Scott Maxwell

Contact Information

Scott Maxwell
Department of Psychology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Telephone – (574) 631-5894

Degrees

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Major: Quantitative Psychology

M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Major: Quantitative Psychology

B.S., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Major: Psychology and Mathematics

Honors/Awards

Editor, Psychological Methods, 2008-present
Member, BMRD Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 2004-present
Trustee, James McKeen Cattell Fund, 2005-present

Select Publications

Howard, G. S., Lau, M. Y., Maxwell, S. E., Venter, A., Lundy, R., & Sweeny, R. (in press). Do research literatures give correct answers? Review of General Psychology.

Kelley, K., & Maxwell, S. E. (in press). Multiple regression. In G. R. Hancock & R. O. Mueller (Eds.), Quantitative methods in the social and behavioral sciences: A guide for researchers and reviewers. Erlbaum.

Cole, D. A., & Maxwell, S. E. (in press). Statistical methods for risk-outcome research:Being sensitive to longitudinal structure. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology.

The Journal Article Reporting Standards Working Group (in press). Report of the Journal Article Reporting Standards Working Group. American Psychologist.

Bio

Maxwell’s research interests are in the areas of research methodology, experimental design, and behavioral statistics. He is especially interested in statistical power analysis and longitudinal data analysis. He is an author (along with Harold D. Delaney) of Designing Experiments and Analyzing Data, a graduate-level textbook on experimental design. He received the Raymond B. Cattell Award from the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology in 1990. He served as Associate Editor of Psychological Bulletin from 1994 to 1996 and as Associate Editor of Psychological Methods from 2001 to 2007. He is currently serving as Editor of Psychological Methods. In 1993 he received the Graduate School Award from the University of Notre Dame; prior to his arrival at Notre Dame, he received the College of Social Sciences Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Houston. He served as department chair of the psychology department at Notre Dame from 1991 to 1994 and from 1995 to 1998. Dr. Maxwell’s teaching interests span courses in research methodology, statistics, psychometrics, and differential psychology.