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Curriculum Vitae of Kensuke Okada
Personal:
Name: Kensuke Okada, Ph.D. Date of Birth: May 1981 Citizenship: Japan
Mail Address:
Department of Psychology Senshu University 2–1–1, Higashimita, Tama–ku, Kawasaki–shi, Kanagawa, 214–8580, Japan
Contact:
Telephone: +81–44–911–1015 Facsimile: +81–44–922–4175 E-mail:
[email protected] URL: http://www3.psy.senshu-u.ac.jp/~ken/indexe.html
Education: March 2009
Ph.D. in Arts and Sciences – University of Tokyo (Advisor: Kazuo Shigemasu)
March 2006
M.A. in Arts and Sciences – University of Tokyo (Advisor: Kazuo Shigemasu)
March 2004
B.A. in Arts and Sciences – University of Tokyo
Alumnus of 1999 Professor Harry Messel International Science School, University of Sydney Appointments and Affiliations: 2012–present
Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Psychology, Senshu University
2010–2012
Lecturer (tenured), Department of Psychology, Senshu University
2009–2010
Research Fellow (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2006–2009
Research Fellow (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Fellow, University of Tokyo
Editorships: 2014–
Editorial board, Japanese Journal of Applied Statistics
2013–
Editorial board, Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology
2 Refereed for:
Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics; Behavior Research Methods; Behaviormetrika; Computational Statistics; Journal of Multivariate Analysis; Methodology; New Trends in Psychometrics; Psychometrika; Japanese Journal of Applied Statistics; Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrics; Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology; Japanese Journal of Psychology; Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science; Japanese Journal for Research on Testing; Journal of Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics; Journal of the Japan Statistical Society
Honors and Awards: 2014
Chikio Hayashi Award (Award of Excellence), Behaviormetric Society of Japan
2013
Akiko Sugiyama Award (Publication Award), Behaviormetric Society of Japan
2011
Best Presentation Award, Japan Association for Research on Testing
2009
Outstanding Paper Award, Japanese Association of Educational Psychology
2008
Best Student Research Award, Mathematical Systems Inc.
2008
Tadano Hidashi & Kinji Mizuno Award (Incentive Award), Behaviormetric Society of Japan
2007
Student Presentation Award, Japan Society of Computational Statistics
Research Grants: 2014–2017
Fundamental rethink of university entrance examinations. JSPS Grants–in–Aid for Scientific Research (B). 5,330,000 yen (Co–PI, PI: Prof. Kazuo Shigemasu)
2013–2016
Studies on item parameter calibration methods in multidimensional item response theory. JSPS Grants–in–Aid for Scientific Research (C). 4,160,000 yen (Co–PI, PI: Prof. Shin-ichi Mayekawa)
2012–2016
Evaluation of informative hypotheses in psychological data. JSPS Grants–in–Aid for Young Scientists (B). 4,420,000 yen (PI)
2011–2013
Development of test standard for university entrance examinations. JSPS Grants– in–Aid for Scientific Research (B). 18,590,000 yen (Co–PI, PI: Prof. Kazuo Shigemasu)
2011–2012
Development of semiparametric trajectory analysis and software for developmental data analysis. JSPS Grants–in–Aid for Research Activity Startup. 2,938,000 yen (PI)
2009–2013
Neuropolitics (Scientific understanding of social behavior by integrating political science and neuroscience). JSPS Grants–in–Aid for Special Research on Priority Areas. 46,640,000 yen (Co–PI, PI: Prof. Junko Kato)
3 2009
Development and applications of multivariate causal modeling for psychological data. JSPS Grants–in–Aid for JSPS Fellows. 1,400,000 yen (PI)
2006–2008
Improvement of fit indexes in structural equation modeling for psychological data analysis. JSPS Grants–in–Aid for JSPS Fellows. 2,800,000 yen (PI)
Memberships in Professional Societies: American Statistical Association International Association for Statistical Computing International Society for Bayesian Analysis Psychometric Society Behaviormetric Society of Japan Japanese Association for Research on Testing Japanese Association of Educational Psychology Japanese Classification Society Japanese Psychological Association Japanese Psychonomic Society Japanese Society of Computational Statistics
Submitted Manuscripts: 1. Okada, K. (in revision). Bayesian meta–analysis of Cronbach’s alpha to evaluate informative hypotheses. submitted to Research Synthesis Methods. 2. Okada, K. (in revision). Bayes factor evaluation of asymmetry in multidimensional scaling. submitted to Advances in Data Analysis and Classification.
