Ricardo Rey-Sáez
- 2024–present | Ph.D. Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Developing and validating psychometric models for the study of individual differences in experimental psychology.
- 2020–2022 | M.S. Quantitative Research Methods for Behavioral and Health Sciences, Complutense University of Madrid
- 2017–2020 | B.S. Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid
- 2024 | Bayesian Cognitive Modeling: A Practical Course, University of Amsterdam
- 2023 | Practical Introduction to Advances in Exploratory Factor Analysis Applied to Item Analysis, University of the Basque Country
- 2022 | Introduction to Exploratory Graph Analysis (EGA) with R, Zaragoza University
- 2020 | Principles, Statistical and Computational Tools for Reproducible Data Science, Harvard University (HarvardX) | Verified Certificate
- 2020 | Professional Certificate in Data Science, Harvard University
- Data Science: R basics | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: Visualization | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: Probability | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: Inference and Modeling | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: Productivity Tools | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: Wrangling | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: Linear Regression | Verified Certificate
- Data Science: R basics | Verified Certificate
- 2025 | Introduction to Bayesian Psychometrics: Applications to Factor Analysis
- Seminar instructor, National interfaculty training seminar
- Organized by ASCOFAPSI (Colombian Association of Faculties of Psychology)
- Seminar instructor, National interfaculty training seminar
- 2025 | Beyond Maximum Likelihood: Introduction to Bayesian Factor Analysis
- Seminar instructor, Master’s program in Quantitative Research Methods
- Organized by Autonomous University of Madrid
- Seminar instructor, Master’s program in Quantitative Research Methods
- 2024 | ChatGPT and Psychometrics: Optimizing the Design, Refinement, and Data Analysis of Measurement Instruments
- Seminar instructor, Master’s program in Quantitative Research Methods
- Organized by Autonomous University of Madrid
- Seminar instructor, Master’s program in Quantitative Research Methods
- 2023–2024 | Data Analysis in Psychology
- Course instructor, Undergraduate program (Bachelor’s in Psychology)
- Organized by Nebrija University
- Course instructor, Undergraduate program (Bachelor’s in Psychology)
- 2023 | Adapting Our Teaching to the Revolution of AI and ChatGPT
- Workshop instructor, Faculty training
- Organized by Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Workshop instructor, Faculty training
- 2023 | How can we Adapt Our Teaching to the Revolution of AI and ChatGPT?
- Workshop instructor, Faculty training
- Organized by University of Costa Rica
- Workshop instructor, Faculty training
- Rey-Sáez, R., & Estrada, E. (2023). Análisis de datos con R en Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud. Editorial Síntesis: https://www.sintesis.com/libro/analisis-de-datos-con-r-en-ciencias-sociales-y-de-la-salud
- 2025 | Best Oral Communication Award | Ibero-American Association for Research on Individual Differences
- Presentation Title: New Hierarchical Models to Answer Old Psychometric Questions in Experimental Research: Which Task Best Measures Inhibition?
- Prize: MASK-5 Measurement Instrument
- Presentation Title: New Hierarchical Models to Answer Old Psychometric Questions in Experimental Research: Which Task Best Measures Inhibition?
- 2024 | Dissemination and Transfer in Methodology Award | Spanish Association of Methodology for Behavioral Sciences
- Project Ecuación Triunfo
- Funding: €1,000
- Project Ecuación Triunfo
- 2024 | Julio Olea Grant | Spanish Association of Methodology for Behavioral Sciences
- Funding to carry out the research project The union of psychometrics and experimental psychology: Bayesian hierarchical models with common factors for response times
- Funding: €2,400
- Funding to carry out the research project The union of psychometrics and experimental psychology: Bayesian hierarchical models with common factors for response times
Franco-Martínez, A., Rey-Sáez, R., Shanks, D. R., Soto, D., & Vadillo, M. A. (2024). Replicating the unconscious working memory effect: A multisite preregistered study [stage 1 registered report]. OSF.
Pacheco-Romero, A. M., Martín-García, Ó., Rey-Sáez, R., Boemo, T., Blanco, I., Vázquez, C., & Sánchez-López, Á. (2024). An integrative analysis of potential mechanisms of reduced positive affect in daily life in depression: an ESM study. Cognition and Emotion, 38(4), 587–604. PDF
Gracia, E., Martín-Fernández, M., Rey-Sáez, R., & Yount, K. M. (2024). Attitudes justifying partner violence against women in Latin-American and Caribbean countries: A measurement invariance study. Psychology of Violence, 14(2), 127–136. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000497
Vega-Sanz, M., Rey-Sáez, R., Berástegui, A., & Sánchez-López, Á. (2024). Difficulties in pregnancy adjustment as predictors of perinatal depression: Indirect effects through the role of brooding rumination and maternal–fetal bonding. American Journal of Perinatology, 41(S 01), e2870–e2877. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776062
Franco-Martínez, A., Rey-Sáez, R., & Castillejo, I. (2023). The seven wonderings of large language models as psychometric designers, refiners, and analysts. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kmqy5
Rey-Sáez, R. (2022). Réplica a: Validación cruzada sobre una misma muestra: Una práctica sin fundamento. R.E.M.A. Revista Electrónica de Metodología Aplicada, 24(1), 41–44. PDF
- Rey-Sáez, R., Franco-Martínez, A., Revuelta, J., & Vadillo, M. A. (2025). New Hierarchical Models to Answer Old Psychometric Questions in Experimental Research: Which Task Best Measures Inhibition? [Oral presentation] XIV Conference – Asociación Iberoamericana para la Investigación de las Diferencias Individuales (AIIDI).
