Join UConn’s RMME Programs and all of the attendees of the 2024 Modern Modeling Methods (M3) Conference this June on UConn’s main campus in Storrs, CT, from June 24 – 26. Hosted by RMME faculty member, Dr. Betsy McCoach, the M3 Conference is a must-attend event for research methodologists, statisticians, statistical modelers, quantitative analysts, measurement experts, and more! Check out this sneak peek of presentations by RMME Community members this year! We hope to see you in Storrs this June!

June 25, Tuesday

10.30am - 12.00pm

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 206
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 1D: Advances in Mixture Modeling
Paper Title: Signals of Uncertainty and Misspecification in Latent Class Analysis
Authors: Zachary Collier* & Joshua Sukumar*

1.10pm - 2.10pm

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 201
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 2A: Multilevel R-squared Effect Size Measures and Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals
Paper Title: Multilevel R-squared Effect Size Measures and Bootstrapped Confidence Intervals
Authors: Mairead Shaw, Jason D. Rights, & Jessica Kay Flake*

2.30pm - 3.30pm

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 301
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 3E: Issues in Factor Analysis
Paper Title: How Many Factors? Comparing Factor Retention Criteria in Exploratory Factor Analysis
Authors: Briana Oshiro*, D. Betsy McCoach*, & Jessica Kay Flake*

3.50pm - 4.30pm

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 206
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 4D: Advances in Modeling for Causal Inference
Paper Title: Evaluating the Impact of Analytic Approaches in a Multilevel Regression Discontinuity Application
Authors: Jason Schoeneberger, Christopher Rhoads*, & Faeze Safari*

5.00pm - 7.00pm

Location: Student Union Ballroom
Session Type: Poster
Poster Title: Incorporating Think-Aloud Interviews into Instrument Development: An Applied Example
Authors: Lindsay J. Alley, Cole Johnson, Kristy A. Robinson, & Jessica K. Flake*

Location: Student Union Ballroom
Session Type: Poster
Poster Title: Exploring Estimates of Multilevel Reliability for School Based Behavioral Measures
Authors: Katie Lane* & D. Betsy McCoach*

Location: Student Union Ballroom
Session Type: Poster
Poster Title: Comparing Model Complexity of Item Response Theory Models with Randomly Generated Data
Authors: Kirsten Reyna & Eric Loken*

Location: Student Union Ballroom
Session Type: Poster
Poster Title: Response Time Modeling for PISA 2018 Math Items Using the Joint Model
Authors: Claudia Ventura* & Eric Loken*

June 26, Wednesday

9.00am - 10.00am

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 205
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 5C: Multilevel R-squared Effect Size Measures
Paper Title: Using the mlmR2 package to estimate Multilevel R-squared Effect Size Measures
Authors: Anthony Gambino*

10.20am - 11.50am

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 205
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 6C: Reproducibility, Replicability, and Registration of Simulation Studies
Paper Title: Why Do Reproducibility and Replicability of Simulation Studies Matter?
Authors: Jessica Kay Flake*

3.00pm - 4.00pm

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 202
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 8B: Innovations in Structural Equation Modeling
Paper Title: Ruling Out Latent Time Varying Confounders in Two Variable Multi-wave Studies
Authors: David Kenny & D. Betsy McCoach*

Location: Lawrence D. McHugh Hall, Room 301
Session Type: Paper
Session Title: Session 8D: Advancing Research on Methodology: A Panel Discussion on the Creation of a
Minority-Centered Methodological Conference, InclusiMetrics
Paper Title: Advancing Research on Methodology: A Panel Discussion on the Creation of a Minority-
Centered Methodological Conference, InclusiMetrics
Authors: Marcus Harris* & Zachary Collier*