Research Articles in Refereed Journals: 1. Hatano, Y., Yoshida, H., & Okada, K. (accepted). Difference in interpretation between p-values and effect sizes in educational psychology research in Japan Japanese Journal of Educational
Psychology. (in Japanese) 2. Okada, K. (2014). Does Bayesian evaluation of informative hypothesis outperform analysis of variance? Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science. (in Japanese) 3. Nishiyama, T., Suzuki, M., Adachi, K., Sumi, S., Okada, K., Kishino, H., Sakai, S., Kamio, Y., Kojima, M., Suzuki, S., Gruber, C.P., Constantino, J.N., & Kanne, S.M. (2014). Comprehensive comparison of self-administered questionnaires for measuring quantitative autistic traits in adults. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-2020-7
4 4. Sakaiya, S., Shiraito, Y., Kato, J., Ide, H., Okada, K., Takano, K., & Kansaku, K. (2013). Neural correlate of human reciprocity in social interactions. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience, 7:239. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2013.00239 5. Okada, K. (2013). Is omega squared less biased? A comparison of three major effect size indices in one–way ANOVA. Behaviormetrika. 40(2), 1–19. 6. Okada,
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Behaviormetrika, 39(1), 49–62. doi: 10.2333/bhmk.39.49 7. Kato, J. & Okada, K. (2011). Simplification and shift in cognition of political difference: Applying the geometric modeling to the analysis of semantic similarity judgment. PLoS One, 6, e20693. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020693 8. Okada, K. (2011). Beyond Cronbach's alpha: a comparison of recent methods for estimating reliability. Japanese Journal for Research on Testing, 7, 37–50. (in Japanese) 9. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2011). Bayesian nonmetric successive categories multidimensional scaling. Behaviormetrika, 38(1), 17–31. doi: 10.2333/bhmk.38.17 10. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2010). Bayesian multidimensional scaling for the estimation of a Minkowski exponent. Behavior Research Methods, 42, 899–905. doi:10.3758/BRM.42.4.899 11. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2010). Estimation of correlation coefficient to correct selection bias in small samples: Comparison of maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation. Japanese
Journal for Research on Testing, 6, 63–74. (in Japanese) 12. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2009). BMDS: a collection of R functions for Bayesian multidimensional scaling. Applied Psychological Measurement, 33, 570–571. doi: 10.1177/0146621608321761 13. Takahashi, Y., Okada, K., Hoshino, T, & Anme, T. (2008). Social skills of preschoolers: Stability of factor structures and predictive validity from a nationwide cohort study in Japan. Japanese
Journal of Educational Psychology, 56, 81–92. doi: ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006668331 (in Japanese) 14. Okada, K., Hoshino, T., & Shigemasu, K. (2007). Bartlett correction of test statistics in structural equation modeling. Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology, 55, 382–392. doi: ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006424548 (in Japanese) 15. Hoshino, T. & Okada, K. (2006). Estimation of causal effect using propensity score methods in clinical medicine, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology and public health: A review. Journal of
the National Institute of Public Health, 55, 230–243. doi: ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/40015391518 (in Japanese) 16. Sakata, O., Okada, K., Kohyama, K., Shiina, T., & Saito, Y. (2005). Effect of variable propagation window parameter on multidimensional directed information. IEEJ Transactions on Electronics,
Information and Systems, 125, 1387–1392. doi: 10.1541/ieejeiss.125.1387 17. Hoshino, T., Okada, K., & Maeda, T. (2005). Fit indices and model modification in structural equation modeling: A Review and new findings. Japanese Journal of Behaviormetrics, 32, 209– 235. doi: 10.2333/jbhmk.32.209 (in Japanese)
5 Research Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings: 1. Okada, K., Kato, J., & Shigemasu, K. (2009). The structure of optimized stress function under different Minkowski metrics. New Trends in Psychometrics: Conference Volume of the 72nd
International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, 377–386. Research Articles in Unrefereed Scholarly Publishing 1. Okada, K. (2013). Maximum likelihood multidimensional scaling with MULTISCALE. Bulletin of
