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57
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27807
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1709
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820

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

George A. Marcoulides is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily intersects the fields of mathematics, focusing extensively on statistics and probability, with additional work spanning management science and operations research, developmental and educational psychology, sociology and political science, as well as applied psychology.

The main topics of their scholarly work include statistical methods and Bayesian inference, psychometric methodologies and testing, behavioral and psychological studies, behavioral health and interventions, mental health research topics, communication in education and healthcare, and social and intergroup psychology.

Marcoulides has contributed a number of research articles published in various academic venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Evaluating Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha and Testing Its Identity to Scale Reliability: A Direct Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis Procedure," published in 2024 in Measurement Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives
  • "Evaluating the Discrepancy Between Scale Reliability and Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha Using Latent Variable Modeling," published in 2023 in Measurement Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives
  • "Coefficient alpha and reliability of communication science measurement scales: A note on Hayes and Coutts," published in 2024 in Communication Methods and Measures
  • "On the Pitfalls of Estimating and Using Standardized Reliability Coefficients," published in 2020 in Educational and Psychological Measurement
  • "Applications of Bayesian Confirmatory Factor Analysis in Behavioral Measurement: Strong Convergence of a Bayesian Parameter Estimator," published in 2022 in Measurement Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives

The frequent publication venues include Measurement Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, Communication Methods and Measures, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and Applied Measurement in Education.

Marcoulides has collaborated regularly with several coauthors. Frequent collaborators include Tenko Raykov, Natalja Menold, Chuck Huber, Martin Pusic, and James C. Anthony.

Among professional recognitions, Marcoulides was named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2009.

Best Publications

  • A First Course in Structural Equation Modeling

    Tenko Raykov;George A. Marcoulides

  • Modern Methods for Business Research

    George A. Marcoulides

  • Introduction to Psychometric Theory

    Tenko Raykov;George A. Marcoulides

  • Instructional Leadership and School Achievement:Validation of a Causal Model

    Ronald H. Heck;Terry J. Larsen;George A. Marcoulides

  • Organizational Culture and Performance: Proposing and Testing a Model

    George A. Marcoulides;Ronald H. Heck

  • Advanced structural equation modeling : issues and techniques

    George A. Marcoulides;Randall E. Schumacker

  • New developments and techniques in structural equation modeling

    George A. Marcoulides;Randall E. Schumacker

  • An Introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis

    Tenko Raykov;George A. Marcoulides

  • Editor's comments: PLS: a silver bullet?

    George A. Marcoulides;Carol Saunders

  • Multivariate Statistical Methods: A First Course

    George A. Marcoulides;Scott L. Hershberger

  • Interaction and Nonlinear Effects in Structural Equation Modeling

    Randall E. Schumacker;George A. Marcoulides

  • PLS: A Silver Bullet?

    George A. Marcoulides;Carol Saunders

  • A critical look at partial least squares modeling

    George A. Marcoulides;Wynne W. Chin;Carol Saunders

  • A first course in structural equation modeling, 2nd ed.

    T Raykov;GA Marcoulides;NJ Mahwah

  • The Relationship between Computer Anxiety and Computer Achievement

    George A. Marcoulides

  • Multivariate latent change modeling of developmental decline in academic intrinsic math motivation and achievement: Childhood through adolescence

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;George A. Marcoulides;Allen W. Gottfried;Pamella H. Oliver

  • Product development practices and performance: A structural equation modeling-based multi-group analysis

    Xenophon Koufteros;George A. Marcoulides

  • Using the Delta Method for Approximate Interval Estimation of Parameter Functions in SEM

    Tenko Raykov;George A. Marcoulides

  • School Culture and Performance: Testing the Invariance of an Organizational Model

    Ronald H. Heck;George A. Marcoulides

  • A latent curve model of parental motivational practices and developmental decline in math and science academic intrinsic motivation.

    Adele Eskeles Gottfried;George A. Marcoulides;Allen W. Gottfried;Pamella H. Oliver

  • Discovering Knowledge in Data: An Introduction to Data Mining

    George A Marcoulides

Frequent Co-Authors

Tenko Raykov
Tenko Raykov Michigan State University
Ronald H. Heck
Ronald H. Heck University of Hawaii at Manoa
Carol Saunders
Carol Saunders University of Central Florida
Wynne W. Chin
Wynne W. Chin University of Houston
Allen W. Gottfried
Allen W. Gottfried California State University, Fullerton
Adele Eskeles Gottfried
Adele Eskeles Gottfried California State University, Northridge
Anna Zajacova
Anna Zajacova University of Western Ontario
Peter A. Lichtenberg
Peter A. Lichtenberg Wayne State University
H. Lee Swanson
H. Lee Swanson University of New Mexico
Roger E. Millsap
Roger E. Millsap Arizona State University

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