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Some examples of my factor analysis work

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  • Brown, R. L. and Holmes, H. The use of a factor-analytic procedure for assessing the validity of an employee safety climate model. Accident Analysis and Prevention. 1986, 18(6), 455-471.

  • Brown, R. L. A comparison of the LISREL and EQS programs for obtaining parameter estimates in confirmatory factor analysis studies. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers. 1986, 18(4), 382-388.

  • Brown, R. L. A cautionary note on the use of LISREL's automatic start values in confirmatory factor analysis studies. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1986; 10(3), 239-245.

  • Brown, R. L. A factorial invariance study of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale using schizophrenic diagnosed patients. (Tech. Rep. No. 2). Madison: University of Wisconsin, Schizophrenia Research Unit, 1986

  • Brown, R. L. Factor analysis study of the satisfaction with life scale using schizophrenic diagnosed patients. (Tech. Rep. No. 3). Madison: University of Wisconsin, Schizophrenia Research Unit, 1986.

  • Brown, R. L. Congeneric modeling of reliability using censored variables. Applied Psychological Measurement, 1989, 13(2), 201-210.

  • Brown, R. L. The robustness of 2SLS estimation of a non normally distributed confirmatory factor analysis model. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1990, 51, 317-328.

  • Oakley, L. D., Kutil, R. M., and Brown, R. L. A two-factor model of the Depression Coping Questionnaire. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1999; 55(1), 87-97.

  • Barrett, B., Locken, K., Maberry, R., Schwamman, Brown, R. L., Bobula, J, and Stauffache, E. A. (2002). The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS) A new research instrument for assessing the common cold. The Journal of Family Practice, 51(3), 1-10.

  • Barrett, B., Brown, R. L., Mundt, M., Safdar, N., Dye, L., Maberry, R., and Alt, J. (2005). The Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey is responsive, reliable, and valid. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 58, 609-617.

  • Stevenson, K. M., Brown, R. L., Dahl, J., Ward, S. E., and Brown, M. S. (2006). The discomfort Behavior Scale: A measure of discomfort in the cognitively impaired based on the minimum data set 2.0. Research in Nursing and Health, 29, 576-587.

  • Cox, E., Smith, M. A., and Brown, R. L. (2007). Assessment of the Physician-Caregiver Relationship Scales (PCRS). Patient Education and Counseling, 70, 69-78.

  • Barrett, B., Brown, R.L., Mundt, M., Thomas, G., Barlow, S., Highstrom, A., and Bahrainian, M. (2009). Validation of a short form Wisconsin Upper Respiratory Symptom Survey (WURSS-21). Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 7(76), 1-20.

  • Royer, H. R., Heidrich, S. M., and Brown, R. L., (2012). Young women's representations of sexually transmitted diseases (RoSTD): A Psychometric Study. Research in Nursing & Health, 35(1), 15-29.

  • Cox, Elizabeth D., Katie A. Fritz, Kristofer W. Hansen, Roger L. Brown, Victoria P. Rajamanickman, Kaelyn E. Wiles, Bryan H. Fate, Henry N. Young, and Megan A. Moreno. (2014). Development and Validation of PRISM: a Survey Tool to Identify Diabetes Self-Management Barriers. Diabetes Res Clin Pr,


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