Senshu University School of Human Sciences: Psychology, 3, 61–70. (in Japanese) 2. Okada, K. (2011). Beyond Cronbach's alpha: A review and empirical comparison of reliability coefficients. Bulletin of Senshu University School of Human Sciences: Psychology, 1, 91–98. (in Japanese) 3. Maeda, T. & Okada, K. (2007). Introduction to factor analysis: multivariate analysis for language testing data. Institute of Statistical Mathematics Cooperative Research Report, 200, 61–97. (in Japanese) Books: 1. Chino, N., Saburi, S., & Okada, K. (2012). Theory and Applications of Asymmetric MDS. Kyoto: Gendai–Sugakusha. (in Japanese) 2. Okubo, M. & Okada, K. (2012). Psychological Statistics to Tell Your Story: Effect Size, Confidence
Interval, and Power. Tokyo: Keiso Shobo. (in Japanese) Book Chapters: 1. Okada, K. (2013). Keywords for statistics in humanities. In: Japanese Statistical Association (ed).
Statistics. Tokyo: Tokyo Tosho. Chap. 7, pp. 193–215. (in Japanese) 2. Okada, K. (2008). Factor Analysis. In: K. Shigemasu, T. Ohmori, & T. Hashimoto. Psychological
Statistics. Tokyo: Baifukan. Chap. 10, pp.177–206. (in Japanese) 3. Inoguchi, T. & Okada, K. (2007). How would you like to see your son and daughter grow up? In: T. Inoguchi, A. Tanaka, S. Sonoda, & T. Dababaev (eds), Human Beliefs and Values in Striding Asia. Tokyo: Akashi Shoten. Joint Translations: 1. Singer, J.D. & Willett, J.B. (2003). Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling change and
event occurrence. Oxford University Press, USA. Published in Japanese in 2012 (Chief translator: M. Sugawara. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten). 2. Dey, D.K. & Rao, C.R. (2006). Handbook of Statistics, Volume 25: Bayesian Thinking, Modeling
and Computation. North Holland. Published in Japanese in Japanese in 2011 (Chief translators: K. Shigemasu, H. Kishino, & Y. Omori. Tokyo: Asakura Shoten).
6 International Conference Presentations: 1. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2014, December). Maximum likelihood estimation in a hybrid logistic model. The 7th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics. (Pisa, Italy). 2. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2014, August). Noncompensatory multiple logistic regression model and its application. The 21th International Conference on Computational Statistics. (Geneva, Switzerland). 3. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2014, July). The hybrid item response model. The 79th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Madison, WI, USA). 4. Okada, K. (2013, December). Objective and conventional priors in Bayesian evaluation of informative hypotheses. O–Bayes 2013 (Durham, NC, USA). 5. Okada, K. (2013, November). Bayesian evaluation of compensation in multidimensional item response models. Ishigaki International Conference on Modern Statistics Theories, Practices, and Education in the 21st Century. (Ishigaki Island, Japan). 6. Okada, K. (2013, August). Bayesian evaluation of informative hypotheses in multidimensional scaling. Joint Statistical Meetings 2013. (Montreal, Canada). 7. Okada, K. (2013, July). A robust Bayesian approach to latent–class multidimensional scaling. The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Arnhem, Netherlands). 8. Okubo, T., Okada, K., & Mayekawa, S. (2013, July). An extension of the mixed–preference model. The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Arnhem, Netherlands). 9. Okada, K. (2012, December). Bayesian evaluation of asymmetry in multidimensional scaling. The 5th International Conference of the ERCIM Working Group on Computing & Statistics. (Oviedo, Spain). 10. Okada, K. (2012, September). A Bayesian asymmetric MDS for the radius–distance model. Joint meeting of Japanese and Italian Classification Societies 2012. (Anacapri, Italy). 11. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2012, July). Dealing with rotational indeterminacy in multivariate Bayesian models. The 2nd Institute of Mathematical Statistics Asia Pacific Rim Meeting. (Tsukuba, Japan). 12. Okada, K. (2012, July). Estimation of Reliability: A Bayesian model averaging approach. The 77th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Lincoln, NE, USA). 13. Mayekawa, S. & Okada, K. (2012, July). Expanded orthogonal Procrustes transformation and its applications to individual differenced multidimensional scaling and multiple–group factor analysis. The 77th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Lincoln, NE, USA). 14. Okada, K. (2012, July). Bayesian model averaging in factor analysis to estimate factor reliability. International Society for Bayesian Analysis 2012 World Meeting. (Kyoto, Japan). 15. Okada, K. (2012, March). Bayesian analysis of asymmetry by the slide–vector model. The 4th Japanese–German Symposium on Classification. (Kyoto, Japan).
