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Statistics Colloquium
January 27 (Fri) 11 a.m.
Alavi Commons Room, 6625 Everett Tower

Designing Cluster Randomized Trials to Evaluate the Efficacy of Educational Interventions

Jessaca Spybrook
Evaluation, Measurement, and Research
Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology
Western Michigan University

Abstract: This presentation will examine design features of cluster randomized trials (CRTs), a common design used to evaluate educational interventions. Specifically, it will differentiate the types of CRTs used in practice and the steps associated with conducting a priori power analyses for the different CRTs.

Bio: Dr. Jessaca Spybrook is an associate professor of educational leadership, research, and technology at Western Michigan University, specializing in evaluation, measurement and research. She earned her Ph.D. in education from the University of Michigan, where she also received an M.A. in applied statistics and B.A. in elementary education. She teaches, among other courses, fundamentals of evaluation, measurement and research, special topics: hierachical linear modeling and data analytics II. Her research focuses on improving the quality of the designs and power analyses of group randomized trials in education. She coauthored the software and documentation for Optimal Design Plus, a program that assists researchers in planning adequately powered experiments.
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All statistics students are expected to attend.

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