Student Profiles
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Xinyue (Sam) Deng
(she/her/hers)
Email: [email protected]
Research interests: quantitative psychology, structural equation modeling, item response theory, game-based assessments, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Mentor: Heining Cham
Professional links:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kOW_m4sAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-xinyue-deng-10b599138/
Recent accomplishments:
Deng, X., & Cham, H. (2024, April). Evaluating game-based assessments’ validities using machine learning [Poster presentation]. National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) conference 2024, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Deng, X. (2024, July). Are large language models fatalists? [Poster presentation]. Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) workshop 2024. Beijing, China.
Hobbies: I like snowboarding, playing tennis, going to concerts
Hyunjung Lee
(she/her)
Email: [email protected]
Research interests: structural equation modeling, factor analysis, mixture modeling, causal inference
Mentor: Heining Cham
Recent accomplishments:
Aparcero, M., Lee, H., Wijetunga, C., Conley, E. M., Rosenfeld, B., & Cham, H. (2024). Measuring adaptive functioning in a correctional setting: An analysis of the problems in everyday living test (PEDL), Criminal Justice and Behavior. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00938548241268135
Cham, H., Lee, H., & Migunov, I. (2024). Quasi-experimental designs for causal inference: An overview. Asia Pacific Education Review, 25(3), 611-627. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-024-09981-2
Lee, H., & Cham, H. (2024). Comparing accuracy of parallel analysis and fit statistics for estimating the number of factors with ordered categorical data in exploratory factor analysis. Educational and Psychological Measurement. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644241240435
Ferrara, E., Lee, H., Guarecuco, J. S., Silverman, M. R., Hirsch, E., Keesey, R., Cham, H., Hoyt, L. T., & Roy, A. K. (2024). Novel assessment of the impact of irritability on physiological and psychological frustration responses in adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 53(2), 216-230. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2024.2301753
Opalhawaye Nyamulani
(she/her/hers)
Email: [email protected]
Research interests: Bayesian methods, item response theory, hierarchical linear modeling, educational and psychological testing, multivariate analysis, cognitive diagnostic modeling
Mentor: Leah Feuerstahler
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Fabio Setti
(he/him)
Email: [email protected]
Research interests: Bayesian methods, item response theory, latent variables modeling
Mentor: Leah Feuerstahler
Professional links:
https://fabio-setti.netlify.app
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-setti-0a0a85236
Recent accomplishments:
Setti, F., & Feuerstahler, L. M. (2024, July 16-19). Bayesian model averaging of asymmetric IRT models in small samples. In J. Verkuilen (chair), Asymmetric item response models. [Symposium]. Annual International Meeting of Psychometric Society, Prague, CZ.
Setti, F., & Kahn, J. H. (2024). Evaluating how facets of openness to experience predict music preference. Musicae Scientiae, 28(1), 143–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/10298649231174751