Quantitative Methods Colloquium
QM Colloquium Series ArchiveFor current QM Colloquium Series schedule, see this page. Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 |
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| August 31 | Teaching students how to spend statistical money to purchase effective behavioral models: Degrees-of-freedom and goodness-of-fit as the foundation of psychological science Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 14 | Parameterizing nontraditional aspects of change as random coefficients Kris Preacher, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 28 | Conscientiousness, education, and longevity of high ability individuals Peter Savelyev, Vanderbilt Department of Economics |
| November 2 | Uses of structural equation mixture models in psychological research Dan Bauer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Psychology |
| November 16 | Why 'random item' response models? Sun-Joo Cho, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 28 | Individual influence on model selection Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 15 | Galileo and significance testing versus Newton and mathematical modeling: Revolution, backward and forward Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Special time: Friday, 2:40 - 3:40. |
| February 25 | Spatial ability: Its unique role in creativity and technical innovation Harrison Kell, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 11 | Comparing value-added models for estimating individual teacher effects on a statewide basis: Simulations and empirical analyses Gary T. Henry, Vanderbilt Dept. of Leadership, Policy, & Organizations |
| April 8 | When can nonrandomized experiments approximate results from randomized experiments: Some findings and hypotheses Will Shadish, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced Special location: Hobbs 100B |
| May 8 | Covariate balancing propensity score for improving the empirical performance of propensity score methods Kosuke Imai, PhD, Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University Special location and time: Wyatt 223, Wednesday, 2:30 - 4:00. [Jointly sponsored with ] |
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 |
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| August 26 | Organizational meeting; we will introduce faculty and graduate students, and discuss scheduling |
| September 9 | What happens to mathematically precocious youth identified at age 12? David Lubinski, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 16 | Journal club: Discussion of Fisher's first ANOVA article |
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September 23 |
Doing sibling research with the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY): Methodological and substantive issues Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 30 | Faculty teaching workshop: Particular challenges teaching statistics and methods courses |
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October 4 |
Biometric nonlinear growth curves for cognitive development among NLSY children and youth David Bard, Director, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Biometry Section Special time: Friday, 2:00 |
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October 7 |
Univariate sampling bootstrap procedures using prior information Will Beasley, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center |
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October 21 |
Bayesian inference in psychology Jeff Rouder, Middlebush Professor of Social Sciences, Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri Special time and location: 112 Wilson Hall, 2:00-3:00 |
| Ìý | Doing Bayesian inference in psychology: Using the Bayes Factor package in R Jeff Rouder, Middlebush Professor of Social Sciences, Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri Special time and location: 112 Wilson Hall, 3:00-5:00 |
| November 4 | Relative and absolute judgments in eyewitness identification Scott Gronlund, Depts. of Psychology, University of Oklahoma and University of Illinois |
| November 11 | Journal club: Discussion of Stangl (2007) Chance magazine article on teaching and research |
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November 18 |
Choosing repeated measurement occasions to minimize bias and maximize efficiency Kris Preacher, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
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January 20 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; no meeting |
| January 27 | Research using public NCAA data: SCORE data, APR data, and other athletic research initiatives Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 3 | Journal club: Discussion of Cowles & Davis (1982), On the origin of the .05 level of significance |
| February 10 | Can broad inferences be drawn from lottery analyses of school choice programs? An exploration of appropriate sensitivity analyses Ron Zimmer, Vanderbilt Dept. of Leadership, Policy, & Organizations |
| February 17 | Teaching forum: Vanderbilt faculty discuss curriculum differences since we were in graduate school |
| February 24 | Profound intellectual talent: A compelling phenotype for educational policy, behavioral genetic, and neuroscience inquiry David Lubinski, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Reading: Seashore (1922) |
| March 3 | Spring break; no meeting |
| March 10 | Analyses of instructional intervention data: Challenges and item response theory perspective Sun-Joo Cho, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 17 | Teaching forum: Vanderbilt faculty and QM graduate students discuss QM curriculum changes of the future |
| March 24 | Fitting nonlinear latent growth curve models with individually-varying time points Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 31 | Journal club: Discussion of Mook (1983), In defense of external invalidity |
