Faculty Directory
Zhushan "Mandy" Li
Program Director, Applied Statistics and Psychometrics, M.S.
Associate Professor
Zhushan "Mandy" Li
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 336A
Telephone: 617-552-4534
Email: zhushan.li@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M.S., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
- M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Courses
Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Intermediate Statistics
Readings and Research in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Readings and Research in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
General Linear Models
Dissertation Seminar in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
Research Interests
Psychometrics and educational research methods, including categorical data analysis, latent variable modeling, and educational measurement issues
Expertise
- Bilingualism & Immigration
- Research Methods, Evaluation & Psychometrics
- STEM Teaching and Learning
Department
Select Publications
- Li, Z. (2020). The Power of Crossing SIBTEST. Applied Psychological Measurement. 44(5), 393-408
- Kim, M., Li, Z., Nguyen, T., Ko, J. Murry, N., Jocobs, E. Han, H., & Kim, K. (2020). Development of a Diabetes-Focused Print Health Literacy Scale Using the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine Model: DM-REALM HLRP: Health Literacy Research and Practice. 4(4), 237-249
- Proctor, C.P., Daley, S., Xu, Y., Graham, S., Li, Z., & Hall, T. (2020). Shared knowledge between reading and writing among middle school adolescent readers. Elementary School Journal. 120 (3), 507-527
- Tummala-Narra, P., Li, Z., Yang, E.J., Xiu, Z., Cui, E., & Song, Y. (in press). Family conflict and ethnic identity among Chinese American college students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
- The Power of Crossing SIBTEST. (Li, Z.) Applied Psychological Measurement. (2019-2020)
- How Does Inquiry-Based Scientific Investigation Relate to the Development of Students’ Science Knowledge, Knowing, Applying, and Reasoning? An Examination of TIMSS Data. (with Zhang, L.) Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. (2019)
- Shared knowledge between reading and writing among middle school adolescent readers. (with Proctor, C. P. Daley, S., Xu, Y., Graham, S. & Hall, T.) Elementary School Journal. (2019)
- Developmental and contextual correlates of mental health and help seeking among Asian American college students. (with Tummala_Narra, P. Chang, J. , Yang, E., Jiang, J. Sagherian, M., Phan, J. & Alfonso,A.) American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2018)
- A Regularization Method for Detecting Differential Item Functioning under the Framework of Generalized Linear Models. (with Jiang, J.) In JSM Proceedings, Statistical Learning and Data Science Section. Baltimore, MD: American Statistical Association. (2017)
- Coping Measurement: Creating Short Form of Coping and Adaptation Processing Scale Using Item Response Theory and Patients Dealing with Chronic and Acute Health Conditions. (with Roy, C., Bakan, G., Nguyen, T.) Applied Nursing Research. (2016)
- Adolescent judgments and reasoning about the exclusion of peers with social disabilities. (with Bottema-Beutel, K.) Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. (2015)
- A generalized formula for the power of the Mantel-Haenszel test for differential item functioning. (Li, Z.) Applied Psychological Measurement. (2015)
- Power and sample size calculations for logistic regression tests for differential item functioning. (Li, Z.) Journal of Educational Measurement. (2014)
- A power formula for the SIBTEST procedure for differential item functioning. (Li, Z.) Applied Psychological Measurement. (2014)
- The effect size for simultaneous item bias test. (Li, Z.) In JSM Proceedings, Social Statistics Section. Boston, MA: American Statistical Association. (2014)
- Violence exposure and mental health among adolescents: The role of ethnic identity and help seeking. (with Tummala-Narra, P., Liu, T., & Wang, Y.) Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. (2013)
- plRasch 1.0: Fit Log Linear by Linear Association models and Rasch family models. (with Hong, F.) R package available at http://cran.r-roject.org/web/packages/plRasch/index.html (2013)
- A stochastic method for balancing item exposure rates in computerized classification tests. (with Huebner, A.) Applied Psychological Measurement. (2012)
- Teachers’ technological readiness for online professional development: Evidence from the US e-Learning for educators initiative. (with Reeves, T. ) Journal of Education for Teaching. (2012)
