Brooks Applegate

Dr. Brooks Applegate received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 1986 in Educational Psychology with his concentration in Research, Measurement and Applied Statistics after completing a pre-doctoral internship at Honeywell's Technology Strategy Center in Golden Valley, MN. Dr. Applegate is currently a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Research and Technology and is the program coordinator for the graduate programs in Evaluation, Measurement and Research at Western Michigan University. He is a member of the American Educational Research Association, American Evaluation Association, American Statistical Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education. Since 1984, Dr. Applegate has authored and coauthored over 135 peer-reviewed journal articles and over 55 published abstracts; five book chapters, and over 135 peer-reviewed presentations at professional conferences and has been actively involved in funded research since 1986, participating in over 40 national and internationally funded projects. Dr. Applegate has extensive experience in research design, applied statistics, structural equation modeling, design and analysis of psychological measurements including diagnostic measurement and disease classification, psycho-educational ability/achievement measurement. He teaches doctoral level courses in psychometrics, structural equation modeling, applied statistics, research methodology and philosophy of scientific inquiry. His research interests and activities span many disciplines - crossing education and the social and health sciences.