lin, M. H. (1990). Reliability and Validity of Using a brief Psychiatric Symptoms Rating Scale in Chinical Practice. Journal of Formosan Medical Association, Vol. 89, No. 12, 1081-1087.

[16] Lin, M. H. (1989). Statistical Principles for Assessing Achievement Tests. Taiwan Education Review, 466, 6-13.

[17] Lin, M.H. (1989). On the Psychometric Aspects of the Selection System of the College Entrance Examination, Psychological Testing, Vol. XXXV I, 61-74

Editorial Articles on Educational Policies

[1] Lin, M. H., Liang, W. Q. The Paradox Underlying the Senior-High School Admission Policy. (高中推甄先推倒基本精神). United News, Commentary, 21/3/1999.

[2] Lin, M. H., Liang, W. Q. The Appropriateness of admissions Test Difficulty Banks on the Selection Ratio Prescribed. (出題不應跟著考生感覺走). United News, Commentary, 6/23/1995.

[3] Lin, M. H., Liang, W. Q. The Effectiveness of the Class-Norm Educational Program. (自學案學生成績並不亮麗). China Times, Commentary, 1/6/1995.

[4] Lin, M. H. Review of the Policy on the Missing Examination Papers Issue. (日大聯招失卷案的檢討). China Times, Focus Commentary, 14/6/1993.

[5] Lin, M. H. The Equity of the Class-Norm Policy. (勿為教育行政之便利而本末倒置). China Times, Focus Commentary, 14/6/1993.

[6] Lin, M. H. Pitfalls of the Class-Norm Screening Policy and a Proposed Amendment. (齊一各校水平未必代表素質提昇). China Times, Commentary, 16/4/1992.

[7] Lin, M. H. Psychometric Aspects of the College Entrance Examination in Taiwan. (聯招試題真能測出考生成績嗎？). China Times, Commentary, 6/8/1988.