My publications span latent variable modeling, psychometrics, classification, validity, evidentiary reasoning, and applied quantitative research.
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2026Latent Variable Modeling
The use of multilevel latent growth modeling analyzing clustered data within individuals: An applied study comparing aggregated and multilevel approaches and a simulation study of sample size
Matsuo, H.; Morgan, G. B.; Ridder, R. J.; Schnitker, S. A.
Methods in Psychology
Compares aggregated and multilevel approaches to latent growth modeling and investigates sample-size performance through simulation.
Monte Carlo Modeling of Contemporary Intelligence Test (IQ) Factor Structure: Implications for IQ Assessment, Interpretation, and Theory
Dombrowski, S. C.; McGill, R. J.; Morgan, G. B.
Assessment
Uses Monte Carlo modeling to investigate the factor structures underlying contemporary intelligence tests and their interpretive consequences.
2016Classification
Latent profile analysis with nonnormal mixtures: A Monte Carlo examination of model selection accuracy
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.; Baggett, A. R.
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Examines the accuracy of class-enumeration decisions in latent profile analysis when component distributions are nonnormal.
2015Latent Variable Modeling
Are fit indices biased in favor of bifactor models in cognitive ability research? A comparison of fit in correlated factors, higher-order, and bifactor models via Monte Carlo simulations
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.; Wells, K. E.; Watkins, M. W.
Journal of Intelligence
Investigates whether commonly used fit indices systematically favor bifactor models over competing cognitive-ability structures.
Matsuo, H.; Greenway, T. S.; Morgan, G. B.; Schnitker, S. A.
Psycholgy of Religion and Spirituality
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2026
Featured
The use of multilevel latent growth modeling analyzing clustered data within individuals: An applied study comparing aggregated and multilevel approaches and a simulation study of sample size
Matsuo, H.; Morgan, G. B.; Ridder, R. J.; Schnitker, S. A.
Methods in Psychology
Compares aggregated and multilevel approaches to latent growth modeling and investigates sample-size performance through simulation.
Latent Variable ModelingMultilevel Latent Growth Modeling; Monte Carlo Simulation
Self-administered hypnosis vs sham hypnosis for hot flashes in post-menopausal women and breast cancer survivors: A single-blind randomized clinical trial
Elkins, G.; Arring, N.; Morgan, G. B.; Lorenz, T.; Muñiz, V.; Lafferty, C.; Scheffrahn, K.; Alldredge, C.; Barton, D.
JAMA Network Open
Evaluates self-administered hypnosis relative to a sham condition for reducing hot flashes in post-menopausal women and breast cancer survivors.
Validity and Reliability Evidence for Assessments Based in Applied Behavior Analysis: A Systematic Review
Padilla, K. L.; Weston, R.; Morgan, G. B.; Lively, P.; O’Guinn, N.
Behavior Modification
Psychometrics and MeasurementSystematic Review; Reliability Analysis; Validity Analysis
2023
Mental toughness and osteoarthritis: Postsurgery improvement in knee pain/functionality in older adults
Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.; Spinou, A.; Tsigaridis, K. G.
Rehabilitation Psychology
Applied Quantitative Research
2023
Conceptualizing, measuring, and training mental toughness in sport: Perspectives of master strength and conditioning coaches
Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.; Cowden, R. G.; Koutakis, P.
Journal for the Study of Sports and Athletes in Education
Applied Quantitative Research
2023
Collective school leadership and collective teacher efficacy through turbulence
Eckert, J.; Morgan, G. B.; Daughtrey, A.
Leadership and Policy in Schools
Applied Quantitative Research
2023
Collective leadership and STEM practices as catalysts of school improvement
Eckert, J.; Morgan, G. B.
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Applied Quantitative Research
2023
Case report: Cortico-ocular interaction networks in NBA2K
Stamatis, A.; Garcia-Retortillo, S.; Morgan, G. B.; Sanchez-Moreno, A.
Frontiers in Network Physiology
Applied Quantitative Research
2022
Sport Isn’t Sacred and Analytics Isn’t New: Challenging Common Notions About Sports Analytics
Morgan, G.B.; Magnusen, M.
Journal of Applied Sport Management
Applied Quantitative Research
2022
Mental toughness development via military-style training in the NCAA: a three-phase, mixed-method study of the perspectives of strength and conditioning coaches
Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.; Nyamaruze, P.; Koutakis, P.
Sports
Applied Quantitative ResearchMixed Methods
2022
Invarianza multicultural y validacion del indice de fortaleza mental en deportistas norteamericanos y mexicanos
Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.; Flores-Moreno, P. J.; Barajas-Pineda, L. T.; Andrade Sanchez, A. I.; Torres, S. S.
