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Contact Information

115 Illini Hall
725 S. Wright St.
M/C 374
Champaign, IL 61820

Professor

Research Interests

  • Psychometric models
  • Latent class models
  • Large-scale testing and assessment
  • Statistical computing

Education

  • PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2006
  • BS, Economics, Bowling Green State University, 2001

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Statistics
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Professor, Psychology
Professor, Educational Psychology

Recent Publications

Wayman, E. A., Culpepper, S. A., Douglas, J., & Bowers, J. (Accepted/In press). A Restricted Latent Class Hidden Markov Model for Polytomous Responses, Polytomous Attributes, and Covariates: Identifiability and Application. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. https://doi.org/10.3102/10769986251415569

Bowers, J., & Culpepper, S. (2025). Domain Latent Class Models. Bayesian Analysis, 20(4), 1429-1456. https://doi.org/10.1214/24-BA1433

He, S., Culpepper, S. A., & Douglas, J. A. (2025). A sparse latent class model incorporating response times. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 78(3), 757-784. https://doi.org/10.1111/bmsp.12380

Liu, Y., & Culpepper, S. (2025). Designing Learning Intervention Studies: Identifiability of Heterogeneous Hidden Markov Models. Psychometrika, 90(4), 1258-1283. https://doi.org/10.1017/psy.2025.10024

Wayman, E. A., Culpepper, S. A., Douglas, J., & Bowers, J. (2025). A restricted latent class model with polytomous attributes and respondent-level covariates. Behaviormetrika. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41237-025-00271-8

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