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)