Amanda Kay Montoya
Biographic Data
| ID | 3602354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amanda Kay Montoya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amanda Kay |
| FAMILY NAME | Montoya |
| SIGNATURE | MONTOYA A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9316-8184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 168 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Model-Based Person Fit Statistics Applied to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV
An important task in clinical neuropsychology is to evaluate whether scores obtained on a test battery, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), can be considered “credible” or “valid” for a particular patient. Such evaluations are typically made based on responses to performance validity tests (PVTs). As a complement to PVTs, we propose that WAIS-IV profiles also be evaluated using a residual-based M-distance ( d r…
Power to Detect What? Considerations for Planning and Evaluating Sample Size
ACADEMIC ABSTRACT: In the wake of the replication crisis, social and personality psychologists have increased attention to power analysis and the adequacy of sample sizes. In this article, we analyze current controversies in this area, including choosing effect sizes, why and whether power analyses should be conducted on already-collected data, how to mitigate the negative effects of sample size criteria on specific kinds of research, and which p…
Selecting a Within- or Between-Subject Design for Mediation
Researchers with mediation hypotheses must consider which design to use: within-subject or between-subject? In this paper, I argue that three factors should influence design choice: validity, causality, and statistical power. Threats to validity include carry-over effects, participant awareness, measurement, and more. Causality is a core element of mediation, and the assumptions required for causal inference differ between the two designs. Betwee…
Does the follow-your-passions ideology cause greater academic and occupational gender disparities than other cultural ideologies
1934) demonstrate that the prevalent U.S. ideology to "follow your passions" perpetuates academic and occupational gender disparities compared to some other cultural ideologies. Study 1 shows that the follow-your-passions ideology is commonly used by U.S. students in making academic choices. Studies 2-5 find that making the follow-your-passions ideology salient causes greater academic and occupational gender disparities compared to the resources …
Characteristics associated with treatment seeking for smoking cessation among heavy-drinking research participants
Individuals who are daily smokers and consume more drinks per drinking day are less likely to belong to the smoking cessationtreatment-seeking group. Targeting heavy drinking smokers, particularly younger individuals, may be necessary to engage this group in smoking cessation efforts and to reduce the burden of disease of nicotine dependence earlier in the lifespan
The Poor Fit of Model Fit for Selecting Number of Factors in Exploratory Factor Analysis for Scale Evaluation
Model fit indices are being increasingly recommended and used to select the number of factors in an exploratory factor analysis. Growing evidence suggests that the recommended cutoff values for common model fit indices are not appropriate for use in an exploratory factor analysis context. A particularly prominent problem in scale evaluation is the ubiquity of correlated residuals and imperfect model specification. Our research focuses on a scale …
Discrimination and internalizing symptoms in rural Latinx adolescents
There is a well-documented relationship between perceived discrimination and internalizing symptoms among Latinx adolescents. However, few studies have examined how this psychosocial stressor relates to multiple domains of functioning in rural Latinx adolescents simultaneously. This study tested a spillover model of internalizing symptom development, where the negative effects of perceived discrimination are experienced through peer and family re…
Moderation analysis in two-instance repeated measures designs
Moderation hypotheses appear in every area of psychological science, but the methods for testing and probing moderation in two-instance repeated measures designs are incomplete. This article begins with a short overview of testing and probing interactions in between-participant designs. Next I review the methods outlined in Judd, McClelland, and Smith (Psychological Methods 1; 366-378, 1996) and Judd, Kenny, and McClelland (Psychological Methods …
Probing Moderation Analysis in Two-Instance Repeated-Measures Designs
"Probing Moderation Analysis in Two-Instance Repeated-Measures Designs." Multivariate Behavioral Research, 53(1), pp. 140–141
Construals of self and group
Previous research has found that interdependent self-construals are related to poorer intergroup outcomes. Here we examine interdependent self-construal specifically in relation to comfort in contexts in which people are a numeric minority (i.e., outgroup comfort), and also examine the moderating roles of racial nominalism and racial essentialism. Among a racially diverse sample ( N = 577), interdependent self-construals were related to more outg…
Two-condition within-participant statistical mediation analysis
Researchers interested in testing mediation often use designs where participants are measured on a dependent variable Y and a mediator M in both of 2 different circumstances. The dominant approach to assessing mediation in such a design, proposed by Judd, Kenny, and McClelland (2001), relies on a series of hypothesis tests about components of the mediation model and is not based on an estimate of or formal inference about the indirect effect. In …
