Publications

Marcoulides, K.M., & Yuan, K.-H. (2025). A Note on Comparing Equivalence Testing with Conventional Criteria in Evaluating the Overall Fit of Structural Equation Models. Structural Equation Modeling. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2025.2508735

Hardy, J. K., McLeod, R. H., Grifenhagen, J., Marcoulides, K. M., & Hemmeter, M. L. (2025). Correlations between coaching quality and teacher change in social-emotional teaching practices. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71(2), 183-192. DOI:10.1016/j.ecresq.2025.01.003.

Hardy, J., Marcoulides, K. M., Grifenhagen, J., & McLeod, R. (2024). An examination of the Coaching Quality Checklist using confirmatory factor analysis. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education. DOI:10.1108/IJMCE-01-2024-0005

Wang, S., Marcoulides, K. M., Tang, J., & Yuan, K.-H. (2024). Comparison of Minimal-Effect Testing, Equivalence Testing, and the Conventional Null Hypothesis Testing for the Analysis of Bi-factor Models. Structural Equation Modeling, 1-15. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2024.2347592

Marcoulides, K. M., & Trinchera, L. (2024). A novel approach for identifying unobserved heterogeneity in longitudinal growth trajectories using natural cubic smoothing splines. Journal of Behavioral Data Science, 4(1), 1-18. DOI:10.35566/jbds/marcoulides

Marcoulides, K. M., & Yuan, K. -H. (2023) Testing structural equation model fit in psychological studies: A  replication study using equivalence testing. Quality & Quantity. DOI: 10.1007/s11135-023-01796-4

Torunsky*, N. T., Knauz*, S., Vilares, I., Marcoulides, K. M., & Koutstaal, W. (2023). Latent trait mediation analysis of alexithymia, experiential avoidance, and psychological distress: A latent analysis using three alexithymia questionnaires. Personality and Individual Differences. DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2023.112308.

Marcoulides, K. M. (2023). Integration of historical data for the analysis of multiple assessment studies. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives. DOI:10.1080/15366367.2022.2115250.

Marcoulides, K. M., Quan*, J., & Wright*, E., (2022). The impact of sample size on exchangeability in the Bayesian synthesis approach to data fusion. Journal of Behavioral Data Science,2(1), 75-105. DOI: 10.35566/jbds/v2n1/p5

Yuan, K. -H., Gomer*, B., & Marcoulides, K. M. (2022). Smoothed quantiles for χ2 type test statistics with applications. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 57, 223-242. DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2020.1858018

Foldnes, N., Gronneberg, S., & Marcoulides, K. M. (2022). covsim: An R package for simulating non-normal data for structural equation models using copulas. Journal of Statistical Software, 102(3), 1-45. DOI: 10.18637/jss.v102.i03

Marcoulides, K. M. (2021). Latent growth curve model selection with Tabu search. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45(2), 153–159. DOI: 10.1177/0165025420941170

Kam, J. A., Marcoulides, K. M., Steuber, K. R., Mendez Murillo, R., & Cornejo, M. (2021). Latina/o /x immigrant youth's motivations for disclosing their family-undocumented experiences to a teacher(s): A latent transition analysis. Journal of Communication, 71(1), 27-55. DOI: 10.1093/joc/jqaa036

Marcoulides, K. M., & Trinchera, L. (2021). Residual-based algorithm for growth mixture models: A Monte Carlo simulation study. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1-7.DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.618647

Marcoulides, K. M., & Yuan, K. -H. (2020). Using equivalence testing to evaluate goodness of fit in multilevel structural equation models. The International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 43(4), 431-443. DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2020.1795113 Special Issue: The Contribution of Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling to Contemporary Trends in Educational Research.

Marcoulides, K. M., Foldnes, N., & Grønneberg, S. (2020). Assessing Model Fit in Structural Equation Modeling using Appropriate Test Statistics. Structural Equation Modeling, 27(3), 369-379. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2019.1647785

Rayborn*, A. W., Leite, W. L., & Marcoulides, K. M. (2020). A comparison of Metaheuristic optimization algorithms for scale short form development. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 80(5), 910-931 . DOI:10.1177/0013164420906600

Himelfarb, I., Marcoulides, K. M., Fang, G., Shotts, B. L. (2020). A two-level alternating direction model for polytomous items with local dependence. Educational and Psychological Measurement, (2), 293-311. DOI:10.1177/0013164419871597

Raborn*, A., Leite, W., & Marcoulides, K. M. (2019). A comparison of automated scale short form selection strategies. In: M. Desmarais, C.n F. Lynch, A. Merceron, & R. Nkambou (Eds.) The 12th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, Montréal, Canada, 402-407. EDM2019 Proceedings

Marcoulides, K. M. (2019). Reliability estimation in longitudinal studies using latent growth curve modeling. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 17(2), 67-77. DOI:10.1080/15366367.2018.1522169

Marcoulides, K. M., & Raykov, T. (2019). Evaluation of variance inflation factors in regression models using latent variable modeling methods. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 79(5), 874-882. DOI:10.1177/0013164418817803

Marcoulides, K. M. & Trinchera, L. (2019). Detecting unobserved heterogeneity in latent growth curve models. Structural Equation Modeling, 26(3), 390-401. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2018.1534591

Marcoulides, K. M. & Khojasteh, J. (2018). Analyzing longitudinal data using natural cubic smoothing splines. Structural Equation Modeling, 25(6), 965-971. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2018.1449113.

Deng, L., Yang*, M., & Marcoulides, K. M. (2018). SEM with many variables: Issues and developments. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1-14. Quantitative Psychology and Measurement Section, Advances and Practice in Psychometrics Special Issue. DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00580.

Marcoulides, K. M. (2018). Careful with those priors: A note on Bayesian estimation in two-parameter logistic item response theory models. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 16(2), 92-99. DOI:10.1080/15366367.2018.1437305.

Marcoulides, K. M. (2018). Automated latent growth curve model fitting: A segmentation and knot selection approach. Structural Equation Modeling, 25(5), 687-699. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2018.1424548.

Marcoulides, K. M. & Falk, C. (2018). Model specification searches in structural equation modeling with R. Structural Equation Modeling, 25(3), 484-491. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2017.1409074.

Kam, J. A., Marcoulides, K. M., & Merolla, A. J. (2017). Using an acculturation-stress-resilience framework to explore latent profiles of Latina/o language brokers. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27(4), 842-861. DOI:10.1111/jora.12318.

Marcoulides, K. M. & Yuan, K. -H. (2017). New ways to evaluate goodness of fit: A note on using equivalence testing to assess structural equation models. Structural Equation Modeling, 24(1), 148-153. DOI:10.1080/10705511.2016.1225260.

Marcoulides, K. M. & Grimm, K. J. (2017). Data integration approaches to longitudinal growth modeling. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 77(6), 971–989. DOI:10.1177/0013164416664117.

Marcoulides, K. M. (2017). A Bayesian synthesis approach to data fusion using data-dependent priors. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 52(1), 111-112. DOI:10.1080/00273171.2016.1263927.

Grimm, K. J. & Marcoulides, K. M. (2016). Individual change and the onset of significant life events: methods, models, and assumptions. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(1), 87-96. DOI:10.1177/0165025415580806.

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