Additional Appointments
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences
Research Interests
Quantitative Research Methods
Oscar L. Olvera Astivia
Associate Professor
Areas of interest
- Simulation of multivariate, non-Gaussian structures.
- Copula distribution theory in psychometrics.
- Power polynomial transformations of random variables.
- Theory and applications of Monte Carlo simulations in the social sciences.
- Simulation of structured, random correlation matrices.
For more information on my research programme please visit my personal website.
Education
Ph.D. in Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methodology, University of British Columbia, 2017
M.A. in Measurement, Evaluation & Research Methodology, University of British Columbia, 2013
B.A. in Mathematics, University of the Fraser Valley
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Publications
Please visit my Google Scholar profile for my most up-to-date list of publications.