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College of Education and Human Development

# overview
My research interests include examining the methodological issues of both multilevel models and structural equation models, and the applications of these models in different educational and psychological research.

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35 Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services

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Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

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Arizona State University - (Tempe, Arizona, United States)

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Division 5-Division for Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Fellow

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SEHD Senior Scholar Research Excellence Award

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Teacher-Student Support, Effortful Engagement, and Achievement: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study.

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Development and evaluation of a genomics training program for community health workers in Texas.

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Testing Factorial Invariance in Multilevel Data: A Monte Carlo Study

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The Optimal Starting Model to Search for the Accurate Growth Trajectory in Latent Growth Models.

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The Prevalence of Reading Fluency and Vocabulary Difficulties Among Adolescents Struggling With Reading Comprehension

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Trajectories of life satisfaction in the first 5 years following traumatic brain injury.

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Resilience, traumatic brain injury, depression, and posttraumatic stress among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans.

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Proportional Reduction of Prediction Error in Cross-Classified Random Effects Models

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Growth on sublexical fluency progress monitoring measures in early kindergarten and relations to word reading acquisition.

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Pursuing genetic testing for children with autism spectrum disorders: What do parents think?

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Latino Students' Transition to Middle School: Role of Bilingual Education and School Ethnic Context.

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The effects and interactions of student, teacher, and setting variables on reading outcomes for kindergartners receiving supplemental reading intervention.

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Predictive Validity of Early Literacy Indicators From the Middle of Kindergarten to Second Grade

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Detecting Misspecified Multilevel Structural Equation Models with Common Fit Indices: AMonte Carlo Study.

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Influence of Student-Teacher and Parent-Teacher Relationships on Lower Achieving Readers' Engagement and Achievement in the Primary Grades.

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Finite population correction for two-level hierarchical linear models.

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Disciplinary Exclusion and Students With Disabilities: The Mediating Role of Social Skills

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Texas health educators'practice in basic genomics education and services.

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Effect of School-Initiated Parent Outreach Activities on Parent Involvement in School Events

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Differential Growth Trajectories for Achievement Among Children Retained in First Grade: A Growth Mixture Model.

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Confirmation of the validity of the HAQ-DI in two populations living with chronic illnesses.

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Role of resilient personality on lower achieving first grade students' current and future achievement.

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Adjusting Beginning Reading Intervention Based on Student Performance: An Experimental Evaluation

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Accelerating Early Academic Oral English Development in Transitional Bilingual and Structured English Immersion Programs

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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Editorial: Recent Advancements in Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): From Both Methodological and Application Perspectives.

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Needs assessment in genetic testing education: A survey of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder in the united states.

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What is the best model of grit among junior high students: Model selection, measurement invariance, and group difference

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An important component to investigating STEM persistence: the development and validation of the science identity (SciID) scale.

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Within-Subject and Longitudinal Experiments: Design and Analysis Issues

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A multimethod study of inhibitory control and behavioural problems in preschoolers

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Effortful persistence and body mass as predictors of running achievement in children and youth: a longitudinal study.

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A Comparison of Responsive Interventions on Kindergarteners' Early Reading Achievement

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The Impact of Basic-Level Parent Engagements on Student Achievement: Patterns Associated with Race/Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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Breaking the Law of Inertia for Students with Poor Grit and Achievement: The Predictive Mechanism of Grit on the Short-Term and Long-Term Achievement

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The learner characteristics, features of desktop 3D virtual reality environments, and college chemistry instruction: A structural equation modeling analysis

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Competing Institutional Logics And Teaching Effectiveness In Traditional And Online University Classrooms

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Kennesaw State University - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS

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The Effects of Content-Enriched Shared Book Reading Versus Vocabulary-Only Discussions on the Vocabulary Outcomes of Preschool Dual Language Learners

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An Examination of Problem Behaviors and Reading Outcomes in Kindergarten Students

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Genetic Testing Experiences Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the United States.

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The Short-Term Effect of Grade Retention on Peer Relations and Academic Performance of At-Risk First Graders.

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Parental Autonomy Support Predicts Academic Achievement Through Emotion-Related Self-Regulation and Adaptive Skills in Chinese American Adolescents

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Parallel processing modeling in longitudinal designs: An example predicting trajectories of distress and life satisfaction.

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Teacher-student relationship quality type in elementary grades: Effects on trajectories for achievement and engagement.

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Chinese Americans' Family History of Colorectal Cancer Communication With Primary Care Physicians.

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The Impact of Ignoring a Level of Nesting Structure in Multilevel Growth Mixture Models: A Monte Carlo Study

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Standardized Mean Differences in Two-Level Cross-Classified Random Effects Models

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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Impact of Not Addressing Partially Cross-Classified Multilevel Structure in Testing Measurement Invariance: A Monte Carlo Study.

