Chia Lin Tsai
Faculty
Associate Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Educational Psychology – Statistics & Measurement, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2012
- M.A. Statistics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
- M.A. School Counseling, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
- B.A. Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Professional Experience & Affiliations
- Senior/ Research Data Analyst, Assessment Resource Center, University of Missouri, 2015-2017
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, 2015-2017
- Research Specialist/Project Coordinator, Alcohol Cognitions Lab, Department of Psychological Science, University of Missouri, 2012-2015
- Summer Research Intern, Research, Assessment and Accountability Office of Columbia Public School, Columbia MO, 2009
Research Expertise & Interests
- Large-scale assessment in education
- Latent variable modeling
- Psychometric studies
Publications
- Tsai, C.-L., Wind, S., & Estrada, S. (2024). Exploring the Effects of Collapsing Rating Scale Categories in Polytomous Item Response Theory Analyses: An Illustration and Simulation Study. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 10.1080/15366367.2023.2288791
- Fan, C.-H., Tsai, C.-L., Juang, Y.-T., Wang, H.-T., & Chang, Y.-L. (2024). Cross-cultural examination of school educators’ beliefs about principles of positive behavior support. Psychology in the Schools, 61, 287–303. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23053
- Fan, C., Tsai, C-L., Zhang, Y., & Yang, N. (2023) An Exploration of Staff’s Beliefs about School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: Factor Examination Using the Beliefs about Behavior Survey, Journal of Applied School Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/15377903.2023.2290726
- Jones, E. A., Wind, S. A., Tsai, C. L., & Ge, Y. (2023). Comparing person-fit and traditional indices across careless response patterns in surveys. Applied Psychological Measurement, 47(5-6), 365-385
- Murakami, C., Seidel, M., Tsai, C.-L., & Pope, J. (2023). COVID-19 and Pennsylvania farmers: Financial impacts, relief programs, and resiliency strategies during the 2020 growing season. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 12(3), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2023.123.016
- Tsai, C.-L., Estrada, S., Flores, L. Y., & Brown, C. (2023). Motivation, College Integration, and Intentions to Persist Among First-Generation College Students: A Latent Class Approach. Journal of Career Development, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/08948453231157757
- Tian, L., Tsai, C. L., Khalsa, G., Condie, M., Kopystynsky, N., Ohde, K., & Zhao, A. (2023). A PROACTIVE Coping Scale for US College Students: Initial Evidence and Implications. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 07342829221151005.
- Tsai, C. L., Bergin, C., & Jones, E. (2022). Students in 4th to 12th grade can distinguish dimensions of teaching when evaluating their teachers: a multilevel analysis of the TESS survey. Educational Studies, 1-16.
- Seidel, M., Murakami, C. ., Egan, J., Pope, J., & Tsai, C.-L.(2021). Impact of COVID-19 on Pennsylvania farm revenue: Looking back at the 2020 season. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 11(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.111.015
- Casey, K., Tsai, C.L., & Fink, R. (2021) A Psychometric Evaluation of the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 51 (5), 242-248.