Psychometrics & Quantitative Methods Lab

Research

Publications

Journal papers

  • Park, J., & Yu, H.-T. (in press). The impact of ignoring the level of nesting structure in a multilevel latent class model. Educational and Psychological Measurement.
  • Belanger, E., Salah, T., Filiatrault, J., Yu, H.-T., & Zunzunegui, M. V. (in press). An empirical comparison of different models of active aging in Canada: The International Mobility in Aging Study. The Gerontologist.
  • Yu, H.-T., Tsai, A. Y., & Yu, C. H. (2015). Development and validation of the social hierarchy scale. Psychological Testing, 62, 181-208.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2015). Applying linear mixed-effects models with crossed random effects to psycholinguistic data: Multilevel specification and model selection. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 11, 78-88.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2015). A typological and probabilistic approach for exploring cross-cultural differences: Two-level latent class models. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 3-18.
  • Yu, H.-T., & Park, J. (2014). Simultaneous decision on the number of latent clusters and classes for multilevel latent class Models. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 49, 232-244.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2013). Models with discrete latent variables for analysis of categorical data: A framework and a MATLAB MDLV toolbox. Behavioral Research Methods, 45, 1036-1047.
  • Yu, H.-T., & de Rooij, M. (2013). Model selection for the trend vector model. Journal of Classification, 30, 338-369.


  • Conference Presentations

  • Yu, H.-T. (2015, Apr). Optimal sample sizes for multilevel latent class models. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) meeting, Chicago, IL US.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2014, Jul). Modeling concurrent, cumulative, and prospective effects in ecological momentary assessment data. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Madison, WI US.
  • Anderson, C. J., & Yu, H.-T. (2014, Apr). Log-multiplicative association models as multidimensional item response models for polytomous items. Paper presented at the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) meeting, Philadelphia, PA US.
  • Park, J., & Yu, H.-T. (2013, Jul). Using multilevel logistic mixture model to detect multilevel manifest DIF and latent DIF. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Arnhem, Netherlands.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2013, Jul). Developing measures of dependency for models with multilevel discrete latent variables. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Arnhem, Netherlands.
  • Park, J., & Yu, H.-T. (2012, Jul). The investigation of information criteria on selecting the numbers of latent classes in a multilevel latent class model. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Lincoln, NE US.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2012, Jul). On the decisions about the random component structure for applying linear mixed effect regression models to psycholinguistic data. Paper presented at the International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Lincoln, NE US.
  • Yu, H.-T. (2011, Dec). Model selection in multilevel latent class models. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the 2011 Taipei International Statistical Symposium and 7th Conference of the Asian Regional Section of the International Association for Statistical Computing, Taipei, Taiwan.