John Connolly is the statistical consultant for UTA Central Libraries. He has a PhD in Political Science, Masters degrees in Liberal Studies and Business Administration, and a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering. His areas of statistical experience include Linear Regression, Discrete Choice, Mediation Analysis (including Moderated Mediation), Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Structural Equation and Latent Variable Modeling, Multilevel Modeling, Mixed Effects, Longitudinal Data Analysis, Reliability and Validity Evaluation, Measuring Instrument Construction and Development, Latent Class Analysis, Latent Growth Curve Analysis, Missing Data Analysis, Survey Analysis, Treatment Effects, Counterfactual Causal Analysis (Potential Outcome Framework), Correspondence Analysis, and Bayesian Changepoint Analysis.

• Connolly JP, Wasserman LM. (In Press 2021). Has Endrew F. Improved The Chances OF Proving A FAPE Violation Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act? Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis.
• Kathy Lee, PhD, Rebecca L Mauldin, PhD, Weizhou Tang, PhD, John Connolly, PhD, Joseph Harwerth, MSW, Karen Magruder, MSW, Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Older Adults in Long-Term Care Facilities, The Gerontologist, 2021;, gnab035, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnab035
• Connolly JP, Anderson C. Cesarean effects on adolescents’ birth experiences: counterfactual analysis. Trends Psychiatry Psychother. 2020;00(0):000-000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2237-6089-2019-0102 [This article is also available in PDF.]
• Connolly, J. & Wasserman, L. (2019). "Free Speech in Public Employment: Has the Supreme Court Clarified Matters? An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Lane v Franks", Review of Law & Economics, 16, 2, 20190030, doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/rle-2019-0030
• Gray, J. S., Connolly, J. P., & Brown, M. A. (2019). Measuring intercultural knowledge and competence in college essays: Does a performance-based rubric have construct validity? Studies in Educational Evaluation, 62, 142-148.
• Anderson, Cheryl, and Connolly, John P. (In Press, 2019). Measuring Adolescent Birth Trauma: Development, Adaptation, and Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties for the Childbirth Trauma Index. Journal of Nursing Measurement.
• Zhang, Y. L., Maria Admuti-Trache, M., and John P. Connolly. From a community college attendant to a baccalaureate recipient in STEM fields of study: A planned behavior model for transfer students. Journal of Higher Education, 90(3), 373-401. DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2018.1536935
• Anderson, Cheryl A. and John P. Connolly. (November 2018). Predicting posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms among adolescents in the extended postpartum period. Heliyon.
• Anderson, Cheryl A. and John P. Connolly. (2018). A model to predict birth stress in adolescents within 72 hours of childbirth. Advances in Nursing Science, 41(3):216-29.
• Wasserman, Lewis M., John P. Connolly, and Kent Kerley. (2018). Religious liberty in prisons under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act following Holt v Hobbs: An empirical analysis. Religions, 9(7):210, 2018.
• Gray, Julie S., Melissa A. Brown, and John P. Connolly. (2017). Examining construct validity of the Quantitative Literacy VALUE Rubric in college-level STEM assignments. Research and Practice in Assessment, 12.
• Wasserman, Lewis M., and John P. Connolly. (2017). The Garcetti effect and the erosion of free speech rights of K-12 public education employees: Trends and implications. Teachers College Record, 119(6).
• Wasserman, Lewis M., and John P. Connolly. (2016). Unipolar panel Effects and ideological commitment: An analysis of US Courts of Appeals free speech decisions involving K-12 public education employees. ABA Journal of Labor & Employment Law, 31(3):537.
• Wasserman, Lewis M., and John P. Connolly. (2015). United States Supreme Court justices’ voting in systemic racial discrimination cases in education. The Urban Lawyer, 47(1):1.
• Connolly, John P. (2015). Ideological constraint: History and current status of the concept. In International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, pages 554–560. Elsevier.

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connolly@uta.edu