Retos
Applied Quantitative Research
2022
Student collaboration
Impaired Proteostasis in Obese Skeletal Muscle Relates to Altered Immunoproteasome Activity
Fletcher, E.; Wiggs, M.; Greathouse, K. L.; Morgan, G. B.; Gordon, P. M.
Applied Physiology
Applied Quantitative Research
2022
Collective leadership: developing a tool to assess educator readiness and efficacy
Eckert, J.; Morgan, G. B.; Padgett, R. N.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Psychometrics and Measurement
2021
Student collaboration
Multilevel latent transition mixture modeling: Variance decomposition and application
Morgan, G. B.; Padgett, R. N.
Frontiers in Education
Develops and illustrates a multilevel mixture-modeling approach for decomposing variation in longitudinal classifications.
Illustrating randomness in statistics courses with spacial experiments
Hering. A. S., D; Morgan, G. B.
The American Statistician
Applied Quantitative Research
2021
Student collaboration
Helping students from the McNair scholars program enroll in graduate school: A multilevel modeling examination
Renbarger, R.; Morgan, G. B.; Prochnow, T.
Journal of College Academic Support Programs
Applied Quantitative ResearchMultilevel Modeling
2021
Student collaboration
Evaluating the relative efficiency among robust estimation methods for multilevel factor analysis with categorical data
Padgett, R. N.; Morgan, G. B.
Communications in Statistics
Latent Variable ModelingFactor Analysis; Multilevel Modeling; Categorical Data
2021
Cross-cultural invariance of the Mental Toughness Index among American and Greek athletes
Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.; Papadakis, Z.; Mougios, V.; Bogdanis, G.; Spinou, A.
Current Psychology
Applied Quantitative Research
2021
Student collaboration
Detecting and interpreting response bias and method effects
Morgan, G. B.; Padgett, R. N.; Wells, K. E.
Basic elements of survey research in education: Addressing the problems your advisor never told you about (U. Luhanga & A. G. Harbaugh, Eds.); Information Age
Psychometrics and MeasurementResponse Bias; Method Effects; Survey Research
2020
Student collaboration
Using the eRm Package for Rasch modeling
Padgett, R. N.; Morgan, G. B.
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives
Psychometrics and MeasurementRasch Modeling
2020
On the Declining Use of Projective Techniques in School Psychology: A Response to Piotrowski (2019)
Benson, N. F.; Floyd, R. G.; Kranzler, J. H.; Eckert, T. L.; Fefer, S. A.; Morgan, G. B.
SIS Journal of Projective Psychology and Mental Health
Psychometrics and Measurement
2020
Noncredit Education Enrollment and Outcomes: Exploring the “Black Box" of Noncredit Community College Education
D’Amico, M. M.; Morgan, G. B.; Thornton, Z. M.; Bassis, V.
Career and Technical Education Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2020
InfluentialStudent collaboration
Multilevel CFA with ordered categorical data: A simulation study comparing fit indices across robust estimation methods
Padgett, R. N.; Morgan, G. B.
Structural Equation Modeling
Evaluates fit-index performance across robust estimators for multilevel CFA with ordered categorical indicators.
Latent Variable ModelingMultilevel Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Fit Indices
Developing and training mental toughness in sport: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and pre-test and post-test experiments
Stamatis, A.; Grandjean, P.; Morgan, G. B.; Padgett, R. N.; Cowden, R.; Koutakis, P.
Monte Carlo Modeling of Contemporary Intelligence Test (IQ) Factor Structure: Implications for IQ Assessment, Interpretation, and Theory
Dombrowski, S. C.; McGill, R. J.; Morgan, G. B.
Assessment
Uses Monte Carlo modeling to investigate the factor structures underlying contemporary intelligence tests and their interpretive consequences.
Psychometrics and MeasurementMonte Carlo Simulation; Intelligence Factor Models
2019
Applying statistics to the gatekeeping of expert evidence: Introducing the Structured Statistical Judgement (SSJ)
Andretta, J. R.; Morgan, G. B.; Cantone, J. A.; Renbarger, R. L.
Behavioral Sciences & the Law
Applied Quantitative Research
2019
Student collaboration
An Examination of Sensitivity to Measurement Error in Rasch Residual-based Fit Statistics
Padgett, R. N.; Morgan, G. B.
Journal of Applied Measurement
Psychometrics and MeasurementRasch Modeling
2018
Student collaboration
Time attitudes predict changes in adolescent self-efficacy: A 24-month latent transition mover-stayer analysis
Wells, K. E.; McKay, M. T.; Morgan, G. B.; Worrell, F.
