• Applications of network analysis in psychology 

    Hoffman, Michaela (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
    Methods and applications for network analysis can be found in a variety fields from computer science and machine learning to sociology and political science. Here I describe some methodological issues and propositions for ...
  • Model selection in mixture modeling 

    Shireman, Emilie, 1989- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
    In the psychological sciences, mixture modeling (also referred to as latent class or latent profile analysis) is very commonly used to find sub-populations within a sample. However, the process by which researchers select ...