Publications
Journal Articles (Google Scholar)
Shen, Z., Li, W., & Leite, W. (in press). Statistical power and optimal design for randomized controlled trials investigating mediation effects. Psychological Methods.
Griffith, R., Fite, P., Shen, Z. (2024). Hostile attribution bias and working memory in the link between trauma exposure and violence in justice-involved youth. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice. https://doi.org/10.1177/15412040241271239
Zhang, H., Shen, Z., & Leite, W. (2024). The impacts of small teacher-level sample sizes in experimental studies. The Journal of Experimental Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2024.2376627
Shen, Z., Leite, W., Zhang, H., Quan, J., & Kuang, H. (2024). Using ant colony optimization to identify optimal sample allocations in cluster-randomized trials. The Journal of Experimental Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2024.2306392
Fabes, W., O’Rourke, H., Catherine, E., Shen, Z., McDonald, A. (2023). Out-of-school suspensions in U.S. public schools: Relations with chronic teacher absenteeism. Frontiers In Developmental Psychology. 1:1199570. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1199570
Shen, Z., Curran, C., You, Y., Splett, J., & Zhang, H. (2023). Intraclass correlations for evaluating the effects of teacher empowerment programs on student educational outcomes. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 45(1), 134-156. https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737221111400
Splett, J., Brann, K., Trainor, K., & Shen, Z. (2023). Examining utility and impact of social, emotional, and behavioral screening results to identify and address risk. School Psychology, 38(3), 137–147. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000540
Fisk, C., Harring, J., Shen, Z., Leite, W., Suen, K., & Marcoulides, K. (2023). Using simulated annealing to investigate sensitivity of SEM to external model misspecification. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 83(1), 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644211073121
Shen, Z., & Kelcey, B. (2022b). Optimal sample allocation for three-level multisite cluster-randomized trials. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 15(1), 130-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2021.1953200
Shen, Z., & Kelcey, B. (2022a). Optimal sample allocation in multisite randomized trials. The Journal of Experimental Education, 90(3), 693-711. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2020.1830361
Shen, Z., & Leite, W. (2022). SEMsens: An R package for sensitivity analysis of structural equation models with the ant colony optimization algorithm. Applied Psychological Measurement, 46(2), 159-161. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F01466216211063233
Leite, W., Shen, Z., Marcoulides, K., Fish, C., & Harring, J. (2022). Using ant colony optimization for sensitivity analysis in structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 29(1), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2021.1881786
Monachino, C., Splett, J. W., Shen, Z., Cornett, S., Halliday, C., & Weist, M. D. (2021). Patterns and pathways of peer victimization across the transition to middle school. School Psychology Review, 50(2-3), 420-440. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2372966X.2021.1904792
Shen, Z., & Kelcey, B. (2020). Optimal sample allocation under unequal costs in cluster-randomized trials. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 45(4), 446–474. https://doi.org/10.3102/1076998620912418
Kelcey, B., & Shen, Z. (2020). Strategies for efficient experimental design in studies probing 2-1-1 mediation. The Journal of Experimental Education, 88(2), 311–334. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2018.1533796
Kelcey, B., Dong, N., Spybrook, J., & Shen, Z. (2017). Experimental power for indirect effects in group-randomized studies with group-level mediators. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 52(6), 699–719. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2017.1356212
Kelcey, B., & Shen, Z. (2017a). Experimental evaluations of school-based HIV programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 55, 27–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2017.04.004
Kelcey, B., & Shen, Z. (2017b). Planning community-based assessments of HIV education programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. Health Education Research, 32(4), 353–363. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyx046
Kelcey, B., Shen, Z. & Spybrook, J. (2016). Intraclass correlation coefficients for designing cluster randomized trials in Sub-Saharan Africa education. Evaluation Review, 40(6), 500–525. https://doi.org/10.1177/0193841X16660246
Kelcey, B., & Shen, Z. (2016). Multilevel design of school effectiveness studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 27(4), 492–510. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2016.1168855
Shen, Z., Simon, C., & Kelcey, B. (2016). The potential consequence of using value-added models to evaluate teachers. eJournal of Education Policy, 2, 1–12. https://in.nau.edu/ejournal/fall-2016/
Shen, Z., & Yan, F. (2006). The impact of social stratification on educational stratification: Empirical analysis of social and economic statuses of students at the private higher education institutions in Xi’an city. Peking University Education Review, 2, 72–84. (In Chinese)
Book Chapters
Leite, W., Bandalos, D., & Shen, Z. (2023). Simulation methods in structural equation modeling. In R. H. Hoyle (Eds.), Handbook of structural equation modeling (2nd ed., pp. 110-127). New York: Guilford Publications.
Shen, Z., & Yan, F. (2009). Analysis on social stratification and opportunity to attend private higher institute. In W. Min (Eds.), Educational input, resource allocation and returns to human capital: Studies on the issues of Chinese education and human resources (pp. 231–244). Beijing, China: Economic Science Press. (In Chinese)
Conference Proceedings
Leite, W., Kuang, H., Shen, Z., Chakraborty, N., Michailidis, G., DMello, S., & Xing, W. (2022). Heterogeneity of treatment effects of a video recommendation system for algebra. Proceedings of the Ninth (2022) ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 12-23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491140.3528275