| April 7 | Does maternal smoking during pregnancy cause offspring disruptive behavior? Insights from quasi-experimental designs Brian D'Onofrio, Indiana University Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences |
| April 11 | Student presentations |
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Alexandria Hadd S. Mason Garrison Mark Lachowicz Woo-yeol Lee |
| Ìý | Special time: Friday, 3:00 - 4:30 |
| April 25 | A psychometric modeling framework for diagnosing students' misconceptions Laine P. Bradshaw, Quantitative Methodology, University of Georgia Dept. of Educational Psychology Special time: Friday, 3:00 - 4:30 |
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015 |
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September 8 |
Organizational meeting Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 15 | Journal club: Discussion of Sharpe (2013) article on resistance to statistical innovation Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 22 | Are high achievers wrecked by their success? Examining career accomplishment's association with family, well-being, and health outcomes Harrison Kell, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 29 | Research workshop Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 3 | Within-subjects mediation analysis: A path-analytic framework Andrew F. Hayes, Quantitative Psychology, The Ohio State University Dept. of Psychology Special time: Friday, 1:00 - 2:00; Location: Hobbs 100B |
| October 7 | Analysis and interpretation of circumplex data Michael W. Browne, Quantitative Psychology, The Ohio State University Dept. of Psychology Special time: Tuesday, 3:30 - 4:30; Location: Hobbs 105 |
| October 13 | Rater agreement is not rater reliability: Some theory and data from machine-and-human scored essays Alan Nicewander, Pacific Metrics, Inc. (An ACT Company) |
| October 27 | Research workshop Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 3 | Using graphs to tell research stories, from many different perspectives Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 10 | Journal Club: Discussion of Marsh, Morin, Parker, & Kaur (2014) article on exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM). Kris Preacher, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 17 | Inducting students into practices of modeling data Richard Lehrer and Mayumi Shinohara, Vanderbilt Dept. of Teaching & Learning |
| December 1 | The odds ratio and its alternatives: Measure-specificity of effects Andrew Tomarken, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology |
| January 26 | Organizational meeting; QM exercise |
| February 2 | Journal Club: Discussion of Diaconis & Efron (1983) article on bootstrapping Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 9 | Correlation spaces: Where did all the Gramian matrices go? Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 16 | Inclement weather - no forum meeting |
| February 23 |
Laurie Cutting,Vanderbilt Dept. of Special Education Postponed until further notice |
| March 2 | Spring break - no forum meeting |
| March 9 | No forum meeting |
| March 16 | After differential item functioning (DIF) is detected: IRT item calibration and scoring in the presence of DIF Sun-Joo Cho, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 23 | Views on the past, present, and future of quantitative methods Jim Steiger, interviewed by David Lubinski, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 30 | Approaches for analyzing partially nested data Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 6 |
Mark Lachowicz, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Mason Garrison, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 13 |
Jason Rights, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Woo-yeol Lee, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Ali Hadd, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
Fall 2015 - Spring 2016 |
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| September 14 | Organizational meeting; we will introduce faculty and graduate students, and discuss scheduling Special time: Friday, 2:30 - 3:30. |
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September 21 |
Detecting latent bivariate nonlinearity with confidence envelopes: A semiparametric approach Jolynn Pek, Quantitative Methods, York University Dept. of Psychology |
| September 28 | Neurobiological correlates of language and reading Laurie Cutting,Vanderbilt Dept. of Special Education |
| October 5 | Journal club: Discussion of unit weighted regression articles |
| October 12 | SMEP presentations Kris Preacher, Joe Rodgers, and Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 19 | Teaching forum: Managing classroom problems in college classes |
| October 26 | Coping with poor replicability in psychology Paul De Boeck, Quantitative Psychology, The Ohio State University Dept. of Psychology |
| November 2 | Journal club: Recent articles on replication |
| November 9 | Teaching odds ratios in an undergraduate statistics course Shane Hutton, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 23 | Thanksgiving break; no meeting |
| November 30 | Statistical cartoons that teach Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 14 | Cognitive diagnosis for modeling and detection of learning Jeff Douglas, Dept. of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| January 25 | Functional multiple-set canonical correlation analysis: A method for integrating various sources of functional data Heungsun Hwang, Quantitative Psychology & Modelling, Dept. of Psychology, McGill University |
| February 1 | Journal club: Discussion of HARKing articles |
| February 8 | Teaching forum: Using Power Point in the QM classroom |
