The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) is a small academic organization of research

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s who have interests in multivariate statistical models for advancing psychological knowledge. It publishes a journal, ''

Multivariate Behavioral Research ''Multivariate Behavioral Research'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology. The editor-in-chief is Peter Molenaar (Pennsylvania State University ...

''.

History

SMEP was founded in 1960 by

Raymond Cattell Raymond Bernard Cattell (20 March 1905 – 2 February 1998) was a British-American psychologist, known for his psychometric research into intrapersonal psychological structure.Gillis, J. (2014). ''Psychology's Secret Genius: The Lives and Works ...

and others as an organization of scientific researchers interested in applying complex multivariate quantitative methods to substantive problems in

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. The two main functions of the society are to hold an annual meeting of scientific or

quantitative psychology Quantitative psychology is a field of scientific study that focuses on the mathematical modeling, research design and methodology, and statistical analysis of psychological processes. It includes tests and other devices for measuring cognitive ab ...

specialists and to publish a journal, ''Multivariate Behavioral Research''. The first meeting of the Society was held in Chicago in the fall of 1961. Beginning in 1993, the meeting has been held annually.

Membership

The new members of SMEP are elected by existing members, and membership is considered to be honorific. To promote interaction among participants in the annual meeting, the membership is limited to 65 active members under the age of 65, as well as to emeritus members (active members aged 65 and older who attend the annual meeting regularly). The Bylaws of SMEP stipulate that there should be twice the number of nominees for membership as available slots.

Presidents

The president of SMEP is elected by the membership and the list of former presidents is below. * 2021: Niels Waller * 2020: David P. MacKinnon * 2019: Peter Molenaar * 2018: Debbi Bandalos * 2017: David Kaplan * 2016: Ken Bollen * 2015: Alan Nicewander * 2014:

William Shadish William Raymond Shadish Jr. (November 3, 1949 – March 27, 2016) was an American psychologist and statistician who was a distinguished professor and founding faculty member at the University of California, Merced. He was known for his work in the ...

* 2013: Steven M. Boker * 2012: Scott M. Hofer * 2011: Scott E. Maxwell * 2010: Lisa L. Harlow * 2009: Patrick E. Shrout * 2008: Wayne F. Velicer * 2007:

Stephen G. West Stephen Gano West (born 1946) is an American quantitative psychologist and professor of psychology at Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. ...

* 2006: Leona S. Aiken * 2005: James H. Steiger * 2004: Joseph Lee Rodgers * 2003: David Rindskopf * 2002: Roderick McDonald * 2001:

Roger Millsap Roger Ellis Millsap (November 18, 1954 – May 9, 2014) was an American psychometrician known for his research on measurement invariance. Millsap was born on November 18, 1954 in Olympia, Washington. He was the only child of Max Ellis Millsap, ...

* 2000: Robert C. MacCallum * 1999: John R. Nesselroade * 1998: Michael W. Browne * 1997: Susan Embretson * 1996: Keith F. Widaman * 1995: Linda M. Collins * 1994: Robert Cudeck * 1993: Patricia R. Cohen * 1992: John J. McArdle * 1991: Stanley A. Mulaik * 1990: Herbert W. Eber * 1989: John C. Loehlin * 1988: William M. Meredith * 1987: Andrew L. Comrey * 1986: A. Ralph Hakstian * 1985: Henry F. Kaiser * 1984: William Revelle * 1983: Norman Cliff * 1982: J. Douglas Carroll * 1981:

Jack Block Jacob "Jack" Block (April 28, 1924 – January 13, 2010) was a psychology professor at UC Berkeley. His main areas of research were personality theory, personality development, research methodology, personality assessment, longitudinal rese ...

* 1980: Jerry Wiggins * 1979: Peter M. Bentler * 1978: John M. Digman * 1977: Goldine C. Gleser * 1976:

John L. Horn John Leonard Horn (September 7, 1928 – August 18, 2006) was a scholar, cognitive psychologist and a pioneer in developing theories of multiple intelligence. The structure of mental abilities For his PhD research at the University of Illinois, ...

* 1975:

Douglas N. Jackson Douglas Northrop Jackson II (August 14, 1929 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian psychology professor best known for his work in human assessment and psychological testing. Life and career Born in Merrick, New York, Jackson graduated from Corn ...

* 1974: Lewis R. Goldberg * 1973: Harry H. Harman * 1972: Desmond S. Cartwright * 1971: Warren T. Norman * 1970: Maurice Lorr * 1969: Jacob Cohen * 1968: Donald W. Fiske * 1967: Robert C. Tryon, succeeded by Merrill Roff * 1966: Chester W. Harris * 1965: Benjamin Fruchter * 1964: John W. French * 1963: Charles F. Wrigley * 1962: Saul B. Sells * 1961: Raymond B. Cattell * 1960: Raymond B. Cattell

Annual meeting

The annual meeting spans two and one half days and consists exclusively of presentations by members in a single session. The program is arranged to allow ample discussion of each presentation. Since 2003, a half-day graduate student pre-conference has been held in conjunction with the annual meeting. PhD students sponsored by SMEP members present their research to those attending the annual meeting. The meeting also elects a new president. In addition, the Society grants multiple annual awards. The Sells Award, named after Saul Sells, is given for distinguished multivariate research to an individual that has made a lifetime-level achievement in the field of multivariate psychology research. The Tanaka Award, named for Jeffrey Tanaka, is given for the best article in ''Multivariate Behavioral Research'' that year''.'' The SMEP Early Career Research Award is given to a young researcher that the Society believes shows promise of high quality work throughout their coming future career. The final annual award is the Barbara Byrne Award, named for

Barbara M. Byrne Barbara M. Byrne (February 21,1935 - December 19, 2020) was a Canadian quantitative psychologist known for her work in psychometrics, specifically regarding construct validity, structural equation modeling (SEM), and statistics. She held the p ...

and granted for an outstanding book or edited volume within the field of multivariate analysis. The Society also has the Eber Award, which is not an annual award, but it is granted at the annual meeting after nomination and voting by the Trustees to reward outstanding service to the Society.

Journal

The SMEP journal, ''

'' (MBR), publishes research articles on multivariate methodology and its use in psychological research. The 2021 Editor of MBR is Jeffrey Harring, and the journal is published by

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. SMEP and Taylor & Francis also cooperate in the publication of a series of books on applications of multivariate quantitative methods to important substantive research issues. The book series is edited by Lisa Harlow. The Society uses revenue from the journal to fund programs that promote learning of statistical methods in psychology and education, with a special emphasis on increasing the number of persons from under-represented groups in quantitative psychology.

References

External links

The Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology

Current Issue of Multivariate Behavioral Research
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