Dr. Oscar L. Olvera Astivia
Email
oastivia@uw.edu
Website
https://psychometroscar.com/
Area
Measurement & Statistics

Additional Appointments

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences

Research Interests

Quantitative Research Methods

Oscar L. Olvera Astivia

Associate Professor
Measurement and Statistics Psychometrics & Applied Analytics Graduate Certificate

Areas of interest

  • Simulation of multivariate, non-Gaussian structures.
  • Copula distribution theory in psychometrics.
  • Power polynomial transformations of random variables.
  • Theory and applications of Monte Carlo simulations in the social sciences.
  • Simulation of structured, random correlation matrices.

 

For more information on my research programme please visit my personal website.

 

Graduate student admissions 

I usually ONLY accept Ph.D. students who have completed their master's degree in our Measurement & Statistics program. Each year I consider accepting 1-3 new master's students.

Education
Ph.D. in Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methodology, University of British Columbia, 2017
M.A. in Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methodology, University of British Columbia, 2013
B.A. in Mathematics, University of the Fraser Valley

Multimedia

Publications

Please visit my Google Scholar profile for my most up-to-date list of publications.