Teaching
Courses and workshops
Teaching in the lab follows the same principle as the research: a method is understood when one can state its assumptions, simulate what happens when they fail, and explain the result to someone else. Courses combine theory with hands-on analysis in R.
Courses
Longitudinal Data Analysis
縱貫資料分析
Describing and modeling change: multilevel and latent growth models, intensive longitudinal data, and dynamic approaches, with hands-on analysis in R. The course site carries the syllabus, weekly schedule, datasets, and example scripts. [Chinese]
Psychological Testing
心理測驗
Foundations of psychological measurement: reliability, validity, item analysis, test construction, and evaluation. The course site carries the syllabus, weekly schedule, and assignment and exam guidelines. [Chinese]
Seminar in Psychometrics
心理計量專題
Advanced topics in psychometric theory and latent variable modeling, with readings from current methodological journals.
Hierarchical Linear Modeling
階層線性模型分析
Multilevel models for nested and longitudinal data: specification, estimation, interpretation, and reporting.
Psychological Testing: Practice and Application
心理測驗：實務與應用
Administration, scoring, interpretation, and professional use of tests.
Statistics for Psychology and Education I & II
心理及教育統計學（上）（下）
Describing data, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, regression, and categorical data analysis.
Workshops and short courses
- Analyzing Longitudinal Data with Multilevel Models (four-day workshop). CLASS Advanced Methods School, City University of Hong Kong, June 2023. [English]
- Clinical Psychological Methodology: Quantitative Single-Case Studies 臨床心理方法學：量化的個案研究. Taiwan Association of Clinical Psychology continuing education, co-taught with Prof. Chao-Ying Joanne Peng, September 2017. [Chinese]
- Introduction to Multilevel Modeling: Techniques and Applications. College of Management, Yuan Ze University, January 2016. [Chinese]
- Latent Class Analysis in Educational Research. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal, August 2013. [English]
- Multilevel Modeling Techniques in Educational Research. UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Beijing Academy of Educational Science, Montreal, August 2013. [English]
- Latent Class Analysis: Basics and Extended Techniques. UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Beijing Academy of Educational Science, Montreal, January 2012. [English]
Courses taught at McGill University
- PSYC 650 Advanced Statistics I (2009–2014)
- PSYC 541 Multilevel Modeling (2011, 2013)
- PSYC 305 Statistics for Experimental Design (2015)
Course companions
The open-access textbooks Analyzing Change / 變化的分析 and 計量心理學 serve as companions for the longitudinal, multilevel, and psychometrics courses.