Journal of Adolescence
ClassificationLatent Transition Analysis
2018
Student collaboration
The influence of time attitudes on alcohol-related attitudes, behaviors and subjective life expectancy in early adolescence: A longitudinal examination using mover-stayer latent transition analysis
Wells, K. E.; Morgan, G. B.; Worrell, F. C.; Sumnall, H. R.; McKay, M. T.
International Journal of Behavioral Development
ClassificationLatent Transition Analysis
2018
Student collaboration
Risk predictors for hospital readmission in a low socio-economic and underserved population
Couch, T.; Peterson, M.; Bowden, R. G.; Morgan, G. B.; Griggs, J.; Wilson, R.
Journal of Hospital Administration
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Posttest only control group design
Morgan, G. B.; Renbarger, R. L.
In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Student collaboration
Post-hoc analysis
Tipton, R. J.; Morgan, G. B.
In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Student collaboration
Norming
Renbarger, R. L.; Morgan, G. B.
In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Nonexperimental designs
Morgan, G. B.; Renbarger, R. L.
In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Student collaboration
Mental toughness in collegiate strength and conditioning: Widely used, widely misunderstood
Stamatis, A.; Robinson, E. L.; Morgan, G. B.
International Research in Higher Education
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Student collaboration
Cardiovascular screening practices and attitudes from the NCAA autonomous “Power" 5 conferences
Miars, C. W.; Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.; Drezner, J. A.
Sports Health
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
Student collaboration
Applying the theory of planned behavior to sedentariness and stress
Walsh, S.; Umstattd Meyer, M. R.; Morgan, G. B.; Bowden, R. G.; Doyle, E.; Gordon, P. M.
Health Behavior Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2018
A comprehensive inventory of standards and review of worldwide wellbeing indices
Maridal, J. H.; Palich, L.; Morgan, G. B.; Gardner, S.; McKinney, J.
Ecological Economics
Applied Quantitative Research
2017
Student collaboration
Time-restricted feeding in young men performing resistance training: A randomized controlled trial
Tinsley, G. M.; Forsse, J. S.; Butler, N. K.; Paoli, A.; Bane, A. A.; La Bounty, P. M.; Morgan, G. B.; Grandjean, P. W.
Temporal attitudes profile transition among adolescents: A longitudinal examination using mover-stayer latent transition analysis
Morgan, G. B.; Wells, K. E.; Andretta, J. R.; McKay, M. T.
Psychological Assessment
ClassificationLatent Transition Analysis
2017
Student collaboration
Stability of INFIT and OUTFIT compared to simulated estimates in applied settings
Hodge, K. J.; Morgan, G. B.
Journal of Applied Measurement
Psychometrics and Measurement
2017
Student collaboration
On using simulations to inform decision making during instrument development
Morgan, G. B.; Moore, C. A.; Floyd, H. S.
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Demonstrates how simulation studies can support decisions made during the development of measurement instruments.
Psychometrics and MeasurementMonte Carlo Simulation; Instrument Development
2017
A national analysis of noncredit community college education: Enrollment, funding, accountability, and contextual issues
D’Amico, M. M.; Morgan, G. B.; Katsinas, S. G.; Adair, J. L.; Miller, M. T.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Applied Quantitative Research
2016
Tutorial on using regression models with count outcomes for school psychologists
Beaujean, A. A.; Morgan, G. B.
Practical Assessment
Psychometrics and MeasurementRegression
2016
Student collaboration
The consumption of energy drinks among a sample of college students and college student athletes
Gallucci, A. R.; Martin, R. J.; Morgan, G. B.
Journal of Community Health
Applied Quantitative Research
2016
Survey scales: A guide to development, analysis, and reporting
Johnson, R. L.; Morgan, G. B.
Guilford Press
Psychometrics and Measurement
2016
FeaturedInfluentialStudent collaboration
Latent profile analysis with nonnormal mixtures: A Monte Carlo examination of model selection accuracy
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.; Baggett, A. R.
Computational Statistics & Data Analysis
Examines the accuracy of class-enumeration decisions in latent profile analysis when component distributions are nonnormal.
ClassificationLatent Profile Analysis; Monte Carlo Simulation
2016
Examining differences in method effects related to negative wording: An example using Rasch mixture modeling
Morgan, G. B.; DiStefano, C.; Motl, R. W.
