Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Kraus

Elisabeth Kraus is an assistant professor of methods in empirical educational research. Her interests are diverse and encompass (almost) all types of data modeling. Her research focuses on psychometrics, the use of machine learning in educational research, and the utilization of evaluation study data for individual training recommendations. In her research, she aims not only to develop new methods and approaches but also to put them into practice.

Address

University of Tübingen
Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology
72072 Tübingen, Germany
Room 404

Contact

07071/29-76569

elisabeth.krausspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

 

 

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Publications

Publications

  • Rank, A., & Kraus, E. B. (2026). Investigating the predictors of academic language competences in primary school children: A machine learning approach. Preschool and Primary Education, 14(1), 144-162. https://doi.org/10.12681/ppej.40307
  • Kraus, E. B., Wild, J., Schilcher, A., & Hilbert, S. (2025). Exploring the short-term and long-term effects of the COVID-19 school closures on reading fluency in southern germany: A longitudinal causal effects analysis. Learning and Instruction, 101, 102227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102227  
  • Kraus, E. B., Pargent, F., Hilbert, S., & Augustin, T. (2025). Introducing the treatment decision framework (treadef)–a decision theoretic approach to using evaluation study data to inform individual treatment decisions. Collabra: Psychology, 11(1), 145043. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.145043
  • Hilbert, S., Kraus, E. B., & Lindl, A. (2025). Machine Learning: Eine Einführung für Psychologie, Geistes-und Sozialwissenschaften. Springer-Verlag.
  • Bayer, L., Cigelski, M., Eilfgang, J., Kraus, E. B., Mensing, F., & Pülschen, S. (2025). German version of the child sexual abuse myth scale (CSAMS-G): Translation, expansion, and construct validation. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020143
  • Giglberger, M., Peter, H. L., Henze, G.-I., Kraus, E. B., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Zänkert, S., Kreuzpointner, L., Kirsch, P., Kudielka, B. M., et al. (2024). Brain activation changes as predictors for perceived stress and cortisol awakening responses over a 13-months stress period. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 160, 106798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106798
  • Hrabetz, B., Kraus, E. B., & Gruber, H. (2024). Social identity in environmental protection engagement: How are different kinds of identity related to different types of engagement? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 54, 776–786. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13072786
  • Kraus, E. B., & Kern, C. (2024). Measurement modeling of predictors and outcomes in algorithmic fairness. European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness. 3(23), 1-18
  • Kraus, E. B., Wild, J., Bühner, M., Schilcher, A., & Hilbert, S. (2024). Applying cross-validated psychometric models to the bavarian reading test (BYLET). European Journal of Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000848
  • Kraus, E. B., Wild, J., & Hilbert, S. (2024b). Using interpretable machine learning for differential item functioning detection in psychometric tests. Applied Psychological Measurement, 48(4-5), 167–186. https://doi.org/10.1177/01466216241238744
  • Sterner, P., Friemelt, B., Goretzko, D., Kraus, E. B., Bühner, M., & Pargent, F. (2024). The confidence/significance level implies a certain cost ratio between type I error and type II error: For a stronger focus on decision theory in psychological assessment-Das Konfidenz-/Signifikanzniveau impliziert ein bestimmtes Kostenverhältnis zwischen Fehler 1. Art und Fehler 2. Art: Für ein stärkeres
    Einbeziehen der Entscheidungstheorie in die psychologische Einzelfalldiagnostik. Diagnostica, 70(3), 126–138. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000329
  • Giglberger, M., Peter, H. L., Henze, G.-I., Kraus, E. B., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Kreuzpointner, L., Kirsch, P., Kudielka, B. M., & Wüst, S. (2023). Neural responses to acute stress predict chronic stress perception in daily life over 13 months. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 19990. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105771
  • Kraus, E. B. (2022). Diagnostische Entscheidungen mit dem Treatment Decision Model – ein entscheidungstheoretischer Ansatz auf Basis von Evaluationsstudiendaten. LMU Munich, Germany
  • Giglberger, M., Peter, H. L., Kraus, E. B., Kreuzpointner, L., Zänkert, S., Henze, G.-I., Bärtl, C., Konzok, J., Kirsch, P., Rietschel, M., et al. (2022). Daily life stress and the cortisol awakening response over a 13-months stress period–findings from the lawstress project. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 141, 105771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2022.105771
  • Hilbert, S., Pargent, F., Kraus, E. B., Naumann, F., Eichhorn, K., Ungar, P., & Bühner, M. (2022). What’s the measure? An empirical investigation of self-ratings on response scales. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 25(1), 59–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1839163
  • Schilcher, A., Wild, J., Kraus, E. B., & Hilbert, S. (2022). FiLBY-2–ein Leseflüssigkeitstraining für alle Schülerinnen und Schüler? Differenzielle Effekte. Zeitschrift für Sprachlich-Literarisches Lernen und Deutschdidaktik, 2. https://doi.org/10.46586/SLLD.Z.2022.9606
  • Hilbert, S., Coors, S., Kraus, E. B., Bischl, B., Lindl, A., Frei, M., Wild, J., Krauss, S., Goretzko, D., & Stachl, C. (2021). Machine Learning for the educational sciences. Review of Education, 9(3), e3310. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3310 

Curriculum Vitae

Since 03/2025
Assistant Professor Methods in Empirical Educational Research

Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen

04/2023 - 02/2025
Postdoc

Computational Modelling in Psychology, LMU Munich

10/2020 - 03/2023
Master of Science in Statistics

LMU Munich

03/2018 - 03/2023
Research Associate

Educational Data Science, University of Regensburg

03/2018 - 11/2022
Doctoral Studies: Psychology

LMU Munich

10/2015 - 08/2017
Master of Science in Psychology: Learning Sciences

LMU Munich

10/2011 - 08/2015
Bachelor of Science in Psychology

University of Freiburg