| February 15 | A problem, a method, and a dataset: Addressing selection bias in social science research using sibling control methods with the NLSY data Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 22 | Some computational advances in Bayesian SEM Ed Merkle, Quantitative Psychology, Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri |
| February 29 | Journal club: Discussion of hazard modeling articles |
| March 21 | What the H? The role of measurement quality in model and parameter assessment in structural equation modeling Gregory Hancock, Measurement, Statistics & Evaluation, University of Maryland |
| March 28 | Modeling learning in doubly multilevel binary longitudinal data using generalized linear mixed models: An application to measuring and explaining word learning Sun-Joo Cho, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 4 |
Patrick O'Keefe, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Woo-yeol Lee, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 11 |
Ali Hadd, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Mark Lachowicz, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 18 |
Mason Garrison, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Jason Rights, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
Fall 2016 - Spring 2017 |
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| September 12 | Organizational meeting; we will introduce faculty and graduate students, and discuss scheduling |
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September 19 |
Reducing adolescent risky behaviors in a high-risk context: The effects of unconditional cash transfers in South Africa Carolyn Heinrich, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations |
| September 26 | Discussion topic: Letters from the editor in the publication process (rejection letters, acceptance letters, rejection letters that look like acceptance letters, and acceptance letters that look like rejection letters) |
| October 3 | Simpler isn't better, it's just simpler: OLS regression weights make better predictions than simple alternative weights in realistic simulations Michael Nelson, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 10 | How quant methods informs policymaking in the airline industry Carolyn Ezzell, Vice President (retired) of Delta Airlines, Atlanta and London |
| October 17 |
SMEP presentations
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| October 24 | Journal club: The replication crisis: |
| October 31 | All work and no play: Using goals to explain the purpose of traits Kira McCabe, SMPY Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 10 | Benchmark validation of statistical mediation analysis David MacKinnon, Quantitative Psychology, Arizona State University Special time: Thursday, 3:30 - 4:30 |
| November 14 | Journal club: Shadish, Clark, & Steiner (2008) |
| November 28 | Precis: Teaching psychology and quantitative methods into the 21st century Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 23 | Discussion topic: Faculty teaching |
| January 30 | Change we can't believe in: Misspecification in latent change score models and the consequences for parameter estimation model evaluation and predicting change David Clark, Texas A&M University |
| February 6 | No forum today |
| February 13 | Modeling and testing differential item functioning in unidimensional binary item response models with a single continuous covariate: A functional data analysis approach Yang Liu, Psychological Sciences, University of California - Merced |
| February 22 | Imaging decisions: Multilevel modeling of fMRI Wil Cunningham, Dept. of Psychology, University of Toronto Special time and place: Wednesday, 12:10 - 1:00 in Wilson 113 |
| February 27 | Psychology, science, and knowledge construction: Broadening perspectives from the replication crisis Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 13 | Journal club: Berry, Reese, & Larkey (1999) |
| March 20 | Evaluating testing, profile likelihood confidence interval estimation, and model comparisons for item covariate effects in linear logistic test models Sun-Joo Cho, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 23 | Mini-conference: "Teaching Statistics and Quant Methods into the 21st Century" |
| March 27 | Critical thinking in higher education: Meaning and measurement Nathan Kuncel, University of Minnesota Dept. of Psychology Using derivatives to articulate theories and models of change Pascal Deboeck, University of Utah Dept. of Psychology |
| April 3 | Exploring the ability of extensive baseline covariates to reduce selection bias in nonrandomized studies of achievement effects Mark Lipsey, Peabody Research Institute, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Qiongru Yu & Shiyuan Zhang, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 10 | Titles TBA Quantitative Methods doctoral students |
| April 17 | Titles TBA Quantitative Methods doctoral students |
| April 24 | Titles TBA Quantitative Methods doctoral students |
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 |
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| September 11 | Adventures in smoothing: Using Poisson p-splines and the overlap coefficient to assess consistency of subject-specific distributions
Andy Tomarken, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology |
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September 18 |
The use of the likelihood based method in quantifying uncertainty in structural equation models
Hao Wu, Boston College Dept. of Psychology |
| September 25 | Professional development topic: Inclusion and Cultural Competence in Quantitative Psychology Greg Fontus, Assistant Director for the Office of Inclusion Initiatives and Cultural Competence, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
| October 2 | Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) conference talks Kris Preacher, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ, Department of Psychology and Human Development Joseph Rodgers, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ, Department of Psychology and Human Development |