- Individual and systemic factors in clinicians’ self-perceived cultural competence. (with Tummala-Narra, P., Singer, R., et al.) Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. (2012)
- Using three legacy measures to develop a health-related quality of life tool for young adult survivors of childhood cancer. (with Huang, I., Quinn, G., et al.). Quality of Life Research. (2011)
- Estimation of models in a Rasch family for polytomous items and multiple latent variables. (with Anderson, C. J., & Vermunt, J. K. ). Journal of Statistical Software. (2007)
Awards
- 2012 National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) Brenda Loyd Dissertation Award http://ncme.org/about/awards/2012-award-winners/
- 2012 American Psychological Association (APA) Division 5 Distinguished Dissertation Award, Orlando, Florida. http://www.apa.org/divisions/div5/awards.html
- 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Outstanding Quantitative Dissertation Award, New Orleans, LA http://www.aera.net/DivisionD/Awards/OutandingQuantitativeDissertation/tabid/12665/Default.aspx
- 2009 William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- 2008 Best Junior Research Oral Presentation Award at the International Society of Psychometric Meeting, Durham, New Hampshire. http://www.psychometrika.org/meeting/2008/memories.html
- 2008-2009 Jeffrey Tanaka Scholarship from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- http://www.psychology.illinois.edu/news/awards/
Select Grants
- 2019 NSF grant. Role: Statistical Consultant. The Elementary Mathematics Project ($1,618,452.00). Funded by the National Science Foundation, 2016-2021.
- 2019 IES grant. Role: Statistical Consultant. Moving Transition Forward: Exploration of College-Based and Conventional Transition Practices for Students with Intellectual Disability and Autism ($1,500,121). United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, 2019-2022
- 2015 Research Incentive grant. Role: Principal Investigator. Developing a Generalized Power Formula for the Mantel-Haenszel Test for Differential Item Functioning ($15,000). Funded by Boston College, 2015-2016
- 2014 Academic Technology Innovation Grant. Role: PI. Technology Enhanced Teaching: Animated Visual Demonstration of Statistical Concepts and Analysis ($13,000). Funded by Boston College.
- 2012 NSF grant (Award Number: 1227245). Role: Co-Principal Investigator. DIP: Using dynamic formative assessment models to enhance learning of the experimental process in biology ($1,333,395). Funded by the National Science Foundation, 2012-2016.
- 2012 Research Incentive grant. Role: Principal Investigator. Explanatory item response theory models with multidimensional latent traits ($15,000). Funded by Boston College, 2012
Grants Collaboration
- 2019 NSF grant. Role: Statistical Consultant. The Elementary Mathematics Project ($1,618,452.00). Funded by the National Science Foundation, 2016-2021. (Collaborated with BU faculty members)
- 2019 IES grant. Role: Statistical Consultant. Moving Transition Forward: Exploration of College-Based and Conventional Transition Practices for Students with Intellectual Disability and Autism ($1,500,121). United States Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, 2019-2022 (Collaborated with Umass faculty members)
- 2019 NSF grant. Role: Research Consultant. Infusing Data Science into Undergraduates STEM Education ($2,791,391.00). Funded by the National Science Foundation, 2019-2023. (Collaborated with Dartmouth College Faculty members) (Collaborated with BC doctoral student)
Select Conference Papers
- Chen, J., & Li, Z., (2020, April). Bayesian analysis of multi-group nonlinear structural equation models with polytomous data applying to educational research. Paper accepted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
- Li, J., & Li, Z., (2020, April). What Factors Are Impacting Job Satisfaction of Mathematics and Science Teachers? Paper accepted at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
- Jiang, J. & Li, Z. (2019, April). Detecting Differential Item Functioning using the Adaptive LASSO Penalty. Paper was presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Li, Z. (2018, April). Power Formulas for Lord’s Wald Test for Uniform and Non-Uniform Differential Item Functioning. Paper was presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
- Li, Z. (2018, April). A Theoretical Power Formula for Crossing SIBTEST. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY.
- Jiang, J. & Li, Z. (2017, April). A Regularization Method for Detecting Differential Item Functioning under the framework of Generalized Linear Models. Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Baltimore, Maryland.