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Quantitative and Evaluative Research Methodologies
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Professor
Quantitative and Evaluative Research Methodologies
Educational Psychology
236C Education Building
1310 S. 6th St. MC 708
217 244-3537
Professor
Psychology
431 Psychology Building
603 E. Daniel MC 716
217 333-6819
Research Biography
Statement of Research Goals and Accomplishments
Measurements in the social and behavioral sciences are often discrete or categorical (e.g., gender, race, occupation, type of high school program attended, the response option selected on a survey, ratings made by individuals on an integer scale). Unobserved or latent variables are often assumed to underly observed measurements on discrete variables. My scholarship lies at the intersection of statistical models for multivariate discrete data and psychometrics. The general problem that motivates my research is how to represent and model associations between discretely measured variables in meaningful and appropriate way, including situations where latent variables are hypothesized to lead to observed behavior.
Degrees
- Ph.D., Quantitative Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
- M.S., Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986
- B.A., Psychology and Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 1982
Key Professional Appointments
- Professor, Educational Psychology, Psycholgy & Statistics, Univeristy of Illinois, 2008--
- Associate Professor, Departments of Educational Psychology, Psychology, and Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000-2008
- Assistant Professor, Departments of Educational Psychology and Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993-2000
Activities & Honors
- Distinguished Senior Scholar, College of Education, 2009- present
- Chair of Membership committee, American Psychological Association, Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement & Statistics), 2009-2012
- Associate Editor of Psychometrika, Psychometrika, 2005- present
- Member Board of Trustees, Psychometric Society, 2005-2009
- Book Review Editor, Psychometrika, 2005-2008
- Faculty Fellow, Bureau of Educational Research, 2005-2006
- Faculty Fellow, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 2005-2006
- Editorial board member, Psychological Methods, 2004- present
- Member of Board of Directors, The Classification Society, 2003- present
- Member of editoral board of Psychological Methods, Psychological Methods, 2003- present
- Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, Spring and Fall Semesters, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
- Dissertation Award, Division 5, American Psychological Association, 1995
- Dissertation Award, Psychometric Society, 1993
Grants
- Co-Principal Investigator, Using Technology and Vignette Technique in Educational Research: From Qualitative Text to Statistical Modeling, Bureau of Educational Research, 2005
- Co-Principal Investigator, Visualization of Vignette and Statistical Models: An Integrated Approach, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 2005
- Co-Principal Investigator, From Narratives, Multimedia, and Empathy to Statistical Modeling, Campus Research Board, 2005
- Principal Investigator, Multivariate Multinomial Logistic Regressions Models as Item Response Theory Models with Covariates, National Science Foundation, 2004
Selected Publications
- Rutkowski, L., Vasterling, J.V., Procter, S.P & Anderson, C.J. (2010). Posttraumatic stress disorder and standardized test-taking ability. Educational Researcher102, 223-233, .
- Anderson, C. J. (2010). The central limit theorem. In I. Wiener & E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s Encyclopedia of psychology (4 ed., pp 283-285 ).
- Anderson, C.J, Verkuilen, J.V., & Peyton, B.L. (2010). Simultaneously estimated multinomial logistic regressions for discrete response data. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 35, 422-452.
- Javdani, S., Allen, N.E., Todd, N.R, Anderson,C.J. (2011, in press). Examining systems change in the response to domestic violence: Innovative applications of multilevel modeling. Violence Against Women.
- Anderson, C. J. (2009). Categorical data analysis with a psychometric twist. In R. E. Milsap, & A. Maydeu-Olivares (Eds.), Handbook of quantitative methods in psychology (pp. 311-336). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
