Yan Xia. December 11, 2017

Transcription

1 Yan Xia December 11, 2017 Address: Measurement and Statistical Analysis T. Denny Sanford School of Social & Family Dynamics Arizona State University Tempe, AZ (480) (office) Education 2016 Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University. Major: Measurement and Statistics. Supervisor: Dr. Yanyun Yang. Yan Xia (2016). Investigating the chi-square-based model-fit indexes for WLSMV and ULSMV estimators. Unpublished doctoral dissertation M.S., Department of Statistics, Florida State University. Major: Statistics B.S., Department of Psychology, Peking University. Major: Psychology. Certification 2015 Certificate in SAS Programming and Data Analysis, Department of Statistics, Florida State University and SAS Institute. Research Interests My research has been focused on the analysis of ordered categorical data, missing data, nonnormal data, and contaminated data. My research interests surround these difficult data types in structural equation modeling and item response theory, intertwined with diverse topics such as goodness-of-fit evaluation, dimensionality assessment, and reliability. Professional Experience 2016 Present Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Measurement & Statistical Analysis, T. Denny Sanford School of Social & Family Dynamics, Arizona State University Statistical Consultant, College of Education, Florida State University.

2 2015 SAS Statistics Intern, SAS Institute Inc., North Carolina Research Assistant, Center of Advancement of Learning and Assessment, Florida State University. Refereed Journal Articles Xia, Y., & Zheng, Y. (in press). Asymptotically normally distributed person fit indices for detecting spuriously high scores on difficult items. Applied Psychological Measurement. doi/ / Yang, Y., & Xia, Y. (in press). Categorical omega with small sample sizes via Bayesian estimation: An alternative to frequentist estimators. Educational and Psychological Measurement. Zach, S., Xia, Y., Zeev, A., Arnon, M., Choresh, N., & Tenenbaum, G. (in press). Motivation dimensions for running a marathon: a new model emerging from the Motivation of Marathon Scale. Journal of Sport and Health Science. doi: /j.jshs Xu, J., Paek, I., & Xia, Y. (2017). Investigating the behaviors of M2 and RMSEA2 in fitting a unidimensional model to multidimensional data. Applied Psychological Measurement, 41(8), Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (2016). Bias introduced by rounding in multiple imputation for ordered categorical variables. The American Statistician, 70(4), Xia, Y., Yung, Y. F., & Zhang, W. (2016). Evaluating the selection of normal-theory weight matrices in the Satorra-Bentler correction of chi-square and standard errors. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23(4), Yang, Y., Oosterhof, A., & Xia, Y. (2015). Reliability of scores on the summative performance assessments. The Journal of Educational Research, 108(6), Yang, Y., & Xia, Y. (2015). On the number of factors to retain in exploratory factor analysis for ordered categorical data. Behavior Research Methods, 47(3), Yang, Y., Li, M-H., & Xia, Y. (2012). Measurement invariance of the resilience scale. The International Journal of Educational and Psychological Assessment, 11(2), Refereed Presentations at Conferences Green, S. B., Xia, Y., Xu, Y., & Thompson, M. S. (April 2017). Fine-tuning parallel analysis to make more nuanced decisions about the number of factors. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

3 Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (April 2017). Comparing model fit indices across different estimators in structural equation modeling with ordered categorical variables. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. Yang, Y., & Xia, Y. (April 2017). Score reliability for scales consisting of ordinal items: A Bayesian structural equation modeling approach. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (November 2015). Investigating sample-corrected robust model fit statistics for the diagonally weighted least squares estimator. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Altamonte Springs, FL. Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (April 2015). A note on the selection of auxiliary variables based on correlation coefficients among observed variables. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (November 2014). Investigating the saturated model method for data with missingness due to latent variables. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL. Alghamdi, A., Paek, I., & Xia, Y. (November 2014). Behavior of the Mantel-Haenszel procedure in the detection of DIF for items having extreme psychometric properties and its comparison with the logistic regression procedure. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Cocoa Beach, FL. Xia, Y., & Paek, I. (April 2014). Investigating the performance of person-fit measures under Rasch multidimensional models. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (April 2014). A comparison of rounding methods for categorical data using multiple imputation. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (November 2013). Comparing full information maximum likelihood with multiple imputation for binary data. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Gainesville, FL. Xia, Y., & Paek, I. (November 2012). The behavior of person fit statistics under different item response theory models. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Gainesville, FL. Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (November 2012). Is acceptable misspecified model acceptable? Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Gainesville, FL.

4 Xia, Y., & Yang, Y. (November 2012). The comparison of WLSMV and Bayesian approaches for ordered categorical data with missing values in confirmatory factor analysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Gainesville, FL. Yang, Y., & Xia, Y. (April 2012). Fit indices in exploratory factor analysis for ordered categorical data. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada. Yang, Y., & Xia, Y. (November 2011). Initial study of fit indices in exploratory factor analysis for ordered categorical data. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL. Cağlak, S., & Xia, Y. (November 2011). Exploring the proper measurement model to estimate reliability. Presented at the annual meeting of the Florida Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL. Reviewer Experience Ad Hoc Reviewer for Refereed Journals Behavior Research Methods (2017) Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal (2017) Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment ( ) British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology (2014) Proposal Reviewer for American Educational Research Association (2013 present) Florida Educational Research Association ( ) Teaching Experience Course instructor, Arizona State University FSA598: Analysis of Messy Data in Structural Equation Modeling (2018 Spring, preparing) Statistics tutorial assistant, Center for Academic Retention & Enhancement, Florida State University ( ) Teaching assistant & lab instructor Basic Descriptive and Inferential Statistics, Florida State University ( ) Psychological Statistics, Peking University ( )

5 Department Service Coordinator for Measurement and Statistical Analysis brownbag presentations and research group, Arizona State University (2016 present) Coordinator for the Graduate Space Office, Florida State University ( ) Awards SAS Statistical Fellowship, SAS Institute (2015). Distinguished Poster Award (as a co-author), Florida Educational Research Association (2014). National Scholarship for Undergraduate Research, Peking University (2009). Petro China Scholarship, Peking University (2008). 1 st prize, Undergraduate National Contest of Scientific Project, Peking University (2008). Guanghua Scholarship, Peking University (2007). Statistical Software Skills General: R/ Matlab/ SAS/ SPSS SEM: Mplus/ EQS/ CALIS Procedure SAS/ lavaan R Item Response Theory: flexmirt/ Bilog/ IRTpro/ TAM, ltm R Others: HLM/ WinBUGS/ GPower/ EduG/ GENOVA Membership in Professional Organizations American Educational Research Association American Psychological Association American Statistical Association National Council on Measurement in Education