Lighting Presentation: Introduce Psychological Network Models

COEHP Luncheon Academic Seminar Series (CLASS) sessions, College Council

Jihong Zhang*, Ph.D

Educational Statistics and Research Methods (ESRM) Program*

University of Arkansas

2024-10-23

Research Topic Overview

I. Psychometric Modeling

II. Multilevel Modeling

III. Bayesian Statistics

Research Topic Overview

I. Psychometric Modeling:

To describe relationships among psychological constructs or examine the qualities of measurement indicators

  1. Structural Equation Modeling
  2. Psychological Network Modeling
  3. Diagnostic Classification Modeling
  4. Latent Class Modeling

Multilevel Modeling

Bayesian Statistics

Research Topic Overview

Why USE Psychological Network Models

  1. New perspective of visualizing the “ecosystem” your are interested in
  2. Highlight most important nodes based on the link strength or the number of links
  3. Highlight the bridge nodes that connect multiple sub-ecosystems that may be target for intervention
  4. Group differences in network way