- Rey-Sáez, R., Franco-Martínez, A., Revuelta, J., & Vadillo, M. A. (2025). Where psychometrics meets experimental psychology: Bayesian hierarchical factor models for response times. [Oral presentation] XI Conference – European Congress of Methodology.
- Rey-Sáez, R., Revuelta, J., & Vadillo, M. A. (2025). From random effects to common factors: Latent dimensionality assessment in experimental psychology. [Oral presentation] XI Conference – European Congress.
- Rey-Sáez, R., Garre-Frutos, F., Franco-Martínez, A., Castillejo, I., & Vadillo, M. A. (2025). Addressing methodological challenges in unconscious process research: A hierarchical modeling approach. [Poster presentation] 27 Annual Meeting of the Association for Scientific Studies of Consciousness.
- Rey-Sáez, R., Garre-Frutos, F., Franco-Martínez, A., Castillejo, I., & Vadillo, M. A. (2025). Hierarchical models in experimental psychology: A solution for measuring unconscious psychological processes. [Poster presentation] XIV Reunión Científica sobre Atención.
- Rey-Sáez, R., Garre-Frutos, F., & Vadillo, M. Ángel. (2024). What psychometrics can offer to experimental psychology: The multilevel model as the legacy of factor analysis. [Oral presentation] XVIII Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud.
- Rey-Sáez, R., Lecuona, Ó., & Martín-Fernández, M. (2024). Approximate measurement invariance with multiple groups: A comparison between Bayesian SEM and the alignment method. [Oral presentation] XVIII Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud.
- Lecuona, Ó., Rey-Sáez, R., & Martín-Fernández, Manuel. (2024). Studying invariance with multiple groups in large datasets: A comparison of bayesian SEM and alignment method. [Oral presentation] 13th Conference of The International Test Commission.
- Rey-Sáez, R., Franco-Martínez, A., Castillejo, I., & Vadillo, M. A. (2024). From unconscious to unreliable? Measurement error biases evidence on studies of unconscious processing. [Poster presentation] 27 Annual Meeting of the Association for Scientific Studies of Consciousness.
- Franco-Martínez, A., Rey-Sáez, R., Shanks, D. R., Soto, D., & Vadillo, M. A. (2024). Advances in “replicating the unconscious working memory effect: A multisite preregistered study.” [Poster presentation] 27 Annual Meeting of the Association for Scientific Studies of Consciousness.
- Pacheco-Romero, A. M., Martín-Gracía, Ó., Rey-Sáez, R., Boemo, T., Blanco, I., & Sánchez-López, Á. (2023). Affective reactivity to daily events predicts changes in future psychopathology and is modulated by the use of different forms of rumination. [Oral presentation] International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS).
- Aivar, P., Rey-Sáez, R., & Vadillo, M. A. (2023). Hard to ignore? Irrelevant distractors cannot be completely suppressed in a contextual cueing task. [Poster presentation] 23 Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society.
- Martin-Garcia, O., Rey-Saez, R., Boemo, T., Pacheco-Romero, A., Blanco, I., & Sanchez-Lopez, A. (2023). Modulatory role of motivational self-focuses on the relation between perceived stress and momentary affect: An ESM study. [Oral presentation] Emotions Congress 2023.
- Pacheco-Romero, A. M., Martín-Gracía, Ó., Rey-Sáez, R., Boemo, T., Blanco, I., Vázquez, C., & Sánchez-López, Á. (2022). Intra-individual mechanisms of positive affect regulation deficits in depression: An experience sampling study. [Oral presentation] 52nd European Association for Behavioural; Cognitive Therapies.
- Rey-Sáez, R., & Nájera, P. (2022). Investigando metodología en el multiverso de la academia: Comunidad, recursos y estrategias por y para jóvenes. [Symposium Organizer] XVII Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud.
- Rey-Sáez, R. (2022). Investigación, paso 1: ¿Cómo y dónde busco información? Nuevas herramientas para la detección eficiente de bibliografía de interés. [Oral presentation] XVII Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud.
- Rey-Sáez, R. (2022). Approximate measurement invariance: Assessing the accuracy and sensitivity of alignment optimization under partial invariance with multiple groups. [Oral presentation] XVII Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud.
- Martín-Fernández, M., & Rey-Sáez, R. (2022). Approximate measurement invariance in surveys on attitudes toward intimate partner violence in 12 Latin American countries. [Poster presentation] XVII Congreso de Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales y de la Salud.
- Rey-Sáez, R. (2022). Approximate measurement invariance in surveys on attitudes toward intimate partner violence in 12 Latin American countries. [Oral presentation] Research Conference of the Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid