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Eric Wright 

Clinical Assistant Professor

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Eric Wright

Email

ericwright@coe.ufl.edu

Address

NRN 2-711K

Research Interests

Data Collection and Analysis, Educational Studies, Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis, Methodological Research, Quantitative Research, Research / Program Evaluation, Research Design, Statistics / Applied Stats

Education

  • Ph.D. Research and Evaluation Methodology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., 2024
  • M.A.E. Research and Evaluation Methodology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., 2021
  • B.A. Professional Writing, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA., 2007

Professional Appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida, 2024–Present
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, 2022–2024
  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Florida, 2017–2021

Activities and Honors

  • University of Florida Graduate Student Funding Award. 2017 - 2021

Selected Publications

Articles
  • Seyedahmad, R., Almond, R., Ramírez-Salgado, A., Wusylko, C., Weisberg, L., Song, Y., Lu, J., Myers, T. Wang, B., Wang, X., Francois, M. Moses, J., & Wright, E. A. (2024). Competency model development: The backbone of successful stealth assessments. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.13025
  • Park, J. & Wright, E. A. (2023). Distractor analysis to improve the quality of multiple-choice item development. English Language Assessment, 18(2), 73–94. https://doi.org/10.37244/ela.2023.18.2.73
  • Marcoulides, K., Quan, J., & Wright, E. A. (2022). The impact of sample size on exchangeability in the Bayesian synthesis approach to data fusion. Journal of Behavioral Data Science, 2(1), 75-105. https://doi.org/10.35566/jbds/v2n1/p5
  • Li, Z., Huggins-Manley, A. C., Leite, W. L., Miller, M. D., & Wright, E. A. (2022). Assessing ability recovery of the sequential IRT model with unstructured multiple-attempt data. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 82(6), 1203-1224. https://doi.org/10.1177/00131644211058386
  • Huggins-Manley, A. C., Wright, E. A., DePue, M. K., & Oberheim, S. T. (2021). Unsupported causal inferences in the professional counseling literature base. Journal of Counseling & Development, 99(3), 243-251. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12371
Selected Presentations
  • Wright, E. A., Leite, W. L., Marcoulides, K. M., & Huggins-Manley, A. C. (2022, April 21–26). Tabu search for variable selection in multiple regression with higher order terms. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2022 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States.
  • Wright, E. A. & Zhao, P. (2021, November 17–19). A critical theory approach to quantitative research [Paper presentation]. Florida Educational Research Association 65th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, United States.
  • Wright, E. A., & Leite, W. L. (2020, July 13–17). A tabu search algorithm for path and structural model specification [Paper presentation]. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Online.
  • Wright, E. A. & Huggins-Manley, A. C. (2019, November 13–15). A note on the equivalence of MIRT and IRTree models for missing responses [Paper presentation]. Florida Educational Research Association 64th Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, United States.
Other Publications
  • Wright, E. A. & Nazari, S. (2021). A sensitivity analysis of Toward a greater understanding of how dissatisfaction drives employee turnover by Peter W. Hom and Angelo J. Kinicki. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SEMsens/vignettes/Hom-vignette.html