David Kaplan
Professor of Education
Ph.D.,
PLEASE NOTE: AFTER SEPTEMBER 1ST 2006 I WILL BE ON THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON. MY WEBSITE IS
http://www.education.wisc.edu/edpsych/facstaff/kaplan.htm
Biographical Statement
David Kaplan received his Ph.D. in education from UCLA in 1987, and is currently Professor
in the School of Education and (by
courtesy) the Department of Psychology
at the University of Delaware. His primary teaching
responsibility is in the
Research Statement
My research interests are in the development of statistical models for educational and social processes that are not necessarily directly observed. Latent variable models, growth models, mixture models, and Markov models can be used to study unobserved processes, and together constitute statistical approaches that interest me. My current program of research, funded by the National Science Foundation, concerns the application of finite mixture event history analysis as well as latent Markov processes for modeling the diffusion of educational innovations. At the same time, I am also pursuing a research program on the problem of "exogeneity" in linear statistical models. The problem concerns the consequences of assuming that predictor variables are exogenous to the system being modeled when, in fact, they are not. This problem has immediate consequences for the evaluation of educational and social programs and interventions.
In addition to my core research program, I have been a consultant on numerous
projects sponsored by the U.S Department of Education (IES and NCES), the
National Science Foundation, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD). I am currently a member of the Technical Advisory
Group for the OECD/Programme on International Student Assessment (PISA).
I have also served on numerous grant review panels, including the National
Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health (NICHD, NIGMS, NIMH), the US Dept. of Education,
and The Spencer Foundation. I have been a visting professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Univeristy of Milano-Bicocca. During the 2001-2002 academic year, I was the Jeanne Griffith
Fellow at the
I also have an avid interest in the statistical modeling of baseball data and have been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 2004. I am specifically interested in exploring whether a variety of non-linear dynamic models can be used to provide insights into the structure of baseball data. In my spare time, I collect vintage writing instruments and, if it isn't obvious, I follow the Chicago Cubs.
Representative Publications
Kaplan, D & Walpole, S. (2005). A stage-sequential model of reading transitions: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 551-563.
Kaplan, D. (2005) Finite Mixture Dynamic Regression Modeling of Panel Data with Implications for Dynamic Response Analysis. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 30, 169-187.
Kaplan, D. (Ed.) (2004). The Sage Handbook of Quantitative Methodology in the Social Sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Archbald, D. A. & Kaplan, D. (2004). Parent choice versus attendance area assignment to schools: Does magnet-based school choice affect NAEP scores? International Journal of Educational Policy, Research & Practice, 5, 3-35.
Jordan, N. C., Hanich, L. B., & Kaplan, D. (2003) A longitudinal study of mathematical competencies in children with specific mathematics difficulties versus children with co-morbid mathematics and reading difficulties. Child Development, 74, 834-850.
Jordan, N. C., Kaplan, D., & Hanich. L. B. (2002) Achievement growth in children with learning difficulties in mathematics: Findings of a two-year longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 586-597.
Kaplan, D. (2000) Structural Equation Modeling: Foundations and Extensions. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Kaplan, D. (2002) Methodological advances in the analysis of individual growth with relevance to education policy. Peabody Journal of Education, 77, 189-215.
Kaplan, D. (2002). Modeling Sustained Educational Change With Panel Data: The Case for Dynamic Multiplier Analysis. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 27, 85-103.
Kaplan, D., Harik, P., & Hotchkiss. (2000). Cross-sectional Estimation of Dynamic Structural Equation Models in Disequilibrium. In R. Cudeck, S. H. C. du Toit & D. Sorbom (Eds.), Structural Equation Modeling: Present and Future. A Festschrift in Honor of Karl G. Joreskog (pp. 315-339). Lincolnville: Scientific Software International.
Dr. Kaplan’s full vita is here
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