Amanda Kay Montoya

A Blog Companion to “How Does Model (Mis)Specification Impact Statistical Power, Type I Error Rate, and Parameter Bias in Moderated Mediation” by Jessica L. Fossum, Amanda Kay Montoya, and Samantha Anderson Recently, a paper lead by my former graduate student, now Assistant Professor of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University, Dr. Jessica Fossum, was recommended at Peer Community in Registered Reports  (PCI-RR). You can read the preprint here . The paper evolved from Jessica

Quantitative methodologists often say that their work is inspired through working directly with researchers who apply quantitative methods in the pursuit of their own research questions. Indeed, I’ve found that to be the case in my own work: By acting as a statistician for research projects, I see first-hand the needs of researchers in the social behavioral sciences, then these ideas go back to my lab, driving the next innovations that we focus on. However, in my experience i

This question comes up a lot—via email, in workshops, at conferences. You've run a mediation analysis and found a significant indirect...

Every paper has a story behind it, and I believe these stories are important to tell. Telling the story of a paper helps me to reflect on...

Authors: Yiwei Wang & Amanda Montoya A researcher wrote to our team inquiring if it is possible to fit a model which combines both serial...

When I was in college I started out at a community college then transferred to the University of Washington as a Junior majoring in...

One instructor's experience transitioning a major active learning exercise in a 35 person class to remote learning.

Recently a student from a local college reached out to me interested in quantitative psychology. Her questions were insightful and...