The Analysis of Mechanisms and Their Contingencies
Marketing, consumer, and organizational behavior researchers interested in studying the mechanisms by which effects operate and the conditions that enhance or inhibit such effects often rely on statistical mediation and conditional process analysis (also known as the analysis of “moderated mediation”). Model estimation is typically undertaken with ordinary least squares regression-based path analysis, such as implemented in the popular PROCESS ma…
A Tutorial on Testing, Visualizing, and Probing an Interaction Involving a Multicategorical Variable in Linear Regression Analysis
Empirical communication scholars and scientists in other fields regularly use regression models to test moderation hypotheses. When the independent variable X and moderator M are dichotomous or continuous, the practice of testing a linear moderation hypothesis using regression analysis by including the product of X and M in a model of dependent variable Y is widespread. However, many research designs include multicategorical independent variables…
Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others
Women obtain more than half of U.S. undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, and mathematics, yet they earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering, and physics undergraduate degrees (National Science Foundation, 2014a). Gender differences in interest in computer science, engineering, and physics appear even before college. Why are women represented in some science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields more than other…
Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others
Women obtain more than half of U.S. undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, and mathematics, yet they earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering, and physics undergraduate degrees (National Science Foundation, 2014a). Gender differences in interest in computer science, engineering, and physics appear even before college. Why are women represented in some science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields more than other…
A Tutorial on Testing, Visualizing, and Probing an Interaction Involving a Multicategorical Variable in Linear Regression Analysis
Empirical communication scholars and scientists in other fields regularly use regression models to test moderation hypotheses. When the independent variable X and moderator M are dichotomous or continuous, the practice of testing a linear moderation hypothesis using regression analysis by including the product of X and M in a model of dependent variable Y is widespread. However, many research designs include multicategorical independent variables…
Construals of self and group
Previous research has found that interdependent self-construals are related to poorer intergroup outcomes. Here we examine interdependent self-construal specifically in relation to comfort in contexts in which people are a numeric minority (i.e., outgroup comfort), and also examine the moderating roles of racial nominalism and racial essentialism. Among a racially diverse sample ( N = 577), interdependent self-construals were related to more outg…
Does the follow-your-passions ideology cause greater academic and occupational gender disparities than other cultural ideologies
1934) demonstrate that the prevalent U.S. ideology to "follow your passions" perpetuates academic and occupational gender disparities compared to some other cultural ideologies. Study 1 shows that the follow-your-passions ideology is commonly used by U.S. students in making academic choices. Studies 2-5 find that making the follow-your-passions ideology salient causes greater academic and occupational gender disparities compared to the resources …
Discrimination and internalizing symptoms in rural Latinx adolescents
There is a well-documented relationship between perceived discrimination and internalizing symptoms among Latinx adolescents. However, few studies have examined how this psychosocial stressor relates to multiple domains of functioning in rural Latinx adolescents simultaneously. This study tested a spillover model of internalizing symptom development, where the negative effects of perceived discrimination are experienced through peer and family re…
Two-condition within-participant statistical mediation analysis
Researchers interested in testing mediation often use designs where participants are measured on a dependent variable Y and a mediator M in both of 2 different circumstances. The dominant approach to assessing mediation in such a design, proposed by Judd, Kenny, and McClelland (2001), relies on a series of hypothesis tests about components of the mediation model and is not based on an estimate of or formal inference about the indirect effect. In …
The Analysis of Mechanisms and Their Contingencies
Marketing, consumer, and organizational behavior researchers interested in studying the mechanisms by which effects operate and the conditions that enhance or inhibit such effects often rely on statistical mediation and conditional process analysis (also known as the analysis of “moderated mediation”). Model estimation is typically undertaken with ordinary least squares regression-based path analysis, such as implemented in the popular PROCESS ma…
A Tutorial on Testing, Visualizing, and Probing an Interaction Involving a Multicategorical Variable in Linear Regression Analysis
Empirical communication scholars and scientists in other fields regularly use regression models to test moderation hypotheses. When the independent variable X and moderator M are dichotomous or continuous, the practice of testing a linear moderation hypothesis using regression analysis by including the product of X and M in a model of dependent variable Y is widespread. However, many research designs include multicategorical independent variables…
