Biography

Dr. Jason Beckstead is an experimental psychologist with expertise in quantitative methods, measurement, and study design. He received his PhD from the State University of New York at Albany in 1990 and completed a post-doctoral research position at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1993 where he specialized in the development and application of experimental design and quantitative methods to social and behavioral research involving lighting. From January 1998 until May of 2017 he was an associate professor at the University of South Florida College of Nursing where he taught doctoral-level courses in statistics and quantitative methods. He is now an associate professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health.

Quantitative Expertise:
Advanced Programming (data manipulation and analysis) in SPSS
ANOVA and Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Multi-level Modeling using HLM and SPSS
Structural Equation Modeling using LISREL
Cluster Analysis
Multidimensional Scaling
Psychometrics and Measurement Theory
Information Theory  

Research Interests and Expertise:
Judgment and Decision Making
Sequential Effects in Judgment and Learning Tasks
Subjective Probability
Perception of Randomness
Disseminating quantitative methods throughout various research fields. 

He is also statistical editor for the top-ranked journal, International Journal of Nursing Studies.