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Development of a model to measure symptom status in persons living with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Understanding the Impact of Partial Factorial Invariance on Selection Accuracy: An R Script

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A Survey of Texas Health Educators' Family Health History-based Practice.

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Family health history of colorectal cancer: a structural equation model of factors influencing Chinese Americans' communication with family members.

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Examining the effects of linking student performance and progression in a tier 2 kindergarten reading intervention.

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Distinguishing the Influences of Father's and Mother's Involvement on Adolescent Academic Achievement: Analyses of Taiwan Education Panel Survey Data

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Testing Statistical Moderation in Research on HomeSchool Partnerships: Establishing the Boundary Conditions

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A Multi-Theoretical and Multi-Method Family Study Approach to Preschool Inhibitory Control: Links to Working Memory, Receptive Vocabulary, Behavioral Maladjustment, and Parent Mental Health in the Context of Temperament and Executive Functioning Perspectives.

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Personality over time: Methodological approaches to the study of short-term and long-term development and change.

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A Structural Equation Model Using Fluency-Based Early Literacy Measures to Predict Emerging Reading Ability in Kindergarten

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Effects of Technology-Mediated Vocabulary Intervention for Third-Grade Students with Reading Difficulties

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Family Health History-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

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A Parallel Process Growth Curve Analysis of Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement.

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Effect of retention in elementary grades on transition to middle school.

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An Investigation of the Relationship Between Retention in First Grade and Performance on High Stakes Tests in 3 Grade.

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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Predictors of Bullying Behavior, Victimization, and Bully-Victim Risk Among High School Students With Disabilities

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Effects of family health history-based colorectal cancer prevention education among non-adherent Chinese Americans to colorectal cancer screening guidelines.

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Joint Contributions of Peer Acceptance and Peer Academic Reputation to Achievement in Academically At Risk Children: Mediating Processes.

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The impact of misspecifying the within-subject covariance structure in multiwave longitudinal multilevel models: a Monte Carlo study

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The Effects of an Intensive Shared Book-Reading Intervention for Preschool Children at Risk for Vocabulary Delay

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Resilience facilitates adjustment through greater psychological flexibility among Iraq/Afghanistan war veterans with and without mild traumatic brain injury.

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An Examination of Practice-Based Virtual Simulations and Pre-Service Mathematics Teaching Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy

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Cross-cultural model testing: Quality of life in a Latino population living with HIV

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Context-specific correlates of walking behaviors to and from school: do they vary across neighborhoods and populations?

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US health educators' likelihood of adopting genomic competencies into health promotion.

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Positive parenting as a mediator of the relations between parental psychological distress and mental health problems of parentally bereaved children.

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Analyzing Longitudinal Data with Multilevel Models: An Example with Individuals Living with Lower Extremity Intra-articular Fractures.

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Evaluating the impact of partial factorial invariance on selection in two populations.

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Analyzing Complex Longitudinal Data in Educational Research: A Demonstration With Project English Language and Literacy Acquisition (ELLA) Data Using xxM.

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Factors Influencing Family Health History Collection among Young Adults: A Structural Equation Modeling.

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Impact of a Technology-Mediated Reading Intervention on Adolescents' Reading Comprehension

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Resilience and distress among young adults with chronic health conditions: A longitudinal study.

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Effect of Retention in First Grade on Parents' Educational Expectations and Children's Academic Outcomes.

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Co-Occurring Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorders in Veterans: Pilot Treatment Outcomes.

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How College Students Achievement Goal Orientations Predict Their Expected Online Learning Outcome: The Mediation Roles of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Supportive Online Learning Behaviors

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Effects of Supplemental Reading Interventions in Authentic Contexts: A Comparison of Kindergarteners' Response

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Classroom engagement mediates the effect of teacher-student support on elementary students' peer acceptance: A prospective analysis.

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Effects of Peer Academic Reputation on Achievement in Academically At-Risk Elementary Students.

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Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity of child, teacher, and peer reports of teacher-student support.

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Autism Spectrum Disorders: Prenatal Genetic Testing and Abortion Decision-Making among Taiwanese Mothers of Affected Children.

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Estimating Standardized Effect Sizes for Two- and Three-Level Partially Nested Data.

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Evaluation of Two Methods for Modeling Measurement Errors When Testing Interaction Effects With Observed Composite Scores.

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Curriculum-based measurement yearly growth rates: An examination of English Language Learners and native English speakers

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Within-Level Group Factorial Invariance With Multilevel Data: Multilevel Factor Mixture and Multilevel MIMIC Models

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Resilience and Traumatic Brain Injury Among Iraq/Afghanistan War Veterans: Differential Patterns of Adjustment and Quality of Life.

