Former and current doctoral (Ph.D.) students under Professor Zumbo’s supervision.
Name
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Dissertation title (year) |
University |
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1. Krista Breithaupt |
A comparison of the sample invariance of item statistics from the classical test model, item response model, and structural equation model: A case study of real response data. (2000) |
University of Ottawa |
Implications of using Likert data in multiple regression analysis. (2001) |
University of British Columbia |
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Applying Messick’s framework to the evaluation data of distance/distributed instructional programs. (2002) |
University of British |
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Investigations of parameter invariance in IRT models: theoretical and practical avenues for understanding a fundamental property of measurement. (2003) |
University of British |
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Nonparametric item response modeling for identifying differential item functioning in the moderate-to-small-scale testing context. (2003) |
University of British Columbia |
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6. Kim Koh |
Type I error rates for multi-group confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analysis with ordinal and mixed item format data: a methodology for construct comparability. (2003) |
University of British |
Robustness of the Hotelling’s T-squared test in the presence of outliers in a related measures setting. (2005) [Co-supervisor with Richard Wolfe, OISE] |
University of Toronto / OISE |
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Type I error rates of the DIF MIMIC approach using Joreskog’s covariance matrix with ML and WLS estimation. (2005) |
University of British |
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Assessing unidimensionality of psychological scales: using individual and integrative criteria from factor analysis. (2005) |
University of British |
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Relative performance of scoring designs for the assessment of constructed responses. (2005) |
University of British Columbia |
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On modelling change and growth when the measures themselves change across waves: methodological and measurement issues and a novel non-parametric solution. (2006) |
University of British Columbia |
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12. Amery D. Wu |
Pratt’s importance measures in factor analysis: a new technique for interpreting oblique factor models. (2008) |
University of British |
13. Martin A. Guhn |
Examining interactions between social and cultural child and neighborhood characteristics on children’s developmental outcomes: studies from the population-based early development Instrument project. (2009) [HDLC, co-supervisor with Prof. Hillel Goelman] |
University of British Columbia |
Investigating tests for equal variances. (2009) |
University of British Columbia |
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15. Barry A. Forer |
Validation of multilevel constructs: methods and empirical findings for the Early Development Instrument. (2009) |
University of British Columbia |
16. Zhen Li |
Impact of differential item functioning on statistical conclusions. (2009) |
University of British Columbia |
The Satisfaction with Life Scale adapted for Children: investigating the structural, external, and substantive aspects of construct validity. (2009) |
University of British Columbia |
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18. Cornelia Zeisser |
Validating policy ratings: the substantive aspect of construct validity for ratings of school tobacco policies. (2010) |
University of British Columbia |
Effectiveness of an integrated mindfulness-based anxiety group intervention with university students who self-report anxiety: a small-N, mixed method design. (2011) [Counseling Psychology, co-supervisor with Prof. Bill Borgen] |
University of British Columbia |
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20. Yan Liu |
Documenting the impact of outliers on decisions about the number of factors in exploratory factor analysis. (2011) |
University of British Columbia |
21. Tavinder Ark |
Ordinal generalizability theory using an underlying latent variable framework. (2015) |
University of British Columbia |
22. Alkhalaf, Arwa |
The impact of predictor variable(s) with skewed cell probabilities on the Wald test in binary logistic regression. (2017) |
University of British Columbia |
On Monte Carlo simulation algorithms for research in psychometrics. (2017) |
University of British Columbia |
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On the impact of negatively keyed items on the assessment of the unidimensionality of psychological tests and measures. (2017) |
University of British Columbia |
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Evaluaciones Educativas A Gran Escala En Latinoamerica: TERCE (2018) trans. Large-Scale Educative Assessments In Latin America: TERCE (2018) [Co-supervisor with Prof. Rosario Martinez-Arias, Prof. Ruben Fernandez-Alonso, and Prof. Jose Muniz-Fernandez] |
Universidad Complutense |
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26. Gordana Rajlic |
Violations of unidimensionality and local independence in measures intended as unidimensional: assessing levels of violations and the accuracy in unidimensional IRT model estimates. (2019) |
University of British Columbia |
On the measurement of social belonging and its connection to migration background. (2020) |
University of British Columbia |
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Impact of scoring and response format on inferences from electronic surveys for rating scales. (2020) |
University of British Columbia |
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29. Niyati Kasana |
Unpacking the recommendation to use kernel smoothing nonparametric item response theory with small sample sizes. (2024) | University of British Columbia |
30. Keren Roded | (on-going) | University of British Columbia |
31. Sarah Lynch | (on-going) | University of British Columbia |
Post Doctoral Research Fellows
Name |
Funding |
Year |
Dr. Talha Göktentürk | Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, TUBITAK | 2022- 2023 |
Dr. Pamela R. Woitschach Mendoza | UBC-Paragon Research Initiative | 2019- 2022 |
Dr. Xijuan (Cathy) Zhang | UBC-Paragon Research Initiative [co-supervised with Dr. Ed Kroc and Dr. Oscar Olvera Astivia] | 2021 |
Dr. Oscar Olvera Astivia | UBC-Paragon Research Initiative | 2018-2019 |
Dr. Ed Kroc | UBC-Paragon Research Initiative | 2016- 2018 |
Dr. Junli (Julie) Wei | UBC-Paragon Research Initiative | 2016- 2017 |
Dr. Ignacio Pedrosa | Spanish Government, National Research Foundation | 2015 |
Dr. Yan Liu | CIHR & SSHRC research grant funds | 2012-2013 |
Dr. Eric Chan | CIHR & SSHRC research grant funds | 2010-2013 |
Dr. Martin Guhn | Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (co-supervised with Dr. Clyde Hertzman) | 2009-2012 |
Dr. Bradley Franklin | NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow | 2000-2001 |
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Okan Bulut, University of Alberta (2024)
Dr. Cigdem Bulut, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, NAIT (2024)
Dr. Bryan Maddox, Cambridge University, UK (2024)
Dr. Oscar Olvera Astivia, University of Washington (2020, 2021, 2022; 2023)
Dr. Paula Elosua, University of the Basque Country, Spain (2016)
Dr. Bryan Maddox, University of East Anglia, UK (2015; 2016)
Dr. Shoichi Matsumura, Ryukoku University, Japan (2007-2008)
Dr. Sean Mulvenon, University of Arkansas, USA (2005)
Dr. Yuko Shimizu, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (2003-2004)
(Pre-)Doctoral Visiting Scholars
Pamela R. Woitschach Mendoza, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (2017-2019)
Donna (Naghmeh) Jahangir-Tafreshi, Simon Fraser University (2017-2018)