Lin Ma Resume

EDUCATION

University of Denver, Morgridge College of Education Denver, CO

Ph.D. Research Methods & Statistics Expected 05/2022

California State University, Fresno Fresno, CA

Master of Arts in Education, Counseling & Student Service 05/2017

Henan University Henan, China

Master of Arts in Education, Curriculum & Instruction 05/2015

SKILLS

Programming: SPSS, Stata, Mplus, R, Python, AMOS, HLM7, Java, MySQL, HTML5, CSS

Quick-learner on new technologies and detailed-oriented self-starter

Task-oriented and problem-solving effective team player

WORK EXPERIENCE

BASE Education, LLCDenver, CO
Research Analyst 09/2019-Present: Develop and implement assessments for school staff to monitor student growth in SEL competencies; Data manipulation and performance evaluation by using SPSS, Mplus, STATA, R, and Python; Provide managing, writing, and coordinating of proposals and manuscripts, resulting in CASEL approval; Consult research design, data structure analysis, and interpretation procedure for BASEline project
Morgridge College of Education, Research Methods & Statistics Denver, CO
Graduate Teaching Assistant (ANOVA, MANOVA, Corr & Reg, Meta-analysis) 09/2018-06/2020: Delivered lectures in Multivariate Analysis and ANOVA (on-site & remote); Facilitated lab sessions and class activities; Tutored statistics programming and software demo; Reviewed and graded students' assignments
Morgridge College of Education, Research Methods & Statistics Denver, CO
Graduate Research Assistant 09/2018-06/2019: Conducted and drafted literature reviews in CRISPA; Developed course materials, topic in Photovoice research design; Facilitated and consulted RMIS Lunch & Learn events; Analyzed qualitative data (coding, transcribing)
California State University, International Student Services & Program (ISSP) Fresno, CA
Student Advisor 01/2017-05/2017: Utilized Excel spreadsheets to organize data on students' educational record; Organized data file and documents through MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint; Collected data, mailed certificates, updated student lists and mails; Designed slides for presentations and workshops on campus resources

PROJECTS

Database Management 09/2019-12/2019: Clarified conceptual database purpose, plan, business rules, and data elements; Created database diagrams and physical design by using MySQL server; Visualized customers, products, and HR analytics results by using Tableau
Bike Sharing Predictive Analytics 09/2018-12/2018: Used two-year bike-sharing datasets including the counts aggregated on hourly basis and daily basis; Applied predictive models include the Linear Regression Model, Decision Tree, and Knn; Registered counts, temperature, and casual users significantly impact the count of rental bikes daily; Registered number, temperature, and humidity significantly impact the count of rental bike hourly

CONFERENCE RESEARCH

Evaluating the efficacy of a school-based universal mental health education intervention (AERA) 2021: Evaluated the efficacy of BASE mental health educational intervention through RCT; MANCOVA results shown significant improvement on school social-emotional engagement; Teacher rated 4-point scale with an internal consistency of 0.965
Examining and Validating PATHS Model by East-Asian Preschoolers (AERA) 04/2020: Examined four PATHS theoretical models and validated the PATHS evaluation tool; Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated correlational model has adequate fit; Measurement invariance concluded PATHS was valid for gender group (scalar invariance)
Missing Data and Bias in Population Parameter Estimation (NRMERA) 10/2019: Compared two techniques: Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Multiple Imputation (MI); Simulation data sets were generated and applied to test hypothesis by R programming; Multiple linear regression model was applied to detect parameters estimates; MI are more accurate than ML (with a higher percentage of missingness)

RELEVANT COURCES

Structure Equation Modeling

Latent Growth Curve Modeling

Correlation & Regression

Psychometric Theory

Item Response Theory

Hierarchical Linear Modeling

Predictive Analytics

Python Programming

Web Content Management

Qualitative Data Collection & Analysis