Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Subject "Quantitative psychology"
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Fitting psychometric functions to achromatic brightness matching data
In asymmetric brightness matching procedure, one of two target regions is set by the experimenter at a fixed luminance (the reference}. This reference, with its fixed luminance and fixed relationship to the surrounding ... -
Politics that Divide and Ties that Bind: Family, Friends, and Neighbors in a Polarized Era
Affective polarization has increased in the United States over the last several decades, leading to negative consequences for relationships, communities, and democracy. Why is affective polarization rampant, and what are ... -
Preliminary Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the ACL Scale: Factor Structure, Measurement Invariance, Reliability, and Validity
Humans have evolved such that social connectedness (i.e., interpersonal closeness, belongingness) plays an integral role in the health, happiness, and survival of our species. Intimacy has been the target of much research ... -
Presence Scale Development: Psychometrics and Validity
This Master’s Thesis reports on Exploratory Factor Analyses in two pilot samples (N = 599, N = 384) and Confirmatory Factor Analyses (N = 601) in a new nationally representative sample to complete a scale to measure Presence, ... -
The Latent Time-to-Criterion Model: Research Design Considerations for Optimizing Parameter Estimate Accuracy and Precision
The latent time-to-criterion (T2C) model is arguably a more policy action-oriented approach to modeling longitudinal data than the traditional intercept-slope growth model. However, despite their mathematical equivalence ... -
Using Bayesian mixed-effects models to predict self-injurious thoughts in intensive longitudinal data
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Despite decades of research aimed at improving the understanding of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs), researchers are not currently ...