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When the DIC Goes Negative: A Parameterization-Invariant Fix

Research
Bayesian
Model Selection
DIC
WAIC
Latent Variables

Why the classic DIC breaks down in latent variable models, and how a simple plug-in-free variant (DIC_i) fixes it: new paper with Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, now on arXiv.

Jun 10, 2026
4 min

New Publication: Reliability of Hybrid Human-ML Scoring Systems

Research
Publications
Psychometrics
Machine Learning
IRT
Many-Facet Rasch Model
I am pleased to share that our new paper, “Revisiting reliability with human and machine learning raters under scoring design and rater configuration in the many-facet Rasch…
Feb 1, 2026
2 min

New Publication: Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms During COVID-19

I’m very excited to share that our article,
“Trajectories of Depressive Symptom Among College Students in China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Association With Suicidal…
Sep 15, 2025
1 min

BEAR Seminar Talk: When Growth Mixture Models Break

Sep 10, 2025
1 min

[BEAR Seminar] When Growth Mixture Models Break

I’m excited to be giving a BEAR Seminar talk at UC Berkeley:
Sep 9, 2025
1 min

Welcome

Hi there, and thanks for visiting my site!
Sep 8, 2025
1 min
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