Email
kpituch@austin.utexas.edu
Office & Hours
Office: SZB 538C
Tuesday: 9:30 - 11:00
Thursday: 9:30 - 11:00
Other times by appointment. Priority is given to students in current classes.
Phone
(512) 471-0672
Fax
(512) 471-1288
Mailing Address
The University of Texas at Austin
Educ Psychol Dept
1 University Station D5800
Austin, TX 78712-1294
UT Mail Code: D5800
Profile
multilevel modeling; evaluation methodology; mediation analysis methods
Education
1997. Ph. D. Florida State University. Research Design and Statistics.
Representative Publications
Pituch, K.A., & Stapleton, L. M. (2012). Distinguishing between cross- and cluster-level mediation processes in the cluster randomized trial. Sociological Methods and Research, 41, 630-670.
Pituch, K. A., & Stapleton, L. M. (2011). Hierarchical linear and structural equation modeling approaches to mediation analysis in randomized field experiments. In M. Williams & P. Vogt (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Innovation in Social Research Methods (pp. 590-619). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Pituch, K. A., Murphy, D. L., & Tate, R. L. (2010). Three-level models for indirect effects in school- and class-randomized experiments in education. Journal of Experimental Education, 78, 60-95.
Pituch, K. A., & Stapleton, L. M. (2008). The performance of methods to test upper-level mediation in the presence of nonnormal data. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 43, 237-267.
Pituch, K. A., Stapleton, L. M., & Kang, J. Y. (2006). A comparison of single sample and bootstrap methods to assess mediation in cluster randomized trials. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 41, 367-400.