About
I am Giorgi Tchumburidze – Associate Professor of Psychology and head of the Psychology in the Digital World program at BTU (Batumi Technical University) in Tbilisi, Georgia. My work focuses on educational assessment, psychometric validation, and large-scale studies like PISA, PIRLS, and TIMSS. This site is my professional home: a place for research, tools, and writing about the measurement of human behavior.
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Psychological Predictors of Reading Achievement
Evidence from PISA Georgia – examining how self-efficacy, growth mindset, and belonging predict reading literacy.
Digital Divide 2.0
Combining PISA 2022 data with primary survey research to examine digital inequality among Georgian students.
PSS-10 & Self-Efficacy Scale Validation
Psychometric validation of Georgian versions of the Perceived Stress Scale and General Self-Efficacy Scale.
Cultural Life Scripts Replication
A 2026 replication of the 2016 Cultural Life Scripts study in the Georgian context.
Teaching
Psychology in the Digital World
A program at BTU exploring how digital technologies shape human cognition, behavior, and well-being. Courses cover research methodology, psychometrics, and the intersection of psychology with technology.
Latest from the Blog
Recent articles on psychometrics, R tutorials, research notes, and more.
- What the 2026 Admissions Data Tells Us About Psychology in GeorgiaEvery summer, thousands of Georgian school-leavers sit the Unified National Examinations, rank the university programs they want, and are placed according to their scores. The results are a goldmine of data about what students want, what they can access, and … Read more
- Why You Can’t Just Translate a Questionnaire: Cross-Cultural Scale Adaptation, Step by StepSay you’ve found a well-validated English questionnaire, a depression scale, a personality inventory, a measure of job satisfaction, and you want to use it in your own country, in your own language. The obvious first move is to translate it. … Read more
- The Invisible Script: How Culture Writes the Story of a LifeThink about what happens when someone tells you they went to a restaurant. You don’t need them to explain that they were seated, looked at a menu, ordered from a waiter, ate, paid, and left. You already know all of … Read more