Other SELF Research Activity at Oxford
PLEASE ALSO SEE THE SELF RESEARCH GROUP'S WEBSITE AT www.self.ox.ac.uk
Quantitative Special Interest Group (Quant SIG) seminar series: Diverse mix of completed and “work in progress” presentations ranging from preliminary thesis results to new work by leading international researchers. (click here for Quant SIG seminar series programme). Please contact self.research@education.ox.ac.uk to be added to the Quant SIG mailing list to find out about upcoming seminars.
Advanced Statistical Workshops: covering topics such as multivariate analysis, latent-variable modelling, structural equation modelling, item response theory, meta-analysis, multilevel modelling, construction/analysis of simulated data. (click here for more information)
Resilience Day: Departmental Research Day. (click here for more information)
Advanced Quantitative Methods Special Interest Group (Quant SIG)
The Quant SIG is a special interest group established in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. Group members consist of academics and research students from both within and outside of the department with an interest in quantitative methods - particularly in educational research.
Aims:
The aim is to provide a network for researchers in the Department with an interest in advanced statistical research. Sessions are attended by academics, academic-related research staff, and students (MSc, PRS and DPhil) who have at least a basic understanding of - and who are currently using or have used - advanced quantitative methodologies (such as confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modelling, and multilevel modelling). In general, it is most appropriate for second year students and beyond due to the advanced nature of the statistical methods dealt with, although some MSc and PRS students may find it interesting/useful and are welcome to attend.
Activity:
The group meets weekly in a weekly seminar where academics and students present/disseminate their academic work and lead quantitative methods workshops. Past special workshop events have included international guests Professor Todd Little from University of Kansas, and Theodore Walls from the University of Rhode Island.
What do the sessions involve?
* Meeting, presentations, and discussion. This involves:
- Discussion of the latest developments in quantitative methodology. New research topics and recent publications will be reviewed.
- Providing and receiving feedback on research ideas, grant proposals, presentations and papers with a quantitative component, written by members of the group. You will have the opportunity to disseminate your work amongst the group for friendly, collegial critiquing, and also informally review the work of your colleagues.
- Learning about the methods used by other members in addressing their research questions. Each week, a member will voluntarily present a seminar (30mins to 60 mins long) on their particular area of expertise (e.g., cluster analysis, latent growth modelling, meta-analysis).
- Discovering research opportunities with a quantitative emphasis that you can choose to become involved in.
* Practical workshop. This usually follows the presentation component, and only occurs some weeks. It involves both theoretical and hands-on introduction to advanced quantitative methods, such as factor analysis, structural equation modelling, and multilevel modelling.
When and where:
The sessions are usually held in seminar J (basement of 28 Norham Gardens) on Monday afternoons during term time, commencing on the first week of every academic term. They commence at 12.45pm, and usually run to approximately 2.30pm (although this varies from week-to-week).
