Kristopher J. Preacher: Publications

Quantitative Publications Applications Misc. Publications

Kujawa, A., Fazio, L. K., Watson, D. G., & Preacher, K. J. (2022). Organizing a faculty cluster hire to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in psychological sciences. Psychonomic Society Featured Content.
Kujawa, A., Fazio, L. K., Watson, D. G., & Preacher, K. J. (2022). Is your department hiring faculty? Tips and tricks for promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion. The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) Diversity Committee Blog.
Wang, A. Y., Fuchs, L. S., Preacher, K. J., Fuchs, D., Malone, A. S., & Pachmayr, R. (2019). Effects of Super Solvers fractions intervention for at-risk third graders. Vanderbilt University. [ERIC link]
Fuchs, L. S., Malone, A. S., Preacher, K. J., Fuchs, D., Wang, A. Y., & Pachmayr, R. (2019). Effects of fourth- and fifth-grade Super Solvers intervention on fraction magnitude understanding and calculation skill. Vanderbilt University. [ERIC link]
Preacher, K. J. (2015). Extreme groups designs. In R. L. Cautin & S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The encyclopedia of clinical psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 1189-1192). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hofer, S. M., & Preacher, K. J. (2010). The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology co-sponsors methods-oriented workshops. APS Observer, 23, 39.
Selig, J. P., Preacher, K. J., & Little, T. D. (2009). Lag as moderator models for longitudinal data. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 44, 853 (abstract).
Preacher, K. J. (2009). Book review: An introduction to latent variable growth curve modeling: Concepts, issues, and applications (2nd ed.), by Terry E. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, and Lisa A. Strycker. Structural Equation Modeling, 16, 186-190.
Stevens, N., Karlson, C. W., Hamilton, N., Staecker, D., Preacher, K. J., & Wallston, K. (2009). Biopsychosocial factors and perinatal healthcare decisions among primiparous and multiparous pregnant women. Journal of Women's Health, 18, 758 (abstract).
Sawyer, K., Corsentino, E., Preacher, K. J., Collins, N., Sachs-Ericsson, N., & Blazer, D. G. (2008). Race, depression, APOE, and dementia in a biracial sample of community dwelling elders. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 4, T682-T683 (abstract).
Preacher, K. J. (2008). Chi-square. In International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed.) (Vol. 1, pp. 523-524). Detroit, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.
Preacher, K. J. (2003). Publishing in graduate school: Tips for new graduate students. APS Observer, 16(4), pp. 33-34, 50.
Preacher, K. J. (2003). The role of model complexity in the evaluation of structural equation models. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Preacher, K. J., & Rucker, D. D. (2002). Dumbing it down: The dangers of appealing to the lowest common denominator. Dialogue, 17(1), 26-27, 31.

Other Miscellaneous Stuff

Why do we divide by n-1 when computing a sample variance? Here is a step-by-step proof that dividing by n leads to a biased estimate, whereas dividing by n-1 leads to an unbiased estimate.
A primer on interaction effects in multiple linear regression containing a review of key concepts related to interaction effects in MLR.
In SEM and factor analysis, how does one derive a discrepancy function from a likelihood function? Here is a derivation of the ML discrepancy function from likelihoods, with or without a mean structure in the model, and using either raw data or a covariance matrix as input.