Contact Information
725 S. Wright St.
M/C 374
Champaign, IL 61820
Research Areas
Research Interests
Psychometric models
Latent class models
Large-scale testing and assessment
Statistical computing
Education
PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota, 2006
BS, Economics, Bowling Green State University, 2001
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Statistics
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Professor, Psychology
Professor, Educational Psychology
External Links
Recent Publications
He, S., Culpepper, S. A., & Douglas, J. A. (2025). A sparse latent class model incorporating response times. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 78(3), 757-784. https://doi.org/10.1111/bmsp.12380
Liu, Y., & Culpepper, S. (2025). Designing Learning Intervention Studies: Identifiability of Heterogeneous Hidden Markov Models. Psychometrika, 90(4), 1258-1283. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/psy.2025.10024
Wayman, E. A., Culpepper, S. A., Douglas, J., & Bowers, J. (2025). A restricted latent class model with polytomous attributes and respondent-level covariates. Behaviormetrika. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41237-025-00271-8
Aguinis, H., & Culpepper, S. A. (2024). Improving Our Understanding of Predictive Bias in Testing. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(3), 402-414. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001152
Courey, K. A., Oswald, F. L., & Culpepper, S. A. (2024). Clearer Analysis, Interpretation, and Communication in Organizational Research: A Bayesian Guide. Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation, 29(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.7275/pare.1975