Schedule of Seminars:
Hilary Term 2009
Week 2. 26th January: Man (Kate) Xu, (University of Oxford)
Academic Self-concept and the Role of Native and Foreign Languages
Week 3. 2nd February: James Hall, (University of Oxford)
Can pre-school protect: Determining Risk and resilience in the development of pre-schoolers
Week 4. 9th February: Dr Chau-Kuang Chen, (Meharry Medical College, Nashvile, Tennessee, USA)
Survival Analysis
Week 5. 16th February
To be confirmed
Week 6. 23rd February: John Fletcher (University of Oxford)
To be confirmed
Week 7. 2nd March: Dr Susan Conroy, (University of Cambridge)
An investigation into the geography of artistic self-concept using correlational studies
Week 8. 9th March: Ebrahim Talae, (University of Oxford)
Children's home computer use and their cognitive and social/behavioural development in primary school
Archive of previous Quant SIG schedules
Michaelmas Term 2008 Quant SIG schedule
WEEK | DATE | PRESENTER/S | TOPIC | TIME/LOCATION |
Week 2 | 20 October | Zsolt Lavicza (University of Cambridge) | A comparative analysis of academic mathematicians' conceptions and professional use of computer algebra systems in university mathematics | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 3 | 27 October | Herb Marsh (University of Oxford) | Exploratory structural equation modelling with Mplus Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effect on Student Self Concept | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 4 | 3 November | Lars Malmberg (University of Oxford) | Dynamic factor analysis | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 5 | 10 November | Héfer Bembenutty (Queens College of the City University of New York) | Self-efficacy, effort regulation, and intrinsic motivation: A multilevel model assessing students and school effects on mathematics achievement among a national sample | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 6 | 17 November | Gordon Stanley (University of Oxford) | Item response theory | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 7 | 24 November | Francesca Scalas (University of Oxford & University of Cagliari) | Relations between specific and global domains of self-concept. A substantive methodological synergy | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 8 | 1 December | Jacqueline Cheng (University of Oxford) | A beginner’s introduction to multilevel confirmatory factor analysis | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Hilary Term 2008 Quant SIG schedule
WEEK | DATE | PRESENTER/S | TOPIC | TIME/LOCATION |
Week 2 | 21-Jan | Remco Polman (University of Hull) | Moderators in stress and coping in sport | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 3 | 28-Jan | Karolina Retali & Kate Xu | Introduction to Quantile Regression and its Application to Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effect on Student Self Concept | Presentation 1.30-3.30pm in Seminar G; |
Week 4 | 04-Feb | Jackie Cheng, Karolina Retali, & Kate Xu | Summary of transfer papers, with an emphasis on methodology | 12.45-3.00pm in Seminar G; no Practical |
Week 5 | 11-Feb | James Hall | Moderators and Mediators: Issues in discrimination and application | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 6 | 18-Feb | Lars-Erik Malmberg, Cassandra Halliburton, & Andrew Martin | Using Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) for collecting micro-longitudinal data: Lessons learnt from the Learning Every Lesson (LEL) pilot study | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 7 | 25-Feb | Herb Marsh | New multilevel latent variable approaches to the Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effect | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Week 8 | 03-Mar | Jackie Cheng and Herb Marsh | National Student Survey data, with a practical component applying multilevel analysis with MLwiN | Start 12.45 in Seminar J |
Michaelmas Term 2007 Quant SIG schedule
WEEK | DATE | PRESENTER/S | TOPIC | TIME/LOCATION |
Week1 | 8 October | Herb Marsh, Andrew Martin, Lars Malmberg, Alison O’Mara | BERA substantive-metho- | Seminar Room J |
Week 2 | 15 October | Francesca Scalas | Use of MPLUS (Quant SIG followed by ”hands on” workshop – including some highlights from Muthén training session she attended) | Seminar Room J |
Week 3 | 22 October | Herb Marsh | New applications of MPLUS – latent profile analysis and/or contextual analysis (Quant SIG followed by a “hands-on” workshop – including some highlights from Muthén training session she attended) | Seminar Room J |
