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Quantitative Methods Colloquium

QM Colloquium Series Archive

For current QM Colloquium Series schedule, see this page.

Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
September 14 Parameterizing nontraditional aspects of change as random coefficients
Kris Preacher, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
September 28 Conscientiousness, education, and longevity of high ability individuals
Peter Savelyev, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
January 28 Individual influence on model selection
Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
February 15 Galileo and significance testing versus Newton and mathematical modeling: Revolution, backward and forward
Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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.
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Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
September 16 Journal club: Discussion of Fisher's first ANOVA article
September 23
 		Doing sibling research with the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY): Methodological and substantive issues
Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
September 30 Faculty teaching workshop: Particular challenges teaching statistics and methods courses
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
October 7
 		Univariate sampling bootstrap procedures using prior information
Will Beasley, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
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
November 18
 		Choosing repeated measurement occasions to minimize bias and maximize efficiency
Kris Preacher, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Leadership, Policy, & Organizations
February 17 Teaching forum: ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 17 Teaching forum: ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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
Ìý 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
September 8
 		Organizational meeting
Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
September 15 Journal club: Discussion of Sharpe (2013) article on resistance to statistical innovation
Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
September 29 Research workshop
Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 3 Using graphs to tell research stories, from many different perspectives
Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 17 Inducting students into practices of modeling data
Richard Lehrer and Mayumi Shinohara, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Teaching & Learning
December 1 The odds ratio and its alternatives: Measure-specificity of effects
Andrew Tomarken, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
February 9 Correlation spaces: Where did all the Gramian matrices go?
Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
February 16 Inclement weather - no forum meeting
February 23 Laurie Cutting,ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 30 Approaches for analyzing partially nested data
Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 6 Mark Lachowicz, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Mason Garrison, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 13 Jason Rights, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Woo-yeol Lee, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Ali Hadd, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
September 14 Organizational meeting; we will introduce faculty and graduate students, and discuss scheduling
Special time: Friday, 2:30 - 3:30.
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,ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 23 Thanksgiving break; no meeting
November 30 Statistical cartoons that teach
Joe Rodgers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 4 Patrick O'Keefe, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Woo-yeol Lee, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 11 Ali Hadd, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Mark Lachowicz, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 18 Mason Garrison, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Jason Rights, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
September 12 Organizational meeting; we will introduce faculty and graduate students, and discuss scheduling
September 19
 		Reducing adolescent risky behaviors in a high-risk context: The effects of unconditional cash transfers in South Africa
Carolyn Heinrich, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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
  • Problems with rationales for parceling without considering parcel-allocation variability (SMEP Cattell Award Address)
    Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
  • When lightning strikes twice: Profoundly gifted, profoundly accomplished
    David Lubinski, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Qiongru Yu & Shiyuan Zhang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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
September 11 Adventures in smoothing: Using Poisson p-splines and the overlap coefficient to assess consistency of subject-specific distributions
Andy Tomarken, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
October 2 Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) conference talks
Kris Preacher, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University, Department of Psychology and Human Development
Joseph Rodgers, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University, Department of Psychology and Human Development
October 9 Article discussion: SEM with phantom variables (Harring et al. reading)
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 20 Thanksgiving break
December 4
 		Mark Lachowicz, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
January 8 The importance of a second level bootstrap for understanding data
Derek Smith, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Biostatistics
January 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 19 Mason Garrison, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 26 Alexandria Hadd, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Michael Krämer, Freie Universität Berlin
April 2 Brian Bernstein, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 9 From Terman to today: A century of findings on intellectual precocity
David Lubinski, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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 , ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Neonatal abstinence syndrome in Tennessee, 2013-2016
Yue Gao, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 23 Understanding the effect of cause of death statements on mortality reporting
Molly Golladay, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
September 3 Labor Day
September 10
 		Own experience bias in a labor market with heterogeneous rewards
Myrna Wooders, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Anthropology
October 8 Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) conference talks
Kris Preacher, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Joe Rodgers, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Sonya Sterba, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
October 29 Confidence intervals for correlation matrices
Alexandria Hadd, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 5 Interview tips for graduate students
Ruth Schemmer, Assistant Dean for Career Development, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
November 26
 		Using families to test causal claims without experiments
Mason Garrison, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
December 3 Advances in R-squared measures for quantifying explained variance in multilevel models
Jason Rights, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
January 7 Professional development seminar in inclusion and cultural competence: Exploring self in society
Gregory Fontus, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Office of Inclusion & Cultural Competence
January 14 Biomedical applications for structural equation modeling
Steven Brunwasser, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 25 Matthew Naveiras, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 15

