Research Areas of Specialization: Methodology
HDFS Methods Lunch Calendar
- David Almeida
- Daily stress processes; adult development; family
factors in mental health; work and family linkages; fatherhood;
statistical techniques for measuring change
- Linda Collins
- Measurement and
analysis of change in human behavior and ability; research
methods; design, and statistics; mathematical models of adolescent
substance abuse.
- Melissa Hardy
- Work and Retirement; Public Policy; Political Attitudes;
Women’s Issues and Aging; Cognitive Components of Saving
and Investment Behavior; Older Workers.
- Eva Lefkowitz
- Observational research (e.g., videotaped interactions),
including within family interactions; content and affect
coding of videotapes; understanding differences in self-report
versus observed data.
- Courses Taught:
HDFS 528: Observational Methodologies for Development
- Eric Loken
- Mixture models;
item response theory; latent variable models; BAyesian
inference; educational measurement and standardized assessments;
web-based educational interventions.
- Courses Taught:
HDFS 519: Statistical Models in Human Development (Regression and ANOVA)
HDFS 526: Measurement (Factor analysis, IRT, reliability)
- Jennifer Maggs
- Adolescent social development and health; transition to adulthood;
risk behaviors; prevention science; research methods; alcohol
expectancies.
- Application of mathematical theories to solve substantive psychological issues.
- Peter Molenaar
- Mathematical theories solving substantive psychological problems, person-specific data analysis.
- Nilam Ram
- Changes in the psychological processes of emotion, personality, and cognition, how they develop over the course of the lifespan, and how intraindividual change and variability study designs can contribute to our understanding of human behavior.
- Michael Rovine
- General problems in the analysis of longitudinal data; Strucural equation modeling (SEM) including multilevel SEM; Simplex and Nonstationary Autoregressive Moving Average (NARMA models); Application of Time Series Models to developmental issues including Time Series SEM; Single subject models; Environmental cognition and wayfinding.
- Courses Taught:
HDFS 517: Multilevel Models
HDFS 519: Statistical Models in Human Development (Regression and ANOVA)
HDFS 523: Multivariate Models in Developmental Research.
- K. Warner Schaie
- Age-cohort-period model; Developmental research designs;
application of Event History Methods to developmental issues;
application of Extension Analysis in Factor Analysis to "post-diction" paradigms
in longitudinal studies; mixture modeling.
- Courses Taught:
HDFS/PSY 536: Research Design in Developmental Processes
HDFS/PSY 526: Measurement in the Developmental Sciences
HDFS 579: Cognitive Aging (taught Fall 04; emphasizes most substantive
and methodological issues)