Advanced Quantitative Methods in Education Research

Core Faculty

	Noreen Webb Professor, Department of Education webb@ucla.edu Research Interests: classroom processes related to learning outcomes, small-group problem solving, achievement testing in mathematics and science, generalizability theory Ph.D., Educational Psychology, 1978, Stanford University, School of Education M.S., Statistics, 1977, Stanford University, Department of Statistics B.A., Mathematics, 1973, Swarthmore College
	Michael Seltzer Professor, Department of Education mseltzer@ucla.edu Research Interests: multilevel modeling; longitudinal analysis; Bayesian data analysis; multi-site evaluation studies Ph.D., Education, 1991, The University of Chicago M.A., Anthropology, 1977, Northwestern University B.A., Anthropology, 1975, The State University of New York at Buffalo
	Steve Reise Professor, Department of Psychology reise@psych.ucla.edu Research Interests: item response theory, measurement theory, latent variable modeling, multilevel modeling, personality assessment, psychopathology Ph.D., Psychometrics, 1990, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis M.A., Psychology, 1986, University of Nevada, Las Vegas B.S., Psychology, 1984, St. John's University
	Peter Bentler Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Statistics bentler@ucla.edu Research Interests: structural equation modeling, factor analysis, reliability theory and their application Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, 1964, Stanford University M.S., Social Psychology, 1961, University of Pittsburgh B.A., Anthropology/Sociology, 1958, University of California, Los Angeles Prof Bentler received an award for Distinguished Scientific Applications of Psychology in 2007!
	Felipe Martinez Assistant Professor, Department of Education jfmtz@ucla.edu Research Interests: Measurement of instructional practices; methods for investigating and evaluating teacher effectiveness; program evaluation; generalizability theory and multilevel modeling Ph.D., Education, 2005, University of California, Los Angeles M.A., Education, 2001, University of California, Los Angeles B.A., Information Systems, 1996, University of Aguascalientes, Mexico
	Li Cai Assistant Professor, Department of Education lcai@ucla.edu Research Interests: psychometrics, latent variable models, item response theory, nonlinear models, statistical computation Ph.D., Quantitative Psychology, 2008, University of North Carolina M.S., Mathematical Statistics, 2006, University of North Carolina M.A., Journalism & Communication, 2003, The Ohio State University B.A., Business Communication, 2001, Nanjing University In 2009 Cai received the AERA Division D award for Outstanding Quantitative Dissertation & Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Council on Measurement in Education! Read about it
	Jennifer Krull Associate Professor, Department of Psychology krull@ucla.edu Research Interests: The development, application and extension of random coefficient models in social science data Ph.D., Psychology, 1997, Arizona State University M.A., Psychology, 1993, Arizona State University B.S., Psychology, 1990, Southwest Missouri State University