| October 9 | Article discussion: SEM with phantom variables (Harring et al. reading)
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| October 16 | Advances in latent growth modeling: Applications to multiphase and mixture models
Jeffrey Harring, University of Maryland Dept. of Human Dev. & Quantitative Methodology |
| October 23 | Woo-yeol Lee, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 30 | Article discussion: Data mining (Grimm et al. readings) |
| November 6 | Reliable Trees: A Reliability Informed Approach to Recursive Partitioning
Kevin Grimm, Arizona State University Dept. of Psychology |
| November 13 | Kira McCabe, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 20 | Thanksgiving break |
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December 4 |
Mark Lachowicz, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 8 | The importance of a second level bootstrap for understanding data
Derek Smith, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Biostatistics |
| January 15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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| January 22 | Article discussion: McNeish, D., Stapleton, L. M., & Silverman, R. D. (2017). On the unnecessary ubiquity of hierarchical linear modeling. Psychological Methods , 22, 114-140. |
| January 29 | Multilevel and single-level confirmatory factor analysis with data from nested settings
Laura Stapleton, University of Maryland - College Park Dept. of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology |
| February 12 | New imputation methods for analyses with incomplete interaction effects
Craig Enders, UCLA Psychology Dept. |
| February 19 | Jason Rights, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 26 | Study design for accurate estimates of effect size: A sequential approach
Ken Kelley, University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of Business |
| March 5 | Spring break |
| March 12 | Patrick O'Keefe, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 19 | Mason Garrison, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 26 |
Alexandria Hadd,
ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Michael Krämer, Freie Universität Berlin |
| April 2 | Brian Bernstein, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 9 | From Terman to today: A century of findings on intellectual precocity
David Lubinski, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 16 | Trends and characteristics by year for all drug and opioid-related polydrug deaths in TN, 2013 to 2016
Kayle Donner , ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Neonatal abstinence syndrome in Tennessee, 2013-2016 Yue Gao, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 23 | Understanding the effect of cause of death statements on mortality reporting
Molly Golladay, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019 |
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| September 3 | Labor Day |
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September 10 |
Own experience bias in a labor market with heterogeneous rewards
Myrna Wooders, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Economics |
| September 17 | Exploring and diagnosing dynamical systems models using the R package, Dynamic Modeling in R (dynr)
Sy-Miin Chow, Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University |
| September 24 | Healthcare opportunities for measurement experts: Lessons along my journey
Jason Cole, Executive Director, Global Health Economics & Outcome Research |
| October 1 | Geospatial data manipulation, modeling, and analysis: Cartesian and subject-oriented approaches in anthropology
Steve Wernke, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Anthropology |
| October 8 | Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) conference talks Kris Preacher, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Joe Rodgers, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Sonya Sterba, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 15 | Rethinking psychological constructs
Paul De Boeck, The Ohio State University Dept. of Psychology |
| October 22 | Making a difference: How gifted individuals enhance communities world-wide
Kira McCabe, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 29 | Confidence intervals for correlation matrices
Alexandria Hadd, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| November 5 | Interview tips for graduate students
Ruth Schemmer, Assistant Dean for Career Development, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
| November 12 | Approximating the asymptotic covariance matrix when estimating models with the EM algorithm
Phil Chalmers, University of Georgia Department of Educational Psychology |
| November 19 | Thanksgiving break |
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November 26 |
Using families to test causal claims without experiments
Mason Garrison, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| December 3 | Advances in R-squared measures for quantifying explained variance in multilevel models
Jason Rights, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 7 | Professional development seminar in inclusion and cultural competence: Exploring self in society
Gregory Fontus, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Office of Inclusion & Cultural Competence |
| January 14 |
Biomedical applications for structural equation modeling
Steven Brunwasser, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Medicine |
| January 21 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| January 28 | A dynamic generalized linear mixed effect model for intensive binary time series data from an eye tracking technique
Sun-Joo Cho, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 4 | Corporate data scientist – cog in the wheel or superhero?
