Li, Wei

Category: All Faculty, Causal Inference, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Economics of Education, Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design and Analysis, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Multilevel Model, Online & Distance Education, Quantitative Research, Research / Program Evaluation, School of Human Development & Organizational Studies in Education, Statistical Power Analysis, Statistics / Applied Stats

Assistant Professor
School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education

College of Education
University of Florida
PO Box 117049
Gainesville, FL 32611
Phone: 352-273-4332
Fax: 352-846-2697
Email address: wei.li@coe.ufl.edu

Research Biography

Dr. Li’s research interests include the development and application of experimental and quasi-experimental methods to issues in education and policy studies. Currently, his methodological work focuses on statistical power analysis for longitudinal experimental designs and multilevel randomized cost-effectiveness trials. His substantive work encompasses research on class size effects, teacher effects, school effectiveness and school improvement, effectiveness of online learning and teaching, and effects of interim assessment on student achievement.

Degrees

Ph.D. in Measurement and Quantitative Methods and Educational Policy (specialization in Economics of Education), Michigan State University

M.A. in Economics of Education, Peking University

B.A. & B.S. in Economics & Statistics, Peking University

Key Professional Appointments

Assistant Professor, Research and Evaluation Methodology, School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education, University of Florida, 08/01/2020 – Present

Assistant Professor, Quantitative Research, Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling, College of Education, University of Alabama, 08/15/2017 – 7/31/2020

Postdoctoral Fellow, Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation in Education, Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, University of Missouri, 09/01/2015 – 08/14/2017

Grants

National Science Foundation EHR Core Research, “A Statistical Framework and Tools for Planning Multilevel Randomized Cost-Effectiveness Trials,” Co-Principal Investigator (PI/Co-PIs: Nianbo Dong, Rebecca Maynard, Ben Kelcey, Jessaca Spybrook, Wei Li,), Campus PI (Subcontract from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $211,051), 9/1/2020 – 8/31/2023, $1,274,904.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Li, W., Dong, N., & Maynard, R. (2020). Power analysis for two-level multisite randomized cost-effectiveness trials. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3102/1076998620911916

Li, W., & Konstantopoulos, S. (2019). Power computations for polynomial change in block randomized designs. Journal of Experimental Education, 87(4), 575-595.

Li, W., & Konstantopoulos, S. (2017). Does class size reduction close the achievement gap? Evidence from TIMSS 2011. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 28, 292-330.

Li, W., & Konstantopoulos, S. (2017). Power analysis for models of change in cluster randomized designs. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 77, 119-142.

Li, W., & Konstantopoulos, S. (2016). Class size effects on fourth-grade mathematics achievement: Evidence from TIMSS 2011. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 9(4), 503-530.