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Avoidance temperament and social-evaluative threat in college students' math performance: a mediation model of math and test anxiety (vol 27, pg 650, 2014)

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Identifying At-Risk Online Learners by Psychological Variables Using Machine Learning Techniques

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Using SEM to Analyze Complex Survey Data: A Comparison between Design-Based Single-Level and Model-Based Multilevel Approaches

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Psychometric Properties of the POAGTS: A Tool for Understanding Parents' Perceptions Regarding Autism Spectrum Disorder Genetic Testing.

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Proportional Reduction of Prediction Error in Cross-Classified Random Effects Models

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Associations Between Problem Behaviors and Early Vocabulary Skills Among Hispanic Dual-Language Learners in Pre-K

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Predicting STEM Major Choice: a Machine Learning Classification and Regression Tree Approach

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Replicating the Impact of a Supplemental Beginning Reading Intervention: The Role of Instructional Context

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Examining the Rule of Thumb of Not Using Multilevel Modeling: The "Design Effect Smaller Than Two" Rule

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Predictors of Bully Victimization in Students With Disabilities: A Longitudinal Examination Using a National Data Set

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Using learning analytics with temporal modeling to uncover the interplay of before-class video viewing engagement, motivation, and performance in an active learning context

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Patterns and Predictors of Disciplinary Exclusion Over Time: An Analysis of the SEELS National Data Set

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Universal Screening for Behavioral Risk in Elementary Schools Using SWPBS Expectations

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Exploring engineering majors engineering identities utilizing a traditional identity framework: validity evidence for the new EngID Scale

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Multilevel modeling: current and future applications in personality research.

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Training Texas Public Health Professionals and Professionals-In-Training in Genomics.

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Children's coping strategies and coping efficacy: relations to parent socialization, child adjustment, and familial alcoholism.

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Exploring 3-D virtual reality technology for spatial ability and chemistry achievement

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Indirect Effects of Extracurricular Participation on Academic Adjustment Via Perceived Friends' Prosocial Norms.

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Putting Wilson and Cleary to the test: analysis of a HRQOL conceptual model using structural equation modeling.

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Predictive Validity of Curriculum-Embedded Measures on Outcomes of Kindergarteners Identified as At Risk for Reading Difficulty.

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Skill Moderators of the Effects of a Reading Comprehension Intervention

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A Longitudinal Approach to Understanding the Relationship Between Symptom Status and QOL.

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Exploring Sound Use in Embodied Interaction to Facilitate Learning in a Digital Environment

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Modeling Measurement Errors of the Exogenous Composites From Congeneric Measures in Interaction Models.

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University Faculty Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices in Providing Reasonable Accommodations to Students With Disabilities

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Effectiveness of a Web-based genomics training for health educators in Texas.

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A review of using multilevel modeling in e-learning research

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Reconsidering the assessment of symptom status in HIV/AIDS care.

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Classifying Academically At-Risk First Graders into Engagement Types: Association with Long-Term Achievement Trajectories.

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The effects of content-related shared book reading on the language development of preschool dual language learners

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Using Design-Based Latent Growth Curve Modeling With Cluster-Level Predictor to Address Dependency

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Effects of Extracurricular Participation During Middle School on Academic Motivation and Achievement at Grade 9.

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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The Consequences of Ignoring Individuals' Mobility in Multilevel Growth Models: A Monte Carlo Study

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American Educational Research Association (AERA)

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Specification Search for Identifying the Correct Mean Trajectory in Polynomial Latent Growth Models

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Indirect Effects of Child Reports of Teacher-Student Relationship on Achievement.

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Can Curriculum-Embedded Measures Predict the Later Reading Achievement of Kindergarteners at Risk of Reading Disability?

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PREDICTING KINDERGARTENERS' RESPONSE TO EARLY READING INTERVENTION: AN EXAMINATION OF PROGRESS-MONITORING MEASURES

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Indexing response to intervention: a longitudinal study of reading risk from kindergarten through third grade.

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The Impact of Intraclass Correlation on the Effectiveness of Level-Specific Fit Indices in Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling: A Monte Carlo Study.

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Family satisfaction predicts life satisfaction trajectories over the first 5 years after traumatic brain injury.

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Predictive Validity of Kindergarten Progress Monitoring Measures Across the School Year: Application of Dominance Analysis

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Using Modification Indexes to Detect Turning Points in Longitudinal Data: A Monte Carlo Study

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Avoidance temperament and social-evaluative threat in college students' math performance: a mediation model of math and test anxiety.

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The Impacts of Ignoring a Crossed Factor in Analyzing Cross-Classified Data.