Miriam Kraatz, Asurion, Data Science |
| February 11 | No colloquium |
| February 18 | Measurement equivalence with categorical indicators: Thresholds as a first-order measurement model
Terrence Jorgensen, University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences |
| February 25 | Novel assessment strategies for improving our understanding of mental health
Ross Jacobucci, University of Notre Dame Dept. of Psychology |
| March 4 | Spring break |
| March 11 | Deductive data mining
Gitta Lubke, University of Notre Dame Dept. of Psychology |
| March 18 | Academic acceleration in gifted youth and fruitless concerns about psychological well-being: A 35-year longitudinal Study Brian Bernstein, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 25 |
Matthew Naveiras,
ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 1 | Planning reproducible research
Keith Muller, University of Florida, Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics |
| April 8 | Propensity scores: Promises and pitfalls
Patrick O'Keefe, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 15 |
Measuring student satisfaction in the Vanderbilt Medical School
Student retention under TN Promise program
Risk of repeat overdose as determined by mental health status: An examination of TN hospital patients
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| April 22 | Increases in fentanyl and stimulant overdose deaths in Tennessee, 2016-2017: Descriptive analysis using death certificate data
Jaehyun Shin, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Estimating trustworthiness for clinical responsibilities: Balancing risks and rewards in medical education Yasi Wang, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 |
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| September 2 | Labor Day |
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September 9 |
Musings on statistical models vs. machine learning in health research
Frank Harrell, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Biostatistics |
| September 16 | Advances in latent structure models
Steven Culpepper, Dept. of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| September 23 | What exactly happens in there? Five years as a research scientist at a large-scale testing organization
Harrison Kell, Educational Testing Service |
| September 30 | Incorporating individual differences and environmental context
Kira McCabe, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 7 | Fall faculty conference talks Hao Wu, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Joe Rodgers, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Jason Rights & Sonya Sterba, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Kris Preacher & Sonya Sterba, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, Kira McCabe, & Brian Bernstein, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 14 |
Multivariate assessment of balance in propensity score matching
Patrick O'Keefe, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| October 21 | no forum |
| October 28 |
no forum
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| November 4 | fMRI of state-dependent brain activity
Catie Chang, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Computer Science |
| November 11 | Stochastic accumulator models and what drives them
Tom Palmeri, Director of Scientific Computing ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Psychological Sciences |
| November 18 | Statistical modeling in the wild: Data science in practice
Jesse Spencer-Smith, Chief Data Scientist, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Data Science Institute |
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November 25 |
Thanksgiving break |
| December 2 | Examining the association between early experiences and later brain and behavior
Kate Humphreys, Clinical Science Program, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 6 |
No forum
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| January 13 |
A caution in the use of bootstrap confidence intervals for fit indices
Hao Wu, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 20 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| January 27 | A blavaan status update
Ed Merkle, Quantitative Psychology, University of Missouri |
| February 3 | No forum |
| February 10 | Estimating causal effects with observational data: The instrumental variables regression model and beyond
Albert Maydeu-Olivares, Quantitative Methodology, University of South Carolina |
| February 17 | Article discussion: Controlling confounds in social science research
Brian Bernstein, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| February 24 | Consulting Open House
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| March 2 | Spring break |
| March 9 | Challenges of consulting: Experiences of real biostatisticians
Mario Davidson, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Biostatistics |
| March 16 | No forum |
| March 23 | No forum |
| March 30 | No forum |
| April 6 | Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
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April 13 (2:00 - 3:45) |
Hope Ervin, Quantitative Psychology,
ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Yadi Li , Quantitative Psychology, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Stephen Robinson , Quantitative Psychology, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
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April 20 (2:00 - 4:15) |
Chao Zhang
, Quantitative Psychology,
ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Kalley Mankowski , Quantitative Psychology, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Ruolin Lu , Quantitative Psychology, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development John Reiter , Quantitative Psychology, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021 |
