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, 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 Peabody Research Institute]

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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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
	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, Vanderbilt 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, 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
	Alexandria Hadd S. Mason Garrison Mark Lachowicz Woo-yeol Lee
	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, 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
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,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
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, Vanderbilt 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, 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 Problems with rationales for parceling without considering parcel-allocation variability (SMEP Cattell Award Address) Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development When lightning strikes twice: Profoundly gifted, profoundly accomplished David Lubinski, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
October 24	Journal club: The replication crisis: Fiske and Gelman
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, Vanderbilt University 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
September 11	Adventures in smoothing: Using Poisson p-splines and the overlap coefficient to assess consistency of subject-specific distributions Andy Tomarken, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University
October 2	Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) conference talks Kris Preacher, Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development Joseph Rodgers, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 20	Thanksgiving break
December 4	Mark Lachowicz, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
January 8	The importance of a second level bootstrap for understanding data Derek Smith, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 19	Mason Garrison, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 26	Alexandria Hadd, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Michael Krämer, Freie Universität Berlin
April 2	Brian Bernstein, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 9	From Terman to today: A century of findings on intellectual precocity David Lubinski, Vanderbilt 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 , Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Neonatal abstinence syndrome in Tennessee, 2013-2016 Yue Gao, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 23	Understanding the effect of cause of death statements on mortality reporting Molly Golladay, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
October 29	Confidence intervals for correlation matrices Alexandria Hadd, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
November 5	Interview tips for graduate students Ruth Schemmer, Assistant Dean for Career Development, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
December 3	Advances in R-squared measures for quantifying explained variance in multilevel models Jason Rights, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
January 7	Professional development seminar in inclusion and cultural competence: Exploring self in society Gregory Fontus, Vanderbilt University Office of Inclusion & Cultural Competence
January 14	Biomedical applications for structural equation modeling Steven Brunwasser, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
March 25	Matthew Naveiras, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 15	Measuring student satisfaction in the Vanderbilt Medical School Charles Fisk , Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Student retention under TN Promise program JunLan Ren , Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Risk of repeat overdose as determined by mental health status: An examination of TN hospital patients Sarah Mayberry , Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Estimating trustworthiness for clinical responsibilities: Balancing risks and rewards in medical education Yasi Wang, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University 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
November 4	fMRI of state-dependent brain activity Catie Chang, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Computer Science
November 11	Stochastic accumulator models and what drives them Tom Palmeri, Director of Scientific Computing Vanderbilt University Psychological Sciences
November 18	Statistical modeling in the wild: Data science in practice Jesse Spencer-Smith, Chief Data Scientist, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biostatistics
March 16	No forum
March 23	No forum
March 30	No forum
April 6	Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 13 (2:00 - 3:45)	Hope Ervin, Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Yadi Li , Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Stephen Robinson , Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development
April 20 (2:00 - 4:15)	Chao Zhang , Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Kalley Mankowski , Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development Ruolin Lu , Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology & Human Development John Reiter , Quantitative Psychology, Vanderbilt 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, 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, Vanderbilt 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, 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 Vanderbilt University’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
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, Vanderbilt University Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University
April 4	Matthew Naveiras, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University Manuel Horta, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Astrid (Hanxuan) Yu, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Special time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
April 25	Sarah Obeidalla, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Morgan Reinhart, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt 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), Vanderbilt University
September 19	Using large language models to develop readability formulas Scott Crossley, Special Education & Data Science Institute (DSI), Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University
November 21	Thanksgiving break
November 28	Professional development: Quantitative psychology teaching panel Amanda Montoya, UCLA; Jessica Logan, Vanderbilt; Chris Strauss, UNC Special time: 11:30am - 12:30pm
December 5	Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University
March 13	Spring break
March 20	Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
March 27	Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 3	Jeongwon Choi, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 10	Isaac Baca, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Junhao Cai, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Hoi Kan, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Yingxian Liu, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 17	Joy Polk, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Xiaodi Ruan, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Yunyi Sun, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Tiffany Tran, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 24	Christine Jensen, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Anqi Wang, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Shuti Wang, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Runqi Yuan, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University

Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
September 4	Labor Day
September 11	Academic job searches, applications, and interviews in quantitative methods Sonya Sterba, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
September 18	Taking the scenic route: Challenges and solutions for nonlinear regression in psychology research Haley Yaremych, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
September 25	Computational social science topics in the NDS Lab: An introduction Tyler Derr, Data Science & Computer Science, Vanderbilt University
October 2	Factor scores in clustered data Chris Strauss, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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 (SPEP™) Gabrielle Chapman, Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt 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, Vanderbilt University
March 11	Spring break
March 18	Amy Liang, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
March 25	Annie Belloeil, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 1	Gabriella Noreen, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 8	Russell (Haoze) Pan, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University David (Xiaolong) Liu, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Smiley (Myrnaliza) Tan, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 15	Emma Walker, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Jordan Henderson, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Yuhan Shi, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
April 22	Garrett Maher, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Alexis Lewis, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Jingyan Ruan, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University Mike (Yuqiao) Wang, Quantitative Methods, Vanderbilt University
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