Why are some STEM fields more gender balanced than others
Women obtain more than half of U.S. undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, and mathematics, yet they earn less than 20% of computer science, engineering, and physics undergraduate degrees (National Science Foundation, 2014a). Gender differences in interest in computer science, engineering, and physics appear even before college. Why are women represented in some science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields more than other…
Probing Moderation Analysis in Two-Instance Repeated-Measures Designs
"Probing Moderation Analysis in Two-Instance Repeated-Measures Designs." Multivariate Behavioral Research, 53(1), pp. 140–141
Construals of self and group
Previous research has found that interdependent self-construals are related to poorer intergroup outcomes. Here we examine interdependent self-construal specifically in relation to comfort in contexts in which people are a numeric minority (i.e., outgroup comfort), and also examine the moderating roles of racial nominalism and racial essentialism. Among a racially diverse sample ( N = 577), interdependent self-construals were related to more outg…
Moderation analysis in two-instance repeated measures designs
Moderation hypotheses appear in every area of psychological science, but the methods for testing and probing moderation in two-instance repeated measures designs are incomplete. This article begins with a short overview of testing and probing interactions in between-participant designs. Next I review the methods outlined in Judd, McClelland, and Smith (Psychological Methods 1; 366-378, 1996) and Judd, Kenny, and McClelland (Psychological Methods …
The Poor Fit of Model Fit for Selecting Number of Factors in Exploratory Factor Analysis for Scale Evaluation
Model fit indices are being increasingly recommended and used to select the number of factors in an exploratory factor analysis. Growing evidence suggests that the recommended cutoff values for common model fit indices are not appropriate for use in an exploratory factor analysis context. A particularly prominent problem in scale evaluation is the ubiquity of correlated residuals and imperfect model specification. Our research focuses on a scale …
Discrimination and internalizing symptoms in rural Latinx adolescents
There is a well-documented relationship between perceived discrimination and internalizing symptoms among Latinx adolescents. However, few studies have examined how this psychosocial stressor relates to multiple domains of functioning in rural Latinx adolescents simultaneously. This study tested a spillover model of internalizing symptom development, where the negative effects of perceived discrimination are experienced through peer and family re…
Characteristics associated with treatment seeking for smoking cessation among heavy-drinking research participants
Individuals who are daily smokers and consume more drinks per drinking day are less likely to belong to the smoking cessationtreatment-seeking group. Targeting heavy drinking smokers, particularly younger individuals, may be necessary to engage this group in smoking cessation efforts and to reduce the burden of disease of nicotine dependence earlier in the lifespan
Selecting a Within- or Between-Subject Design for Mediation
Researchers with mediation hypotheses must consider which design to use: within-subject or between-subject? In this paper, I argue that three factors should influence design choice: validity, causality, and statistical power. Threats to validity include carry-over effects, participant awareness, measurement, and more. Causality is a core element of mediation, and the assumptions required for causal inference differ between the two designs. Betwee…
Does the follow-your-passions ideology cause greater academic and occupational gender disparities than other cultural ideologies
1934) demonstrate that the prevalent U.S. ideology to "follow your passions" perpetuates academic and occupational gender disparities compared to some other cultural ideologies. Study 1 shows that the follow-your-passions ideology is commonly used by U.S. students in making academic choices. Studies 2-5 find that making the follow-your-passions ideology salient causes greater academic and occupational gender disparities compared to the resources …
Power to Detect What? Considerations for Planning and Evaluating Sample Size
ACADEMIC ABSTRACT: In the wake of the replication crisis, social and personality psychologists have increased attention to power analysis and the adequacy of sample sizes. In this article, we analyze current controversies in this area, including choosing effect sizes, why and whether power analyses should be conducted on already-collected data, how to mitigate the negative effects of sample size criteria on specific kinds of research, and which p…
Model-Based Person Fit Statistics Applied to the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV
An important task in clinical neuropsychology is to evaluate whether scores obtained on a test battery, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV), can be considered “credible” or “valid” for a particular patient. Such evaluations are typically made based on responses to performance validity tests (PVTs). As a complement to PVTs, we propose that WAIS-IV profiles also be evaluated using a residual-based M-distance ( d r…
Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Econometrics (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Machine learning (3 works) · Mediation (3 works)