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| August 24 | Virtual meet/greet and discussion |
| August 31 | Bayesian imputation and compatibility issue Han Du, Quantitative Psychology Program, University of California - Los Angeles |
| September 7 | Labor Day |
| September 14 | Modeling eminence in STEM: Methodological requirements
David Lubinski, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| September 21 | How quantitative psychology training led me to inclusive teaching
Viji Sathy, Quantitative Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| September 28 | Detecting unobserved heterogeneity in growth mixture models: A Monte Carlo simulation study
Katerina Marcoulides, Quantitative Psychology, University of Minnesota |
| October 5 | Professional development colloquium: Considerations and advice for pursuing a career as a statistical consultant
RJ Wirth, Vector Psychometric Consulting Group |
| October 12 | Mplus Trees and applications to COVID-19 Sarfaraz Serang, Quantitative Psychology, Utah State University |
| October 19 | A methodologist’s guide to the wide, weird, and wonderful world of neuroimaging
Teague Henry, Quantitative Psychology, University of Virginia |
| October 26 | Multiplicative treatment effects in randomized pretest-posttest experimental designs Qimin Liu, Quantitative Methods and Clinical Science, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
| November 2 | Machine learning applications for the detection of psychological states in naturalistic settings Adela Timmons, Quantitative and Clinical Psychology, Florida International University |
| November 9 | Multiple testing in ANOVA and regression: Issues and solutions for fostering a more reproducible science
Samantha Anderson, Quantitative Psychology, Arizona State University |
| November 16 | A comparison of three frameworks for model fit evaluation in Item Response Theory
Scott Monroe, Educational Measurement & Psychometrics, Univ. of Massachusetts - Amherst |
| November 23 | Thanksgiving break |
| November 30 | Counting Joe Rodgers, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| January 25 | Equity in college admissions: Is it possible?
Michael Walker, Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
| February 1 | Professional development seminar: What is it like to work as a psychometrician at RAND Corporation?
Wenjing Huang, RAND Corporation |
| February 8 - March 8 | Internal QM program activity Sonya Sterba, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 15 | No meeting |
| March 22 | Brian Bernstein, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| March 29 | Haley Yaremych, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 5 | Exploring latent brain networks via simultaneous component analysis
Nathaniel Helwig, U. of Minnesota Dept. of Psychology & School of Statistics Special time: 2:00p - 3:15p |
| April 12 | Matthew Naveiras, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 19 | Confirmatory factor analysis of two popular psychological assessment scales among substance abuse patients
Siyun Feng, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ’s Graduate School Annual Report McKenna Cortez, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development |
| April 26 | Wrap-around services for pregnant woman with opioid use disorder
Yuan Fang, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development A wrinkle in time: Exploring time aggregation in quasi-experimental models Dalton Abel, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Factor analysis on two important competency-based assessment events at Vanderbilt Medical School Yibin Ni, Vanderbilt Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Special time: 2:00p - 3:50p |
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 |
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September 6 |
Labor Day |
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September 13 |
Integrating text into psychological and education research: Latent variable modeling and applications
Kenneth Tyler Wilcox, Quantitative Psychology, University of Notre Dame |
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September 20 |
More than "just a model"? Psychometric modeling and scale scores
Alex P. Christensen, Cognitive Neuroscience/Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania |
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September 27 |
Deep learning and psychometrics: A fruitful new synthesis
Christian Urban, Quantitative Psychology, UNC Chapel Hill |
| October 4 | On networks and online Russian trolls: How can the total entropy fit index be applied to optimize the number of embedded dimensions used in dynamic exploratory graph analysis, and why does it matter
Hudson Golino, Quantitative Methods & Data Sciance, University of Virginia Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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October 11 |
Kristopher Preacher, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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October 18 |
How many have died? Mortality reporting in the age of COVID-19
Molly Golladay, QM M.Ed. Alumni Speaker, Tennessee Dept. of Health |
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October 25 |
Predicting earnings of recent college graduates: A machine learning approach
Will Doyle, LPO & Data Science Institute, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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November 1 |
Estimating bias and sensitivity of front-door models
Felix Thoemmes, Human Development, Cornell University Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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November 8 |
Struggles with latent variable model evaluation and selection: When does a difference make a difference?
