Questions in mind: Basic statistic

1. what are the differences between partial correlation, semi-partial correlation, and beta coefficience in terms of formula, meaning in venn diagram, and implication.
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2. the difference between ICC and reliability index.
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3. suppresor effect in regression analysis and the implication for structure coefficient.
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與Faculty Candidate Dr. Fritz Meeting心得

這學期系上要聘任一位Associate Professor，在書面審查中一共選了兩位Candidates，本週四是其中一位Candidate Dr. Fritz前來拜訪。

拜訪日的流程大致如下：早上給一個Research Presentation，簡述自己的研究興趣以及過去的成果，未來要做的事情；中午是與學生的lunch meeting(前一天晚上是與職員的dinner meeting)；下午是teaching presentation。以下是幾個心得：

Research Presentation
1.要培養一至兩個不斷鑽研且能累積研究成果的主題，presentation的過程中要讓人看到主題的重要性以及研究的動機，故事的鋪陳很重要。
2.即便是現階段尚無法解決的問題也可報告，說服聽眾這是個有潛力的主題且以自己的經驗是有可能解決。
3.Q&A的過程不是defense，而是以一種不卑不亢的態度與聽眾討論，不會的問題也要提出自己的見解，讓人了解自己知識的廣度以及看事情的角度。

Lunch Meeting
1.在美國，計量領域的博士班畢業生若是要留在學術，那下一站就是faculty，所以不要想說還有post-doc來累積自己的CV。Get as many publications as possible。
2.當自己在進行工作轉換時，手上隨時要保留一兩個project，以便進入新工作位置時能夠維持一定程度的產量。
3.學會寫研究計畫，在博班這幾年中，若是能在政府單位申請到研究補助，會是一個大加分，這會讓自己在未來的應徵時證明自己有申請經費的能力。
4.培養自己的Social Skill。

Conference of Interest

AERA: American Educaitonal Research Association (May)
http://www.aera.net/
submission due in July

APA: American Psychological Association (Augest)
http://www.apa.org/convention/index.aspx
submission due in Oct

IMPS: International Meeting Psychometric Society (July)
http://www.psychometrika.org/meeting/current.html
Submission due in March

1-2 months for the IMPS...

Course Schedule Overview

2012 Fall
EPSY640 Experimental Design I
EPSY622 Measurement and Evaluation in Education
EPSY691 Research


2012 Spring
EPSY641 Experimental Design II
EPSY625 Advanced Psychometric Theory
EPSY651 Theory of Structural Equation Modeling
EPSY652 Theory of HLM
SOCI 631 Quantitative Method in Educaiton


2013 Summer
EPSY602  Educational Psychology
EPSY636  Techniques of Research


2013 Fall
EPSY643 Applied Multivariate Methods
EPSY653 Advanced Structural Equation Modeling
EPSY655 Item Response Theory


2014 Spring
EPSY646 Issues in Child and Adolesent
EPSY673 Learning Theory for Education
EPSY690 Special Topics in Causality

Knowledge Gaps Need to Be Filled

1. List the currently used sample weighting methods and know their equations as well as pros and cons. (due 2/28)

2. To investigate measurement invariance, what kind of criteria were used in a simulation study? what kind of criteria were used in a study with real data. (due 1/31)

3. How to run a simulation study with Mplus and R. (due 3/31)