Name: Xiaofeng Liu - College of Education - University of South ...

Name: Xiaofeng Liu
Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Date of Appointment: August, 2000
1. Academic Degrees
Ph.D. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
December 1999 Measurement and Quantitative Methods
MA University of Hawaii at Manoa
August 1995 English as a Second Language
BA Shanghai University of Science and
Technology, Shanghai, China
July 1991 English
2. Professional Experience
2000.8-present University of South Carolina, Columbia
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
2000.2-00.8 University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Social Research
1999.8-99.12 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Research Assistant, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology
1998.9-99.5 PRT Group Inc., Windsor, CT
Programmer analyst
1995.8-98.9 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Research Assistant, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology
1994.8-95.5 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Course Instructor, English Language Institute
1991.9-93.7 Shanghai University of Science and
Technology, Shanghai, China
Faculty, Department of Scientific English
3. Faculty and Administrative Load
Course Taught:
Fall 2000
EDRM 810 Design and Analysis of Experiments
Spring 2001
EDRM 710 Educational Statistics I
EDRM 816 Correlational and Multivariate Methods
Fall 2001

EDRM 710 SEC001 Educational Statistics I
EDRM 710 SEC002 Educational Statistics I
Spring 2002
EDRM 711 Educational Statistics II
EDRM 878 Seminar in Research Techniques: hierarchical linear modeling
Fall 2002
EDRM 710 Educational Statistics I
EDRM 711 Educational Statistics II
Spring 2003
EDRM 711 Educational Statistics II
EDRM 718 Research and Statistical Packages
Dissertation and Other Committee:
2001-2002 academic year
Member, Dissertation committee of Finch Holmes
Member, Dissertation committee of Steve Fisher
Member, Oral comprehensive exam of Erin Bentrim-Tapio
2000-2001 academic year
Member, Dissertation committee of Finch Holmes
Member, Oral comprehensive exam of Steve Fisher
4. Current Professional Association Memberships
American Educational Research Association
5. Service
Department of Educational Psychology
College of Education, University of South Carolina:
2002-2003 academic year
Member, College Faculty Affairs Committee
Faculty adviser, College-wise Course Evaluation
Member, Faculty Search Committee
Member, Department Faculty Affairs Committee
2001-2002 academic year
Member, College-wise Professional Education Unit Assessment Committee
Faculty adviser, College-wise Course Evaluation
Member, Department Faculty Affairs Committee
2000-2001 academic year
Member, Department Faculty Affairs Committee
Volunteer, Meet in the Middle: A USC bicentennial partnership
American Educational Research Association:
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6. Scholarship
2002, Division D proposal reviewer
Publications:
Liu, Xiaofeng. (accepted). Statistical Power and Optimum Sample
Allocation Ratio for Treatment and Control Having Unequal Costs per
Unit of Randomization. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.
Raudenbush, Stephen and Liu, Xiaofeng. (2001). Effects of Study
Duration, Frequency of Observation, and Sample Size on Power in Studies
of Treatment Effects on Polynomial Change, Psychological Methods, 6,
387-401.
Raudenbush, Stephen and Liu, Xiaofeng. (2000). Statistical Power and
Optimal Design for Multisite Randomized Trials. Psychological Methods,
5, 199-213.
Liu, Xiaofeng. (1999). Computation of Power in the Nested Random
Effects Models. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Michigan State
University, East Lansing
Grants:
Liu, Xiaofeng. (Nov., 2002-Aug., 2004). Professional Support, School
Conditions, and First-year Teacher Attrition. AERA research grant. Fund
amount: $34,131.
Liu, Xiaofeng. (June, 2001-June, 2002). Social Background and Career
Patterns of Elementary/Secondary School Teachers. Research and
Productive Scholarship at the University of South Carolina. Fund amount:
$4,000.
Presentations:
Liu, Xiaofeng, & Meyer, Patrick. (2003). Teachers’ perceptions of their
job: a multilevel analysis of the Teacher Follow-up Survey for 1994-95, to
be presented at the 15th Annual Conference of South Carolina Educators
for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, SC.
Liu, Xiaofeng. (2003). Optimal sample allocation ratio for treatment and
control having unequal costs in multilevel designs, to be presented at the
annual meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA),
Chicago, IL.
Liu, Xiaofeng. (2002). An introduction to Hierarchical Linear Modeling.
Invited presentation, the 32nd Annual Meeting of South Carolina chapter
of American Statistical Association, Columbia, SC.
Liu, Xiaofeng and Raudenbush, Stephen. (2001). Computation of Power
for 3-level Hierarchical Linear Models, paper presented at the annual
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meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Seattle,
WA.
Liu, Xiaofeng and Raudenbush, Stephen. (1998). Statistical power, effect
size, and sample size in experiments, paper presented at the annual
meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), San
Diego,CA.
Raudenbush, Stephen and Liu, Xiaofeng. (1998). Statistical power and
optimal sample allocation in randomized experiments and cluster
randomized trial, paper presented at the annual meeting of American
Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Book Contract:
Raudenbush, Stephen and Liu, Xiaofeng. Statistical Power for Multi-level
and Longitudinal Research. Book contract. New York: Springer-Verlag.
Software Developed
Optimal design program developed by Raudenbush, Stephen, & Liu,
Xiaofeng
http://www.ssicentral.com/other/hlmod.htm
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