Daniel Oberski, Methodology & Statistics, Utrecht University |
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November 15 |
Adventures in smoothing: P-splines
Andrew Tomarken, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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November 22 |
Thanksgiving break |
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November 29 |
Mapping item-response interactions: A latent space approach to item response data with interaction maps
Minjeong Jeon, Quantitative Methods, UCLA Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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December 6 |
Does violence against journalists deter detailed reporting? Evidence from Mexico Cassy Dorff, Political Science & Data Science Institute, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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January 17 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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January 24 |
Process data analysis in computer-based assessment
Jingchen Liu, Department of Statistics, Columbia University |
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January 31 |
The future of psychometric research: From standardized testing in education to AI-augmented learning
Hua-Hua Chang, Department of Statistics, Purdue University |
| February 7 | Disaggregating person- and situation-specific heterogeneity in psychiatric phenotyping via discrete latent state-trait modeling
Qimin Liu, Quantitative Methods & Clinical Science, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
| February 14 | Stan: A Frequentist gives a brief tutorial on the Bayesian software
Patrick O'Keefe, Annual QM Alumni Speaker, Oregon Health & Science University |
| February 21 | What's quant got to do with It? A journey in discovering quantitative possibilities for disrupting gendered racism in mathematics
Nicole M. Joseph, Mathematics & Science Education, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
| February 28 | Using multilevel models to uncover spatiotemporal dynamics of neural activity (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the MLM)
Michael Halquist, Psychology & Neuroscience, UNC Chapel Hill Joint virtual colloquium together with the Quantitative Methods programs at UVA, USC, Ohio State, UNC-CH, and U. Maryland Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
| March 7 | Spring break |
| March 14 | Reflections on the fading standardized testing requirement in college admissions
Li Cai, Advanced Quantitative Methodology, University of California - Los Angeles |
| March 21 | The econometric approach to causality
James Heckman, Economics, Public Policy, and School of Law, University of Chicago Joint virtual colloquium together with the Quantitative Methods programs at UVA, USC, Ohio State, UNC-CH, and U. Maryland Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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March 28 |
Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 4 |
Matthew Naveiras, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 11 |
Critiquing from within: The role and importance of meta-scientific research in psychology
Kate Slaney, Quantitative Psychology, Simon Fraser University Joint virtual colloquium together with the Quantitative Methods programs at UVA, USC, Ohio State, UNC-CH, and U. Maryland Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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April 18 |
Hannah Culbertson, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Manuel Horta, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Astrid (Hanxuan) Yu, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Special time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
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April 25 |
Sarah Obeidalla, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Morgan Reinhart, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 |
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September 5 |
Labor Day |
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September 12 |
Free form responses in surveys: An opportunity for enriched data analysis
Charreau Bell, Data Science Institute (DSI), ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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September 19 |
Using large language models to develop readability formulas
Scott Crossley, Special Education & Data Science Institute (DSI), ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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September 26 |
Scientific communication, quantitative methods, and evidence-based policy
Jon Wai, Education Reformhristian Urban, Quantitative Psychology, UNC Chapel Hill |
| October 3 | Psycholinguistics as a problem space for quantitative psychologists
Van Liceralde, Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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October 10 |
Using a quantitative mindset to advance DEI in higher ed
Viji Sathy & Abigail Panter, Psychology & Neuroscience, UNC Chapel Hill Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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October 17 |
An introduction to applied reinforcement learning with AWS DeepRacer
Stephen Robinson, QM M.Ed. Alumni Speaker, 1st Edge Software Engineering |
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October 24 |
More missing, better fit?! How can we fix it?