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How Online Learning Readiness Can Predict Online Learning Emotional States and Expected Academic Outcomes: Testing a Theoretically Based Mediation Model

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Investigating science identity classifications of rural high school students: a person-centered approach

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Dynamics of teacher-student relationships: stability and change across elementary school and the influence on children's academic success.

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Are College Students Interested in Family Health History Education? A Large Needs Assessment Survey Study.

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Model-Selection-Based Approaches to Identifying the Optimal Number of Factors in Multilevel Exploratory Factor Analysis

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National prevalence rates of bully victimization among students with disabilities in the United States.

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The family bereavement program: efficacy evaluation of a theory-based prevention program for parentally bereaved children and adolescents.

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Partitioning Variance for a Within-Level Predictor in Multilevel Models

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IPA with Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS)

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System - (Waco, Texas, United States)

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

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Investigating the Technical Adequacy of Progress Monitoring Measures for Kindergarten Students at Risk for Reading Disabilities

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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The Impact of Grade Retention:  A Developmental Approach (Project Achieve)

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development

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IPA with Central Texas Veterans Health Care System (CTVHCS)

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System - (Waco, Texas, United States)

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System - (Waco, Texas, United States)

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

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Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD)-

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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The impact of modifiable psychosocial factors on Veterans’ long-term trajectories of functioning and quality of life: Promoting recovery by targeting mindfulness and psychological flexibility, aka Project SERVE

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System - (Waco, Texas, United States)

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Central Texas Veterans Health Care System

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Teaching the Vocabulary of Comprehension: A Technology-Enhanced System to Enhance At-Risk 3rd Graders’ Acquisition and Application of Essential Vocabulary

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United States Department of Education - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Educational Psychology; 4225 TAMU

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College of Education and Human Development

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College of Education and Human Development

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Zhu, Leina (2015-12). Revisiting the Current Issues IN Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM): The Application of Sampling Weights and the Test of Measurement Invariance in MSEM. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Henri, Maria Antoun (2018-12). Skew T Based Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Latent Growth Curve Models with Non-Normal and Missing Data. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lai, Hok Chio (2015-08). Standardized Mean Differences for Complex Multilevel Models: Parametric and Nonparametric Estimation. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Li, Yun (2018-12). The Effects of Non-Speech Audio in the Interactive Online Learning Environment. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Chang, Chi-Ning (2020-05). The Risk of Using an Average Score as a Latent Variable in Multilevel Models. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hsu, Hsien-Yuan (2009-12). Testing the Effectiveness of Various Commonly Used Fit Indices for Detecting Misspecifications in Multilevel Structure Equation Models. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Hsiao, Yu-Yu (2017-08). Modeling the Manifest Composites in Latent Nonlinear Effect Models. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Chen, Qi (2009-05). The impact of ignoring a level of nesting structure in multilevel growth mixture model: a Monte Carlo study. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Zou, Yuanyuan (2009-08). The Effects of Parceling on Testing Group Differences in Second-Order CFA Models: A Comparison between Multi-Group CFA and MIMIC Models. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lee, Yuan-Hsuan (2011-10). Longitudinal Data Analysis Using Multilevel Linear Modeling (MLM): Fitting an Optimal Variance-Covariance Structure. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lockhart, Mary E (2021-05). A Potential Fix for the Leaky STEM Pipeline: The Development and Validation of the SciID Scale. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ji, Yuhong (2020-08). Approaches to Identifying the Optimal Number of Factors in Multilevel Exploratory Factor Analysis. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Majzun, Ashley Hannah (2023-03). Comparing Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Approaches Across Model Assumptions Using an Empirical Example. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Altinsoy, Fatma (2017-08). Academic Engagement, Cognitive Strategies, and Learning Outcomes: A Structural Equation Model. Master's Thesis.

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Chin, Weng Tong (2016-12). The Framework of Subjective Well-being based on Subjective Experiences and Other Factors: An Analysis of Structural Equation Model. Master's Thesis.

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Cao, Qian (2016-12). Propensity Score Adjustment in Measurement Invariance. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Odasso, Alyce Janine (2017-08). The Problem of Major Changing: Its Role and Effects on Postsecondary Experiences of Gifted Students. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Wu, Jiun-Yu (2011-10). Comparing Model-based and Design-based Structural Equation Modeling Approaches in Analyzing Complex Survey Data. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Im, Myung (2014-08). Impact of Not Fully Addressing Cross-Classified Multilevel Structure in Testing Measurement Invariance and Conducting Multilevel Mixture Modeling within Structural Equation Modeling Framework. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Kim, Min Jung (2012-05). Model Specification Searches in Latent Growth Modeling: A Monte Carlo Study. Doctoral Dissertation.