Best Practices in Quantitative Methods
Jason W. Osborneis Professor and Department Chair (effective July 2013) of Educational and Counseling Psychology at the University of Louisville. He teaches and publishes on "best practices" in quantitative and applied research methods. He has served as evaluator or consultant on projects in public education (K-12), instructional technology, higher education, nursing and health care, medicine and medical training, epidemiology, business and marketing, and jury selection in death penalty cases. He is chief editor of Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement as well as being involved in several other journals. Jason also publishes on identification with academics (how a student's self concept impacts motivation to succeed in academics) and on issues related to social justice and diversity (such as Stereotype Threat). He is the very proud father of three, and along with his two sons, is currently a second degree black belt in American Tae Kwon Do.