7 16. Okada, K. (2011, December). Bayesian inequality constrained multidimensional scaling. The 4th International Conference of the ERCIM Working Group on Computing & Statistics. (London, UK). 17. Okada, K. (2011, August). A Bayesian approach to asymmetric multidimensional scaling. The 58th World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute. (Dublin, Ireland). 18. Okada, K. (2011, July). An empirical comparison of methods for estimating reliability The 76th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Hong Kong, China). 19. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2010, August). A new post–processing method to deal with the rotational indeterminacy problem in MCMC estimation. The 19th International Conference on Computational Statistics. (Paris, France). 20. Okubo, T., Okada, K., & Mayekawa, S. (2010, July). A Bayesian solution for a mixed vector model. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Athens, GA, USA). 21. Okada, K. & Mayekawa, S. (2010, July). Post–processing of MCMC output in order to remove the rotational indeterminacy. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Athens, GA, USA). 22. Takahashi, Y., Okada, K., & Hoshino, T. (2010, July). Links between short–term trajectory of depressive symptoms and Effortful Control. 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, (Melbourne, Australia). 23. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2009, July). Bayesian multidimensional scaling for Minkowski distances. The 74th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Cambridge, UK). 24. Kato, J. & Okada, K. (2008, December). Euclid was an unnecessarily sophisticated cognitive scientist: Political similarity judgment represented in a low–dimensional geometric model using Minkowski metrics.
Neuroscience 2008, the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience. (Washington DC, USA). 25. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2008, July). Choosing the number of factors based on simplicity. XXXIX International Congress of Psychology. (Berlin, Germany). 26. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2008, July). Confirmatory multidimensional scaling: A model selection using Bayes factors. The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Durham, NH, USA). 27. Kato, J. & Okada, K. (2008, April). Euclid was sometimes an unnecessarily sophisticated social scientist: Geometric modeling in cognitive science vis–à–vis spatial modeling political science. Mind, Brain and Society Symposium: Neurocognitive Approaches to the Social Sciences sponsored by the Yale–Todai Initiative. (New Haven, CN, USA). 28. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2008, March). A Bayesian approach towards multidimensional scaling. The 90th Symposium of the Behaviormetric Society of Japan. (Tokyo, Japan). 29. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2007, July). Bayesian weakly–constrained multidimensional scaling. The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Tokyo, Japan).
8 30. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2006, December). Bayesian nonmetric multidimensional scaling for marketing data. Tsukuba–Tohoku Joint Workshop on “New Directions of Research in Marketing.” (Tokyo, Japan). 31. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2006, June). Maximizing simplicity: a new factor rotation method. The 71st Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Montreal, Canada). 32. Okada, K. & Shigemasu, K. (2005, July). Bartlett correction of likelihood ratio statistics in structural equation modeling. The 70th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society. (Tilburg, the Netherlands).