Cathy Zhang, Quantitative Psychology, York University |
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October 31 |
The influences of homophily, institutional power, and framing in understanding collective action networks
Rong Wang, Human & Organizational Development, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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November 7 |
Moving toward evidence based practice in graduate admissions
Nathan Kuncel, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Minnesota Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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November 14 |
Matthew Naveiras, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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November 21 |
Thanksgiving break |
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November 28 |
Professional development: Quantitative psychology teaching panel
Amanda Montoya, UCLA; Jessica Logan, Vanderbilt; Chris Strauss, UNC Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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December 5 |
Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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January 9 |
Reporting of subscore on educational tests: A review of the status quo Sandip Sinharay, Distinguished Presidential Appointee, Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
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January 16 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
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January 23 |
"Wait, I'm confused": Revisiting methodological recommendations based on sensitivity and specificity Alex Christensen, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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January 30 |
Multilevel models of intersectional inequalities
Clare Evans, Dept. of Sociology, University of Oregon Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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February 6 |
Consulting Open House Justine Hoch, Developmental Science, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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February 13 |
Canceled |
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February 20 |
No forum |
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February 27 |
Estimation and sensitivity analysis for causal decomposition: Assessing robustness toward omitted variable bias
Soojin Park, Quantitative Methods, University of California - Riverside Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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March 6 |
Gabriella Noreen, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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March 13 |
Spring break |
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March 20 |
Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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March 27 |
Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 3 |
Jeongwon Choi, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 10 |
Isaac Baca, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Junhao Cai, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Hoi Kan, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Yingxian Liu, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 17 |
Joy Polk, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Xiaodi Ruan, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Yunyi Sun, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Tiffany Tran, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 24 |
Christine Jensen, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Anqi Wang, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Shuti Wang, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Runqi Yuan, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 |
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September 4 |
Labor Day |
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September 11 |
Academic job searches, applications, and interviews in quantitative methods
Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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September 18 |
Taking the scenic route: Challenges and solutions for nonlinear regression in psychology research
Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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September 25 |
Computational social science topics in the NDS Lab: An introduction
Tyler Derr, Data Science & Computer Science, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
| October 2 | Factor scores in clustered data Chris Strauss, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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October 9 |
Generalizability and heterogeneity: Designing your study when treatment effects vary Elizabeth Tipton, Statistics and Data Science, Statistics for Evidence-Based Policy and Practice (STEPP) Center, Northwestern University Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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October 16 |
Children’s causal inferences (mostly) reflect associative learning under information processing demands
Deon Benton, Cognitive Neuroscience, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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October 23 |
Tales from the borderlands of academia: Quantitative careers in the education research industry
Mark Lachowicz, Quantitative Researcher, American Institutes for Research (AIR) Student meeting afterward (3:30 - 4:00) |
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October 30 |
Two-method measurement planned missing data designs
Jessica Logan, Special Education, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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November 6 |
Consequences of mistaking the measurement model in SEM: Alternatives to common factors and a method for model selection Mijke Rhemtulla, Quantitative Psychology, University of California - Davis Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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November 13 |
Thanksgiving potluck
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November 20 |
Thanksgiving break |
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November 27 |
Incorporating intersectionality using latent class analysis within health contexts Melanie Wall, Dept. of Biostatistics, Director of Mental Health Data Science, Columbia University Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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December 4 |
Canceled |
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January 8 |
DIF via robust scaling Peter Halpin, Learning Sciences & Quantitative Psychology, UNC Chapel Hill |
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January 15 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
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January 22 |
Meta-analysis and bringing research to practice: A justice reform case study of the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEPâ„¢) Gabrielle Chapman, Peabody Research Institute, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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January 29 |
Reflections on the within-between dispute in cross-lagged panel research
Ellen Hamaker, Professor of Longitudinal Data Analysis, Utrecht University Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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February 5 |
Bayesian compositional data analysis and variable selection Xin (Cynthia) Tong, Quantitative Psychology, University of Virginia |
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February 12 |
Improving eating disorder research, assessment, and treatment with ecological momentary assessment, sensor technology, and network theory Madison Hooper, Clinical Science, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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February 19 |
No forum |
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February 26 |
Intra- and inter-individual variability in psychological processes in dyadic interactions
Emilio Ferrer, Quantitative Psychology, University of California - Davis Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm |
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March 4 |
Jeongwon Choi, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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March 11 |
Spring break |
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March 18 |
Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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March 25 |
Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 1 |
Gabriella Noreen, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 8 |
Russell (Haoze) Pan, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
David (Xiaolong) Liu, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Smiley (Myrnaliza) Tan, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 15 |
Emma Walker, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Jordan Henderson, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Yuhan Shi, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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April 22 |
Garrett Maher, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ
Alexis Lewis, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Jingyan Ruan, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ Mike (Yuqiao) Wang, Quantitative Methods, ÇàÇà²ÝÊÓƵ |
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