Stephen G. West
Arizona State University
Stephen Gano West is an American quantitative psychologist and professor of psychology at Arizona State University. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Personality from 1986 to 1991, of Psychological Methods from 2001 to 2007, and of Multivariate Behavioral Research in 2015. He was also the president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology from 2007 to 2008. He was educated at Cornell University and the University of Texas at Austin, and received the Society for Personali
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Stephen Gano West is an American quantitative psychologist and professor of psychology at Arizona State University. He was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Personality from 1986 to 1991, of Psychological Methods from 2001 to 2007, and of Multivariate Behavioral Research in 2015. He was also the president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology from 2007 to 2008. He was educated at Cornell University and the University of Texas at Austin, and received the Society for Personality and Social Psychology's Murray Award in 2000.
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Arizona State University
Top Publications
- Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2014) - 20,851 citations
- A comparison of methods to test mediation and other intervening variable effects. (2002) - 9,265 citations
- Multiple regression : testing and interpreting interactions (1991) - 7,030 citations
- The robustness of test statistics to nonnormality and specification error in confirmatory factor analysis. (1996) - 5,298 citations
- Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions. (1994) - 1,369 citations
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- Stephen G. West
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- https://openalex.org/A5108089949
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- Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, Statistical Methods and Applications, Personality Traits and Psychology
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- Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences ↗2014 · Psychology Press eBooks20,851OpenAlex citations
- A comparison of methods to test mediation and other intervening variable effects. ↗2002 · Psychological Methods9,265OpenAlex citations
- 7,030OpenAlex citations
- The robustness of test statistics to nonnormality and specification error in confirmatory factor analysis. ↗1996 · Psychological Methods5,298OpenAlex citations
- Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions. ↗1994 · Journal of the Operational Research Society1,369OpenAlex citations
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- Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences ↗2014 · Psychology Press eBooks
- A comparison of methods to test mediation and other intervening variable effects. ↗2002 · Psychological Methods
- The robustness of test statistics to nonnormality and specification error in confirmatory factor analysis. ↗1996 · Psychological Methods
- Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions. ↗1994 · Journal of the Operational Research Society
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