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Structure and Dynamics of Emotional Experience in Depression.
(2012)
Human emotional experience is extremely complex and dynamic. Multiple factors
contribute to the ever changing subjective experience of emotion. Exteroceptive
information from our senses, interoceptive information from ...
Cultivation of Enhanced Bioinformatic-Specific Pedagogical Manipulatives, Interventions, and Professional Development
(2022)
The education of bioinformatics, as an interdisciplinary science, can be negatively impacted by 1) incoming students attempting to negotiate complex concepts while lacking the educational scaffolding of the field’s constituent ...
The Academic Success of College Students with ADHD: The First Year
(2023)
College students with ADHD commonly share strengths, such as creativity, high energy levels, and resilience, which are advantageous in their future careers. Yet, they often encounter barriers or obstacles in college in ...
Joint Mean and Covariance Modeling of Matrix-Variate Data
(2018)
This dissertation addresses theory, methodology, and applications for joint mean and covariance estimation with matrix-variate data. Chapters 2 and 3 consider joint mean and covariance estimation in the Kronecker product ...
Design-Based Methods for the Analysis of Modern Randomized Experiments
(2021)
Randomized experiments are increasingly prevalent across a variety of fields, particularly in the social sciences and medicine. This is due in part to their reputation as the "gold standard" for establishing causal ...
Networked Miscommunication: The Relationship Between Communication Networks, Misunderstandings, and Organizational Performance
(2020)
In this dissertation, I introduce and define the concept of networked miscommunication – unintentional, aggregated effects of communication practices throughout an organization – and demonstrate its deleterious impacts on ...
Mathematical Sense, Mathematical Sensibility: The Role of the Secondary Geometry Course in Teaching Students to be Like Mathematicians.
(2009)
How can the secondary Geometry course serve as an opportunity for students to learn to be like a mathematician — that is, to acquire a mathematical sensibility? In the first part of this dissertation, I investigate what ...
An Investigation of the Nonresponse - Measurement Error Nexus.
(2007)
This dissertation examines the nexus between nonresponse and measurement errors in sample surveys. Recent research has shown no strong relationship between nonresponse rates and nonresponse bias. Nonetheless, best practices ...
Evolution of Prosocial Behavior through Preferential Detachment and Its Implications for Morality.
(2012)
The current project introduces a general theory and supporting models that offer a plausible explanation and viable mechanism for generating and perpetuating prosocial behavior. The proposed mechanism is preferential ...
Beyond the Classroom: Exploring Mathematics Engagement in Online Communities with Natural Language Processing
(2024)
In an era where digital platforms increasingly shape the educational experiences of learners, this dissertation examines activity in the Mathematics Discord Server (MDS), an expansive online learning community used by ...