Week 4 | 29 October | Andrew Martin | “New approaches to assessing and understanding the role of courage in the academic context” (followed by quant workshop following up hands on MPLUS experience) | Seminar Room J |
Week 5 | 5 November | Michael Holscher | “Success of students from different educational pathways. A Multilevel approach” (Quant workshop topic TBA) | Seminar Room J |
Week 6 | 12 November | Lars Malmberg | "Dyad models: partners within couples" (Quant workshop topic TBA) | Seminar Room J |
Week 7 | 19 November | Jackie Cheng & Alison O’Mara | “Multiple Imputation of Missing Data in MLwiN” (Quant SIG followed by ”hands on” workshop”– maybe with input from Lars on use of SAS PROC MI) | Seminar Room J |
Week 8 | 29 November | Ted Walls | Special Workshop: “Intensive longitudinal modelling workshop” | Seminar Room J |
Trinity Term 2007 Quant SIG schedule
WEEK | DATE | PRESENTER/S | TOPIC | TIME/LOCATION |
Week 1 | 23 April | informal | informal | Seminar Room C |
Week 2 | 30 April | James Hall |
| Seminar Room C |
Week 3 | 7 May | bank holiday | bank holiday |
|
Week 4 | 14 May | Francesca Scalas | "The Role of Actual-Ideal Discrepancy in Explaining the Relation between Physical Appearance and Self-Concept" | Seminar Room C |
Week 5 | 21 May | Herb Marsh | "Do University Teachers become more effective with experience? A | Seminar Room C |
Week 6 | 28 May | bank holiday | bank holiday |
|
Week 7 | 4 June | Lars Malmberg | "English youths' achievement motivation" | Seminar Room C |
Week 8 | 11 June | Michael Hoelscher | "Cultural differences as statistical artefacts? Reanalysing cross-national data with more advanced techniques" | Seminar Room C |
Trinity Term Practical Sessions – Multilevel modelling
What: Introduction to multilevel modelling practical sessions using MLwiN, led by Herb Marsh
When: following the Quant SIG presentations; i.e., 3.30-4.45pm in weeks 2, 4, 7, & 8. In week 5 (21 May), the session will be held 1.15-2.30pm (before the Quant SIG presentations).
Where: Seminar Room J (computer lab in basement of 28 Norham Gardens)
Materials: Please find attached the materials for the sessions, which include a workbook (developed by Seaton, Parada & Marsh), an example dataset and 2 example worksheets. Please print out a copy of the workbook and bring it with you on Monday. We also ask that you bring along a USB memory stick, with all of the attached files already saved onto it. There is an expectation that you will attend all five multilevel modelling sessions.
Hilary Term 2007 Quant SIG schedule
WEEK | DATE | PRESENTER/S | TOPIC | TIME/LOCATION |
Week 1 | 15-Jan | No meeting | No meeting |
|
Week 2 | 22-Jan | Lars-Erik Malmberg | Structural equation modelling training | 1-3pm in LR2. |
Week 3 | 29-Jan | Lars-Erik Malmberg | Structural equation modelling training | 1-3pm in TR2 |
Week 4 | 05-Feb | Darcy Hallett
Michael Hoelscher Herb Marsh | Aboriginal self-identification patterns and school attrition: An example in the use of log-linear analysis. Tool for conducting Multitrait-Multimethod (MTMM) research Workshop: Factor Analysis | 13:15 to 15:15 MR2 15:30 TR2 |
Week 5 | 12-Feb | no meeting | no meeting |
|
Week 6 | 19-Feb | Owen Yang
Herb Marsh | Analysis issues from the questionnaire structure
Practical session on latent interactions by Herb | 13:15 - 15:15 Seminar C (formerly MR2) 13:15 - 15:15 Seminar J (formerly TR2) |
Week 7 | 26-Feb | no meeting | no meeting | Seminar Room C |
Week 8 | 05-Mar | Lynn Erler Lars-Erik Malmberg | Determining the constructs in a 60-item questionnaire A practical session on latent mean comparisons | 1.45 - 2.45pm 2.45 - 4.45pm Seminar Room J |
Note:
Hilary Term 2007 Quant SIG
Week 1. 8 October BERA substantive-methodology synergy presentations
BERA substantive-methodology synergy presentations (four presentations - Herb, Andrew, Lars, Alison). The Quant Sig/Workshop Meeting for 8 Oct will be an extended presentation of our BERA symposium, in which each of the 4 presenters expound on the methodological aspects of their study, new directions it could go (methodologically), and implications for other research. This will run from 12:45 to about 3:30. This will be followed by some discussion of the outline of quant SIG and Quant Workshop for this term. This will end around 4.30pm to enable attendance at the OUDE poster conference that starts at 5:00.