Journal of Applied Measurement
ClassificationRasch Modeling; Mixture Modeling
2016
Student collaboration
A national analysis of endowed chairs and distinguished professors in the field of education
Hartlep, N. D.; Ball, D.; Theodosopolos, K.; Wells, K. E.; Morgan, G. B.
Educational Studies
Applied Quantitative Research
2016
Latent variable models
Beaujean, A. A.; Morgan, G. B.
Modern statistical methods for human-computer interaction (M. Kaptein & J. Robertson, Eds.); Springer
Latent Variable ModelingLatent Variable Modeling
2016
Item types, response formats and consequences for statistical investigations
Johnson, R. L.; Morgan, G. B.
Test construction: Standards and recent advancements (K. Schweizer & C. DiStefano, Eds.); European Association of Psychological Assessment and Hofgrefe Publishing
Psychometrics and MeasurementTest Construction; Item and Response Formats
2015
Student collaboration
Why women sit: Determinants of leisure sitting time for working women
Walsh, S. M.; Umstattd Meyer, M. R.; Stamatis, A.; Morgan, G. B.
Women’s Health Issues
Applied Quantitative Research
2015
Turning data into information: Helping community colleges use existing data to advance student success
D’Amico, M. M.; Morgan, G. B.
Journal of Applied Educational and Policy Research
Applied Quantitative Research
2015
State director views on community college workforce development
D’Amico, M. M.; Morgan, G. B.; Katsinas, S. G.; Friedel, J. N.
Are fit indices biased in favor of bifactor models in cognitive ability research? A comparison of fit in correlated factors, higher-order, and bifactor models via Monte Carlo simulations
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.; Wells, K. E.; Watkins, M. W.
Journal of Intelligence
Investigates whether commonly used fit indices systematically favor bifactor models over competing cognitive-ability structures.
Latent Variable ModelingBifactor Modeling; Model Fit; Monte Carlo Simulation
A primer on research validity for conducting quantitative studies of the model minority stereotype
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.
Killing the model minority stereotype: Asian American counter-stories and complicity (B. Portfilio & N. D. Hartlep, Eds.); Information Age
Validity and Evidentiary ReasoningResearch Validity; Quantitative Methods
2015
Student collaboration
Statistical procedures for addressing research fallacies such as model minority stereotype
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.
Killing the model minority stereotype: Asian American counter-stories and complicity (B. Portfilio & N. D. Hartlep, Eds.); Information Age
Applied Quantitative ResearchStatistical Methods
2015
Student collaboration
An Asian American subgroup analysis of the restricted-use ELS:2002 dataset: Mixture modeling as a way to problematize the Asian American “model minority” stereotype
Hartlep, N. D.; Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.
Killing the model minority stereotype: Asian American counter-stories and complicity; Information Age
Classification and Mixture ModelingMixture Modeling
2014
Student collaboration
The stability of teacher performance and effectiveness: Examining some fundamental assumptions of teacher evaluation systems
Morgan, G. B.; Hodge, K. J.; Trepinski, T. M.; Anderson, L. W.
Educational Policy & Analysis Archives
Applied Quantitative Research
2014
Student collaboration
Physical and social environmental characteristics of physical activity for Mexican origin children: Examining differences between school year and summer perceptions
Umstattd Meyer, M. R.; Walsh, S. M.; Sharkey, J. R.; Morgan, G. B.; Nalty, C. C.
BMC Public Health
Applied Quantitative Research
2014
Interrater reliability indices commonly used in scoring student essays: A Monte Carlo investigation of index accuracy
Morgan, G. B.; Zhu, M.; Johnson, R. L.; Hodge, K. J.
Language Assessment Quarterly
Psychometrics and MeasurementMonte Carlo Simulation; Reliability Analysis
Revealing the myth of the “fully qualified” bright young teacher: Using the Haberman Star Teacher pre-screener to teach and assess professional dispositions and core beliefs in education
Hartlep, N. D.; McCubbins, S.; Morgan, G. B.
Effective or wise: Teaching and assessing professional dispositions in education (J. A. Gorlewski, B. Portfilio, D. A. Gorlewski, & J. Hopkins, Eds.); Peter Lang
Psychometrics and MeasurementAssessment
2013
The persistence of dually enrolled students continuing at technical/community colleges
D’Amico, M. M.; Morgan, G. B.; Robertson, T.; Rivers, H. E.
Community College Journal of Research and Practice
Applied Quantitative Research
2013
How low can you go?: An investigation of the influence of sample size and model complexity on point and interval estimates in two-level linear models
Bell, B. A.; Morgan, G. B.; Schoeneberger, J. A.; Kromrey, J. D.; Ferron, J. M.; Loudermilk, B. L.