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Quantitative Research Collaboratory

The Quantitative Research Collaboratory (QRClab) is a team of researchers working on projects which improve and expand quantitative methods and research practices in psychology (and related) research. Projects in the lab focus on implementation and analysis of repeated-measures design, open science practices, meta-science, and computational statistics (e.g., bootstrapping). New projects on new topics are always welcome!

The QRClab is seeking graduate students and undergraduates to contribute to the research in this lab. Students will begin on a collaborative project with direct contact with the Principal Investigator, and transition to greater independence as experience and desire dictate.

Lab Achievements

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Jessica Fossum for successfully proposing her dissertation and her new position at Seattle Pacific University!

Congratulations to Alondra Cruz, Amy Tang, Nickie Yang, Jessica Fossum, Jared Block, and Tristan Tibbe for presenting at WPA! Learn more about the WPA here.

Congratulations to Amy Tang for presenting at PURC! Learn more about PURC here.

Congratulations Nickie Yang was accepted into the PROPS program. Learn more about PROPS here.

Congratulations to Valerie Polad! She is an incoming PhD candidate at The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Congratulations to graduate student Tritan Tibbe for being awarded the NSF Grant! Learn more about the NSF grant here.

Congratulations Nickie Yang who is joining the UCLA B.I.G. program! Learm more about B.I.G. here.

Congratulations Valerie Polad! She presented her research at the Electronic Undergraduate Statistics Research Conference. Learn more about Reducing Carry Over Effects in Within-Subjects Designs here!

Research from the QRClab was recently featured on Quantitude: The Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 and Season 3 Episode 9. Honors student Kathleen Lamarque-Navarrete's research in collaboration with Dr. Jennifer Sumner, explores the use of propensity scores in recruitment of participants for cohort studies.

Congratulations QRC Research Assistant, Kathleen Lamarque-Navarrete, who has been accepted into the Departmental Honors program in Psychology!

Congratulations Charlotte Huang who won the 2020 UCLA Library Prize in Science, Engineering, and Math!

Watch the Video Read the Paper UCLA Newsroom

QRClab members, Valerie Polad and Zach Loran, presented their research at the 2020 Undergraduate Research Week!

Valerie's Video Zach's Video

Research Highlights

Get Involved

Graduate Students: Please email me if you are interested in getting involved in the lab. I will be accepting applications for PhD students for Fall 2024. GREs are optional for admissions to the PhD program at UCLA. Quantitative psychology is by definition very reliant on quantitative skill sets which can be demonstrated in a number of ways: performance in mathematics courses, performance on the quantitative section of the GRE, and/or letters of recommendation speaking to your quantitative expertise. When reading applications we will look for demonstrated ability in quantitative skills, but this should not require a GRE score if other parts of your application speak to these skills. If you are unsure whether you should or should not include GRE scores in your application to UCLA, please feel free to contact me. Matrix algebra is an important part of statistics and quantitative psychology. Formal or informal education in this area is important for admission to our lab and program. If you have not been able to take a formal course in matrix algebra, see these resources for ways to gain informal education on the topic: Matrix Algebra Preparation.

See the Department Website for more information about the application process.

Undergraduate Students: Please email the lab if you are interested in getting involved in the lab. Include a resume/cv, your UCLA transcript, and fill out this application.

Graduate Students

Jessica Fossum - 5th year PhD Student

Jessica is a fifth-year graduate student at UCLA in the Department of Psychology — Quantitative Area, advised by Dr. Amanda K. Montoya. She graduated with a B.A. in Psychology and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Seattle Pacific University in 2019. She is particularly interested in statistical power and how it is determined in moderation, mediation, and moderated mediation models. She is currently an Instructor of Research Psychology and Director of Research-Graduate Psychology at Seattle Pacific University.

Website: jlfossum.com

Contact: jfossum@ucla.edu

Tristan Tibbe - 5th year PhD Student

Tristan is a fifth-year graduate student in the Quantitative Area of the Psychology Department at UCLA. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree with majors in Psychology and Mathematics and minors in Statistics and Spanish from Central Michigan University in 2018. He is currently interested in investigating and applying statistical methods to promote open science and enhance replicability.

Contact: tibbe1td@ucla.edu

Jared Block - 2nd year PhD Student

Jared is a second-year graduate student at UCLA in the Department of Psychology — Quantitative Area, co-advised by Dr. Amanda K. Montoya and Dr. Steve Reise. He graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from UCLA in 2022. He is interested in measurement, item response theory models, and structural equation models.

Contact: jblock@psych.ucla.edu

Alumni Graduate Students

Alondra Cruz (Masters Degree, Class of 2023) LinkedIn