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D-Index
49
Citations
22559
World Ranking
2852
National Ranking
1382

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

James Algina is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and specializes primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their research spans a range of subfields including education, clinical psychology, developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics such as early childhood education and development, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, behavioral and psychological studies, parental involvement in education, cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, and educational strategies and epistemologies.

James Algina has published research in notable academic venues, including:

  • The Journal of Experimental Education
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Journal of School Psychology
  • Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Algina include:

  • "Corollary child outcomes from the Pyramid Model professional development intervention efficacy trial," 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "Efficacy of the social-emotional learning foundations curriculum for kindergarten and first grade students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders," 2021, Journal of School Psychology
  • "Don't Take It Personally? The Role of Personal Relevance in Conceptual Change," 2020, The Journal of Experimental Education
  • "Best Linear Unbiased Prediction of Latent Means in Three-Level Data," 2021, The Journal of Experimental Education
  • "A generalized longitudinal factor model for the analysis of change," 2022, Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mary Louise Hemmeter, Lise Fox, Patricia Snyder, Jessica K. Hardy, and Crystal Crowe Bishop.

In 2008, James Algina was recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.

Best Publications

  • Introduction to Classical and Modern Test Theory

    Linda M. Crocker;James Algina

  • Generalized eta and omega squared statistics: measures of effect size for some common research designs.

    Stephen Olejnik;James Algina

  • Measures of Effect Size for Comparative Studies: Applications, Interpretations, and Limitations.

    Stephen Olejnik;James Algina

  • Efficacy of parent-child interaction therapy: interim report of a randomized trial with short-term maintenance.

    Elena M. Schuhmann;Rebecca C. Foote;Sheila M. Eyberg;Stephen R. Boggs

  • The sleeper effect in persuasion: a meta-analytic review.

    G. Tarcan Kumkale;Dolores Albarracín

  • Parent-child interaction therapy: a psychosocial model for the treatment of young children with conduct problem behavior and their families.

    Sheila M. Eyberg;Stephen R. Boggs;James Algina

  • Performance of Four Computer-Based Diagnostic Systems

    Eta S. Berner;Eta S. Berner;George D. Webster;Alwyn A. Shugerman;James R. Jackson

  • Criterion-Referenced Testing and Measurement: A Review of Technical Issues and Developments

    Ronald K. Hambleton;Hariharan Swaminathan;James Algina;Douglas Bill Coulson

  • Changing preservice teachers' epistemological beliefs about teaching and learning in mathematics: An intervention study

    Michelle Gregoire Gill;Patricia T. Ashton;James Algina

  • The analysis of repeated measures designs: a review.

    H. J. Keselman;James Algina;Rhonda K. Kowalchuk

  • An Alternative to Cohen's Standardized Mean Difference Effect Size: A Robust Parameter and Confidence Interval in the Two Independent Groups Case.

    James Algina;H. J. Keselman;Randall D. Penfield

  • An Empirical Comparison of Statistical Models for Value-Added Assessment of School Performance

    Carmen D. Tekwe;Randy L. Carter;Chang-Xing Ma;James Algina

  • Predicting Outcome in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Success and Attrition

    Branlyn E. Werba;Sheila M. Eyberg;Stephen R. Boggs;James Algina

  • Evaluating the Implementation of the "Pyramid Model for Promoting Social-Emotional Competence" in Early Childhood Classrooms.

    Mary Louise Hemmeter;Patricia A. Snyder;Lise Fox;James Algina

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: Parents' Perceptions of Untreated Siblings.

    Elizabeth V. Brestan;Sheila M. Eyberg;Steven R. Boggs;James Algina

  • RELIABILITY OF CRITERION‐REFERENCED TESTS: A DECISION‐THEORETIC FORMULATION

    H. Swaminathan;Ronald K. Hambleton;James Algina

  • PARAMETRIC ANCOVA AND THE RANK TRANSFORM ANCOVA WHEN THE DATA ARE CONDITIONALLY NON-NORMAL AND HETEROSCEDASTIC

    Stephen F. Olejnik;James Algina

  • A Generally Robust Approach for Testing Hypotheses and Setting Confidence Intervals for Effect Sizes

    H. J. Keselman;James Algina;Lisa M. Lix;Rand R. Wilcox

  • Comparison of Methods for Estimating and Testing Latent Variable Interactions

    Bradley C. Moulder;James Algina

  • The Analysis of Repeated Measurements with Mixed-Model Adjusted F Tests

    Rhonda K. Kowalchuk;H. J. Keselman;James Algina;Russell D. Wolfinger

  • Confirmatory factor analysis of the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test V 2.0 (MSCEIT)

    Eric Rossen;John H. Kranzler;James Algina

  • Sample Size Tables for Correlation Analysis with Applications in Partial Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis

    James Algina;Stephen Olejnik

  • Reducing Child Problem Behaviors and Improving Teacher-Child Interactions and Relationships: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Best in Class.

    Kevin S. Sutherland;Maureen A. Conroy;James Algina;Crystal Ladwig

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin S. Sutherland
Kevin S. Sutherland Virginia Commonwealth University
Maureen A. Conroy
Maureen A. Conroy University of Florida
Sheila M. Eyberg
Sheila M. Eyberg University of Florida
James A. Shepperd
James A. Shepperd University of Florida
Mary Louise Hemmeter
Mary Louise Hemmeter Vanderbilt University
Russell M. Bauer
Russell M. Bauer University of Florida
John H. Kranzler
John H. Kranzler University of Florida
Suzanne Bennett Johnson
Suzanne Bennett Johnson Florida State University
Thomas Oakland
Thomas Oakland University of Florida
Lise Fox
Lise Fox University of South Florida

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