Sum Score, Factor Score, and Reliability
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Mar 12, 2024
Jihong Zhang
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I currently hold the position of Assistant Professor of Educational Statistics and Research Methods (ESRM) at the department of Counseling, Leadership, and Research Methods (CLRM), University of Arkansas. Previously, I served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the department of Social Work. My academic journey in psychometrics starts with a doctoral training with Dr. Jonathan Templin in the Educational Measurement and Statistics (EMS) program at the University of Iowa. My primary research recently focuses on reliability and validation of psychological/psychometric network, Bayesian latent variable modeling, Item Response Theory modeling, and other advanced psychometric modeling. My expertise lies in the application of advanced statistical modeling in the fields of psychology and education, including multilevel modeling and structural equation modeling. My work is characterized by a commitment to enhancing the methodological understanding and application of statistics in educational research and beyond.
University of Arkansas | Assistant Professor | Dec 2022 - Current
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Postdoctoral Fellow | Dec 2022 - June 2023
Stanford Research Institute (SRI) | Associate Researcher (Intern) | June 2021 - Jan 2022
Bayesian Psychometric Modeling
Psychometric network and Latent variable modeling
Machine Learning and data mining in Education
Diagnostic Classification Models
Ph.D. | Educational Measurement & Statistics | University of Iowa | 2019 - 2022
M.S. | Educational Psychology | University of Kansas| 2015 - 2019
B.S. | Applied Psychology | Soochow University | 2009 - 2013
B.S. | Law | Soochow University | 2011 - 2013
Teaching
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