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# Brandon Kopp

#  Brandon Kopp, Ph.D.

**Director, Data Science Research Center**** Office of Survey Methods Research**
 202-691-7514kopp.brandon@bls.gov

Education:                - Ohio State University, 2010, Ph.D., Social Psychology
                - Ohio State University, 2006, M.A., Social Psychology
                - North Dakota State University, 2003, B.S., Psychology and Sociology
Fields of Interest:                - Data science
                - Supervised machine learning
                - Unsupervised machine learning
                - Natural language processing
                - Responsible AI
                - Qualitative user experience testing
Professional Experience:                - Director, Data Science Research Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2022 -present
                - Research Data Scientist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2022 – July 2022
                - Research Psychologist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2010 – April 2022
                - Graduate Research Fellow, Ohio State University, August 2003 – June 2010
Selected Publications and Working Papers:                -  Kaplan, R.L., **Kopp, B.**, Phipps, P. (2019). Contrasting stylized questions of sleep with diary measures from the American Time Use Survey. In P. Beatty, D. Collins, L. Kaye, J.L. Padilla, G. Willis, & A. Wilmot (Eds.), *Advances in questionnaire design, development, evaluation, and testing*. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 
                -  Johnson, I.R., **Kopp, B.**, Petty, R.E. (2019). Just say no! (and mean it): Meaningful negation as a tool to modify automatic racial attitudes. *Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 21(1)*, 88-110. 
                -  Geisen, E., Lau, C.Q., Stringer, M.C., Edgar, J., **Kopp, B.**, & Richards, A. (2016). Availability of respondent provided financial records to supplement self-reports of household expenditures. *Survey Practice, 9(5)*. 
                -  Fricker, S., **Kopp, B.**, Tan, L., & Tourangeau, R. (2015). A review of measurement error assessment in a U.S. household consumer expenditure survey. *Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology, 3(1)*, 67-88. 
                -  Fricker, S., **Kopp, B.**, & To, N. (2014). Exploring a balance edit approach in the Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey. In C.D. Carroll, T.F. Crossley, & J. Sabelhaus (Eds.), *Improving the measurement of consumer expenditures, studies in income and wealth: Vol. 74*(pp. 347-364). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. 
                -  **Kopp, B.** & Miltenberger, R.G. (2009). Evaluating the acceptability of four versions of a child sexual abuse prevention program. *Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 31(3)*, 192-202. 
                -  **Kopp, B.** & Miltenberger, R.G. (2008). Evaluating the validity and social acceptability of child sexual abuse prevention skill measures. *Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 30(1)*, 1-11. 
                -  Loersch, C., **Kopp, B.**, & Petty, R. E. (2007). Attitude change. In R. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds), *Encyclopedia of social psychology*(Vol. 1, pp.61-65). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 
                -  Conyers, C., Miltenberger, R.G., Gubin, A., Barenz, R., Jurgens, M., Sailer, A., Haugen, M., & **Kopp, B.** (2004). A comparison of response cost and differential reinforcement of other behavior to reduce disruptive behavior in a preschool classroom. *Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37*, 411-415. 
                -  Conyers, C., Miltenberger, R.G., Romaniuk, C., **Kopp, B.**, & Himle, M. (2003). Evaluation of DRO schedules to reduce disruptive behavior in a preschool classroom. *Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 25*, 1-6. 

 

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