Ann O'Connell
Professor - Educational Statistics, Measurement, and EvaluationEducational Psychology
• Ed.D in Measurement and Evaluation, Teachers College, Columbia University (1993)
• M.S. in Statistics, University of Connecticut (1985)
• B.A. in Mathematics, Western New England College (1983)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA), Co-chair, AERA Division D Section 2: Statistical Theory and Quantitative Methodology (Two-year appointment, April 2024-2026)
• World Educational Research Association (WERA)
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Expertise & Research Interest
Multilevel modeling and analysis of count and categorical outcomesUse of research evidence and evidence-based interventions by schools and districtsTraining and capacity-building for use of quantitative methods
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Recent & Selected Publications
Selected Books/Book Chapters:
Lo, M-T, Bhaktha, N., Mauck, S., & O’Connell, AA. (2023). Power and evidence: Guide for sample size estimation. In FTL Leong & JT Austin (Eds.), Psychological Methodology Handbook (3rd ed.). Sage.
O’Connell, A.A., McCoach, D.B., & Bell, B. (Eds.) (2022). Multilevel Modeling Methods with Introductory and Advanced Applications. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
O’Connell, A.A., Lo, M-T., Goldstein, J., Rogers, H.J., & Peng, C.J. (2022). Multilevel models for logistic and ordinal outcomes. In A.A. O’Connell, D.B McCoach, & B.A. Bell (Eds.), Multilevel Modeling Methods with Introductory and Advanced Applications. Information Age Publishing.
O’Connell, A.A., Bhaktha, N. & Zhang, J. (2022). Single and multilevel models for count outcomes. In A.A. O’Connell, D.B McCoach, & B.A. Bell (Eds.), Multilevel Modeling Methods with Introductory and Advanced Applications. Information Age Publishing.
O’Connell, A.A. & McCoach, D.B. (Eds.) (2008). Multilevel Modeling of Educational Data. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
O’Connell, A.A. (2006). Logistic Regression Models for Ordinal Response Variables. Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Selected Peer-reviewed Publications:
O’Connell, AA., Michael, K., Desie, Y., Garabed, R., Wilberforce, W. (in review). Graduate-level quantitative methods and research training in education and related fields in Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities. International Journal of African Higher Education.
Language and Reading Research Consortium, Lo, M., & Xu, M. (2022). Impacts of the Let’s Know! curriculum on the language and comprehension-related skills of prekindergarten and kindergarten children. Task Force: S. Piasta, AA O’Connell, S. Gray, K. Cain. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000744
Desie, Y., O’Connell, A.A., Michael, K., & Wiium, N. (2021). Parenting of schoolchildren’s television viewing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Journal of Children and Media, 15(4), 492-508.
Yeomans-Maldonado, G., Mesa, C., and LARRC (2021). The association of the home literacy environment and parental reading beliefs with oral language growth trajectories of Spanish-English bilingual children. Task Force: L. Restrepo, AA O’Connell. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 57(4), 271-284). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.07.001
Piasta, S.B., Sawyer, B., Justice, L.M., O’Connell, A.A., Jiang, Hui, Dogucu, M., & Khan, K. (2020). Effects of Read It Again! in early childhood special education classrooms. Journal of Early Intervention, 42(3), 224-243. (online 1st in 2019).
Sawyer, B., O’Connell, A.A., Bhaktha, N., Santoro, J., Justice, L., & Rhoad-Drogalis, A. (2020). Does teachers’ self-efficacy vary for different children? A study of early childhood special educators. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121420906528
Piasta, S.B., Farley, K.S., Mauck, S.A., Soto Ramirez, P., O’Connell, A.A., Schachter, R.E., Justice, L.M., Spear, C.F., & Weber-Mayrer, M. (2020). At-scale, state-sponsored language and literacy professional development: Impacts on early childhood practices and children’s outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(2), 329-343. (online 1st in 2019).
Uanhoro, J. O., Wang, Y., and O’Connell, A.A. (2019). Problems with using odds ratios as effect sizes in logistic regression and alternative approaches. Journal of Experimental Education, 89(4), 670-689. DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2019.1693328
O’Connell, AA, Kassa, M., Garabed, R., & Joseph. L. (2019). Recommendations on building competencies for Quantitative Research in Education and Related Fields. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Quality of Education, Adama, Ethiopia.
Serovich, J., Reed, S., O’Connell, AA., & Laschober, T. (2018). Relationship between serostatus disclosure and categories of HIV transmission risk in men who have sex with men living with HIV. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 29(8), 744-750.
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Honors & Awards
2013-2014 – Fulbright Scholar Award, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University
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