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Shu Xu

Shu (Violet) Xu

Shu Xu

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Clinical Associate Professor of Biostatistics

Professional overview

Dr. Shu Xu’s work represents a balance of both statistical and applied aspects of quantitative methodology. Her primary quantitative interests include evaluating and developing statistical methods for longitudinal data analysis. Specifically, Dr. Xu’s research focuses on various aspects of latent growth models, missing data methods, and causal inference models.

Dr. Xu has collaborated with substance use, family, and health researchers to advance and share her knowledge of quantitative methodology and pursue a better understanding of the social sciences and public health. She has conducted research with the Family Translational Research Group at NYU and the Methodology Center at the Pennsylvania State University.

Education

BS, Psychology, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
MS, Quantitative Psychology, University of California, Davis
PhD, Quantitative Psychology, University of California, Davis

Areas of research and study

Biostatistics
Family research
Longitudinal Data Analysis
Missing Data Methods
Mixture Models
Quantitative Research

Publications

Publications

Cannabis Use and the Onset of Cigarette and E-cigarette Use : A Prospective, Longitudinal Study among Youth in the United States

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E-cigarette use, systemic inflammation, and depression

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Self-report measures of coercive process in couple and parent–child dyads.

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High Sensitivity and Specificity Screening for Clinically Significant Intimate Partner Violence

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Psychology of wearing face masks to prevent transition of COVID-19

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The lump-versus-split dilemma in couple observational coding : A multisite analysis of rapid marital interaction coding system data.

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Using Security Questions to Link Participants in Longitudinal Data Collection

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A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Impact of the Couple CARE for Parents of Newborns Program on the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence and Relationship Problems

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Patterns of psychological health problems and family maltreatment among United States Air Force members

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A New Look at the Psychometrics of the Parenting Scale Through the Lens of Item Response Theory

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Interrater agreement statistics with skewed data : Evaluation of alternatives to Cohen's kappa

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Noxious family environments in relation to adult and childhood caries

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On Fitting a Multivariate Two-Part Latent Growth Model

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Causal Inference in Latent Class Analysis

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Preadolescent drug use resistance skill profiles, substance use, and substance use prevention

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Sensitivity Analysis of Multiple Informant Models When Data Are Not Missing at Random

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Sensitivity analysis of mixed models for incomplete longitudinal data

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Latent curve models: A structural equation perspective

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The belief and modeling of aging

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老年人的养老观念与养老模式

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A study on the relationship between adaptive ability and home environment in middle school

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The Associations between Youth-Caregiver Divergent Race and Perceived Interpersonal Racism among Adolescents in the United States: Findings from the ABCD Study.

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Contact

Violet.ShuXu@nyu.edu 708 Broadway New York, NY, 10003