Congratulations to Joshua Starr for defending his dissertation! Network models with traditional psychometric data: Output interpretation, redundant variable detection, and random correlation matrix generation.

Doing structural equation modeling with a mix of categorical and continuous data, and have missing data? Take a look at Bill Chen’s recent work published in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal

Worried about survey bots? Based on research for Michael Ilagan’s dissertation (a foundational paper in Behavior Research Methods), Carl Falk presented a workshop at CPA (2024) with materials available on OSF and the detranli R package on GitHub.

To further develop methods for detecting survey bots, Carl Falk was recently awarded an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Stay tuned for more publications, presentations, workshops, and software.

Emma Somer’s work on factor score regression with multiple group models and small samples is now published in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Congratulations Emma!

Carl Falk’s research with Michael Muthukrishna (co-first authors) on fit propensity in Psychological Methods recently won an Excellence in Quantitative Methods Research Award from the Quantitative Methods Section of the Canadian Psychological Association. This work was presented at the business meeting for the section at CPA 2024.

Carl F. Falk

Associate Professor of Quantitative Psychology

McGill University

I am an Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods and Modeling at McGill University. My research focuses on the development, computer programming, and testing of latent variable models and related statistical methods, spanning across item response theory, structural equation modeling, and multilevel modeling. This research is envisioned as having broad applications across psychology and other social science disciplines (e.g., education, sociology, health outcomes).

Interests

Latent Variable Modeling
Psychometrics
Data Science

Education

Postdoctoral Fellow in Advanced Quantitative Methods, 2012-2015

University of California, Los Angeles
PhD in Psychology (Minor in Quantitative Methods), 2012

University of British Columbia
BSc in Psychology and Southeast Asian Studies (Comprehensive Honors), 2005

University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Interested in Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology?

All interested applicants are encouraged to contact me. Interest in the development and use of statistical methods is required. Experience in computer programming and/or coursework in math/statistics is desirable. See Research for papers/topics that form the basis of my research program or feel free to write an email.

Graduate School 🎓

Click here for more about Quantitative Psychology and Modelling at McGill

For the Fall 2024 application season (entry in Fall 2025), I expect to recruit graduate students to the PhD program in psychology at McGill University. Applications are usually to the experimental program.