Teaching Areas
Faculty & School/Dept.
Faculty of Health - Department of Psychology
Degrees
Ph.D - 2021
University of British Columbia
Vancouver
Selected Publications
Zhang, X., & Savalei, V (2023). An overview of alternative formats to the Likert format: A comment on Wilson et al. (2022). Psychological Methods, In Print.
Zhang, X. (2023). How to generate missing data for simulation studies. The Quantitative Methods for Psychology, 19, 100-122, https://doi.org/10.20982/tqmp.19.2.p100
Zhang, X., Zhou, L., & Savalei, V. (2023). Comparing the psychometric properties of a scale across three Likert and three alternative formats: An application to the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 83, 649-683. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644221111402
Zhang, X., & Savalei, V. (2023). New computations for RMSEA and CFI following FIML and TS estimation with missing data. Psychological Methods, 28, 263-283. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000445
Zhang, X., Astivia, O.L.O., Kroc, E., & Zumbo, B.D. (2022). How to think clearly about Central Limit Theorem. Psychological Methods, Advanced Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000448
Zhang, X., & Savalei, V. (2019). Examining the effect of missing data on RMSEA and CFI under the normal theory full information maximum likelihood. Structural Equation Modeling, 27, 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2019.1642111
Zhang, X., Tse, WW-Y., & Savalei, V. (2019). Improved properties of the Big Five Inventory and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale in the Expanded format relative to the Likert Format. Frontiers in Psychology, 10:1286. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01286
Zhang, X., & Savalei, V (2018). Investigating the effect of missing data on the population CFI and RMSEA values. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 53, 147. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2017.1405787
Zhang, X., Noor, R., & Savalei, V. (2016). Examining the effect of reverse worded items on the factor structure of the Need for Cognition Scale. PLOS ONE 11(6): e0157795. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157795
Zhang, X., & Savalei, V. (2016a). Bootstrapping confidence intervals for fit indices in structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling, 23, 392-408. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2015.1118692
Zhang, X., & Savalei, V. (2016b). Improving the factor structure of psychological scales: The Expanded format as an alternative to the Likert scale format. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 76, 357-386. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164415596421
Awards
Quantitative Methods Research Paper Award of the Canadian Psychological Association - 2020
Supervision
Currently available to supervise graduate students: Yes
Currently taking on work-study students, Graduate Assistants or Volunteers: Yes
Available to supervise undergraduate thesis projects: Yes