Measuring student satisfaction in the ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Medical School
Charles Fisk , ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Student retention under TN Promise program
JunLan Ren , ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Risk of repeat overdose as determined by mental health status: An examination of TN hospital patients
Sarah Mayberry , ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

April 22 Increases in fentanyl and stimulant overdose deaths in Tennessee, 2016-2017: Descriptive analysis using death certificate data
Jaehyun Shin, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Estimating trustworthiness for clinical responsibilities: Balancing risks and rewards in medical education
Yasi Wang, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
September 2 Labor Day
September 9
 		Musings on statistical models vs. machine learning in health research
Frank Harrell, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
October 7 Fall faculty conference talks
Hao Wu, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Joe Rodgers, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
 Jason Rights & Sonya Sterba, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Kris Preacher & Sonya Sterba, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
David Lubinski, Camilla Benbow, Kira McCabe, & Brian Bernstein, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
October 14 Multivariate assessment of balance in propensity score matching
Patrick O'Keefe, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
October 21 no forum
October 28 no forum
November 4 fMRI of state-dependent brain activity
Catie Chang, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Computer Science
November 11 Stochastic accumulator models and what drives them
Tom Palmeri, Director of Scientific Computing ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Psychological Sciences
November 18 Statistical modeling in the wild: Data science in practice
Jesse Spencer-Smith, Chief Data Scientist, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Data Science Institute
November 25
 		Thanksgiving break
December 2 Examining the association between early experiences and later brain and behavior
Kate Humphreys, Clinical Science Program, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
January 6 No forum
January 13 A caution in the use of bootstrap confidence intervals for fit indices
Hao Wu, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
February 24 Consulting Open House
March 2 Spring break
March 9 Challenges of consulting: Experiences of real biostatisticians
Mario Davidson, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Biostatistics
March 16 No forum
March 23 No forum
March 30 No forum
April 6 Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 13
 (2:00 - 3:45) 		Hope Ervin, Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Yadi Li , Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Stephen Robinson , Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 20
 (2:00 - 4:15)
Chao Zhang , Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Kalley Mankowski , Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Ruolin Lu , Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
John Reiter , Quantitative Psychology, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development

Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 15 No meeting
March 22 Brian Bernstein, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 29 Haley Yaremych, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ 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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 19 Confirmatory factor analysis of two popular psychological assessment scales among substance abuse patients
Siyun Feng, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University’s Graduate School Annual Report
McKenna Cortez, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 26 Wrap-around services for pregnant woman with opioid use disorder
Yuan Fang, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
A wrinkle in time: Exploring time aggregation in quasi-experimental models
Dalton Abel, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Factor analysis on two important competency-based assessment events at ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Medical School
Yibin Ni, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ Univ. Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
Special time: 2:00p - 3:50p

Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
September 6
 		Labor Day
September 13
 		Integrating text into psychological and education research: Latent variable modeling and applications
Kenneth Tyler Wilcox, Quantitative Psychology, University of Notre Dame
September 20
 		More than "just a model"? Psychometric modeling and scale scores
Alex P. Christensen, Cognitive Neuroscience/Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania
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
October 11
 		Kristopher Preacher, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
October 25
 		Predicting earnings of recent college graduates: A machine learning approach
Will Doyle, LPO & Data Science Institute, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
November 1
 		Estimating bias and sensitivity of front-door models
Felix Thoemmes, Human Development, Cornell University
Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
November 8
 		Struggles with latent variable model evaluation and selection: When does a difference make a difference?
Daniel Oberski, Methodology & Statistics, Utrecht University
November 15
 		Adventures in smoothing: P-splines
Andrew Tomarken, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
November 22
 		Thanksgiving break
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
December 6
 		Does violence against journalists deter detailed reporting? Evidence from Mexico
Cassy Dorff, Political Science & Data Science Institute, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
January 17
 		Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 24
 		Process data analysis in computer-based assessment
Jingchen Liu, Department of Statistics, Columbia University
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
March 28
 		Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 4
 		Matthew Naveiras, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
April 18
 		Hannah Culbertson, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Manuel Horta, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Astrid (Hanxuan) Yu, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
 Special time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
April 25
 		Sarah Obeidalla, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Morgan Reinhart, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
September 5
 		Labor Day
September 12
 		Free form responses in surveys: An opportunity for enriched data analysis
Charreau Bell, Data Science Institute (DSI), ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
September 19
 		Using large language models to develop readability formulas
Scott Crossley, Special Education & Data Science Institute (DSI), ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
October 17
 		An introduction to applied reinforcement learning with AWS DeepRacer
Stephen Robinson, QM M.Ed. Alumni Speaker, 1st Edge Software Engineering
October 24
 		More missing, better fit?! How can we fix it?
Cathy Zhang, Quantitative Psychology, York University
October 31
 		The influences of homophily, institutional power, and framing in understanding collective action networks
Rong Wang, Human & Organizational Development, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
November 7
 		Moving toward evidence based practice in graduate admissions
Nathan Kuncel, Industrial-Organizational Psychology, University of Minnesota
 Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
November 14
 		Matthew Naveiras, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
November 21
 		Thanksgiving break
November 28
 		Professional development: Quantitative psychology teaching panel
Amanda Montoya, UCLA; Jessica Logan, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ; Chris Strauss, UNC
 Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
December 5
 		Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
January 9
 		Reporting of subscore on educational tests: A review of the status quo
Sandip Sinharay, Distinguished Presidential Appointee, Educational Testing Service (ETS)
January 16
 		Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 23
 		"Wait, I'm confused": Revisiting methodological recommendations based on sensitivity and specificity
Alex Christensen, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
January 30
 		Multilevel models of intersectional inequalities
Clare Evans, Dept. of Sociology, University of Oregon
 Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
February 6
 		Consulting Open House
Justine Hoch, Developmental Science, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
February 13
 		Canceled
February 20
 		No forum
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
March 6
 		Gabriella Noreen, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 13
 		Spring break
March 20
 		Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 27
 		Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 3
 		Jeongwon Choi, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 10
 		Isaac Baca, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Junhao Cai, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Hoi Kan, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Yingxian Liu, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 17
 		Joy Polk, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Xiaodi Ruan, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Yunyi Sun, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Tiffany Tran, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 24
 		Christine Jensen, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Anqi Wang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Shuti Wang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Runqi Yuan, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
September 4
 		Labor Day
September 11
 		Academic job searches, applications, and interviews in quantitative methods
Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
September 18
 		Taking the scenic route: Challenges and solutions for nonlinear regression in psychology research
Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
September 25
 		Computational social science topics in the NDS Lab: An introduction
Tyler Derr, Data Science & Computer Science, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
October 2 Factor scores in clustered data
Chris Strauss, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
October 16
 		Children’s causal inferences (mostly) reflect associative learning under information processing demands
Deon Benton, Cognitive Neuroscience, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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)
October 30
 		Two-method measurement planned missing data designs
Jessica Logan, Special Education, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
November 13
 		Thanksgiving potluck
November 20
 		Thanksgiving break
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
December 4
 		Canceled
January 8
 		DIF via robust scaling
Peter Halpin, Learning Sciences & Quantitative Psychology, UNC Chapel Hill
January 15
 		Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
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
February 5
 		Bayesian compositional data analysis and variable selection
Xin (Cynthia) Tong, Quantitative Psychology, University of Virginia
February 12
 		Improving eating disorder research, assessment, and treatment with ecological momentary assessment, sensor technology, and network theory
Madison Hooper, Clinical Science, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
February 19
 		No forum
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
March 4
 		Jeongwon Choi, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 11
 		Spring break
March 18
 		Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 25
 		Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 1
 		Gabriella Noreen, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 8
 		Russell (Haoze) Pan, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
David (Xiaolong) Liu, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Smiley (Myrnaliza) Tan, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 15
 		Emma Walker, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Jordan Henderson, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Yuhan Shi, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 22
 		Garrett Maher, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Alexis Lewis, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Jingyan Ruan, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Mike (Yuqiao) Wang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University

Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
September 2
 		Labor Day
September 9
 		Searching for what's not in the data: The challenges of causal inference and the usefulness of behavior genetics
Brian Boutwell, Quantitative Genetics & Population Health Science, University of Mississippi
September 16
 		Revised network loadings
Alex Christensen, Quantitative Methods & Data Science, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
September 23
 		Statistical analyses with indices of linguistic features
Wesley Morris, Cognitive Science & Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
September 30 Explanatory item response models with random forests and interpretable machine learning
Sun-Joo Cho, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Another bias-adjusted estimate of RMSEA
Hao Wu, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
October 7
 		Integer programming in psychology: A review and directions for future research
Michael Brusco, Business Analytics, Florida State University
October 14
 		Automated deidentification of student writing
Langdon Holmes, Computational Linguistics, Quantitative Methods, & Cognition in Context, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
October 21
 		Confirmatory mixture models for investigating contextual correlates of response behavior in ecological momentary assessments
Esther Ulitzsch, Educational Measurement, University of Oslo
October 28
 		AI-augmented analytics and research
Jesse Spencer Smith, Director & Chief Data Scientist, Data Science Institute & Dept. of Computer Science, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
November 4
 		Ask what you mean and mean what you ask: Strategic reparameterization of latent growth curve models
Yi Feng, Quantitative Psychology, UCLA
 Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
November 11
 		Taking the left-hand path: Ten years as an applied psychologist (Invited QM Program Alumni Colloquium)
Harrison Kell, Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO)
November 18
 		Thanksgiving potluck
November 25
 		Thanksgiving break
December 2
 		Relations of positive and negative emotion reactivity to depressive symptoms: A multimethod approach
George Abitante, Clinical Science & Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
January 6
 		Distinguishing cause from effect in psychological research
Dexin Shi, Quantitative Psychology, University of South Carolina
January 13
 		The utility of advanced statistical methods in the CritQuant paradigm of quantitative research
Andres Pinedo, Human & Organizational Development, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
January 20
 		Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
January 27
 		Pros and cons of the simple sum score on tests and questionnaires
Klaas Sijtsma, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University
 Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
February 3
 		Violations of item interchangeability complicate construct validation efforts
Ashley Watts, Clinical Science, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
February 10
 		Mapping binary data: distributions matter—They really matter
Andy Tomarken, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
February 17
 		Dispatches from the borderlands of academia: Quantitative careers in industry
Invited QM Program Alumni Colloquium
Mark Lachowicz, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
February 24
 		Evaluating effects of interventions on disparity in health and healthcare decisions
John Jackson, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Clinical Trials, Johns Hopkins University
 Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
March 3
 		Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 10
 		Spring break
March 17
 		Jeongwon Choi, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 24
 		Gabriella Noreen, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
March 31
 		Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 7
 		Alexandros (Alex) Nikolaidis-Konstas, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Yujia He, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 14
 		Sayaka (Saya) Takeuchi, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Weichen Sun, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Meredith Powers, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
April 21
 		Sophia Mueller, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ University
Josh (Kaicheng) Zhang, Quantitative Methods, ÌÀÍ·Ìõ

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