Peter H. Schonemann
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Peter H. Schönemann, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychological Sciences,  Purdue University,  Ph.D Illinois, 1964; General Psychology

(with wife Roberta. Photo courtesy S. Nishisato, Toronto, Canada).
 

Main research interests:







(1) Multivariate methods: Path analysis, factorial definitions of "intelligence," factor indeterminacy,  statistical power in confirmatory factor analysis,  Spearman Hypothesis artifact. 

(2) Multidimensional scaling and measurement: Unfolding, subjective metrics models,  multidimensional psychophysics,  metrics for bounded response scales.

(3) Quantitative behavior genetics: Variance component models for  heritability indices based on twin data, "non-shared environment". 

(4) Test theory: Hit-rate bias, base-rate problem, minority discrimination. 

(5) Mathematical tools for social scientists: Matrix derivatives, correlation and convolution algebra.
 



 

This site will be updated from time to time. The current version was published March 2009. Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are welcome. Please direct those, as well as reprint requests, to:

Peter H. Schönemann

Department of Psychological Sciences
Purdue University
1364 Psychological Sciences Building
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1364

e-mail: pschonemann@gmail.com
phone: (765) 494-6932
 
 

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