Xiaofeng Steven Liu
Email: xliu@mailbox.sc.edu
Department of Educational Studies
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Office: 803-777-6084
Home: 803-661-8473
EDUCATION
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Ph.D. in Measurement and Quantitative Methods, December, 1999
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
MA in English as a Second Language, August, 1995
Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
BA in English, July, 1991
Cognate: Science
EMPLOYMENT
2006-present Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Educational Studies,
University of South Carolina
2007-2008
sabbatical leave for fall semester 2008
leave of absence from University of South Carolina at National Education
Association, Washington, DC
2000-2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Studies, University of
South Carolina
1999-2000
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
1998-1999
Programmer Analyst, PRT Group Inc., Windsor, CT
1995-1998
Research Assistant, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
1994-1995
Course Instructor, English Language Institute, University of Hawaii at
Manoa
1991-1993
Faculty, Department of Scientific English, Shanghai University of Science
and Technology
HONOR
Dean Scholar, Michigan State University, 1995-1998
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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Liu, X. (in press). The Effect of a Covariate on Standard Error and Confidence Interval
Width, Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods.
Liu, X. (2010), A Note on Non-centrality Parameters for Contrast Tests in One-way
ANOVA, Journal of Experimental Education, 78, 53-59.
Liu, X. (2009). Sample Size and the Width of Confidence Interval for Mean Differences,
British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 62, 201-215.
Liu, X., & Ramsey, J†. (2008). Teachers' Job Satisfaction: Analyses of the Teacher
Follow-up Survey in the United States for 2000-2001, Teaching and Teacher Education,
24, 1173-1184.
Liu, X. (2007). The Effect of Teacher Influence At School on First-year Teacher
Attrition: A Multilevel Analysis of the Schools and Staffing Survey for 1999-2000,
Educational Research and Evaluation, 14, 1-16.
Liu, X. (2007). What is the Most Effective Way to Keep Teachers? Academy of
Educational Leadership Journal, 11, 113-120.
Kim, D.†, & Liu, X. (2005). First-Year Experiences and Teachers' Professional
Commitment: An Analysis of SASS 1999-2000, Journal of Educational Research and
Policy Studies, 5(2), 103-123.
Liu, X., & Meyer, J. P† (2005). Teachers’ perceptions of their job: a multilevel analysis
of the Teacher Follow-up Survey for 1994-95, Teachers College Record, 107, 985-1003.
Liu, X., & Raudenbush, S. (2004). A Note on the Noncentrality Parameter and Effect
Size Estimates for the F Test in ANOVA. Journal of Educational and Behavioral
Statistics, 29, 251-255.
Liu, X. (2003). Statistical Power and Optimum Sample Allocation Ratio for Treatment
and Control Having Unequal Costs per Unit of Randomization. Journal of Educational
and Behavioral Statistics, 28, 231-248.
Raudenbush, S., & Liu, X. (2001). Effects of Study Duration, Frequency of Observation,
and Sample Size on Power in Studies of Treatment Effects on Polynomial Change,
Psychological Methods, 6, 387-401.
Raudenbush, S., & and Liu, X. (2000). Statistical Power and Optimal Design for
Multisite Randomized Trials. Psychological Methods, 5, 199-213.
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graduate students
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GRANTS
5. Liu, X. Principle Investigator. (pending). Statistical Power Analysis for Complex
Multilevel Designs. US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Fund
requested: $337,000.
4. Yell, M., Drasgow, E., & Liu, X. Co-Principle Investigator. (2006-2009). Development
of the IEP Quality Scale. US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Special Education Research. Fund amount: $264,715
3. Liu, X. Principal investigator. (2005-2007) Teachers’ Job Satisfaction and Teacher
Turnover. Spencer Foundation. Fund amount: $39,447
2. Liu, X. Principal investigator. (2002-2004). Professional Support, School Conditions,
and First-year Teacher Attrition. American Educational Research Association. Fund
amount: $34,131.
1. Liu, X. Principal investigator. (2001-2002). Social Background and Career Patterns of
Elementary/Secondary School Teachers. Research and Productive Scholarship at the
University of South Carolina. Fund amount: $4,000.
PRESENTATIONS
Nkansah-Amankra, S., Luchok, K., Hussey, J., Watkins, K., & Liu, X. (2008). Multilevel
analysis of neighborhood factors and maternal behaviors in the prevalence of low birth
weight and preterm births in a South Carolina PRAMS population, presented at American
Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Kissel, H., Meyer, J.P., & Liu, X. (2006). Successful Retention of New and Minority
Teachers: Results from the SASS and TFS, presented at the annual meeting of American
Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
Kim, D., & Liu, X. (2005). The Effects of First-year Teacher Induction on Teacher
Planned Retention, presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research
Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
Liu, X. (2004). School Milieu and First-year Teacher Attrition, presented at the annual
meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
Liu, X. (2003). Derivation of Expected Mean Squares for Mixed-effects ANOVA through
the Use of Hierarchical Linear Modeling, presented at the 4th international Amsterdam
conference on multilevel analysis, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Liu, X., & Meyer, J.P. (2003). Teachers’ perceptions of their job: a multilevel analysis of
the Teacher Follow-up Survey for 1994-95, presented at the 15th Annual Conference of
South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, SC.
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Liu, X. (2003). Optimal sample allocation ratio for treatment and control having unequal
costs in multilevel designs, presented at the annual meeting of American Educational
Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.
Liu, X. (2002). An introduction to Hierarchical Linear Modeling. Invited feature
presentation, the 32nd Annual Meeting of South Carolina chapter of American Statistical
Association, Columbia, SC.
Liu, X., & Raudenbush, S. (2001). Computation of Power for 3-level Hierarchical
Linear Models, paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research
Association (AERA), Seattle, WA.
Liu, X. & Raudenbush, S. (1998). Statistical power, effect size, and sample size in
experiments, paper presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research
Association (AERA), San Diego,CA.
Raudenbush, S., & Liu, X. (1998). Statistical power and optimal sample allocation in
randomized experiments and cluster randomized trial, paper presented at the annual
meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.
DEVELOPED SOFTWARE
Raudenbush, S., Liu, X., & Congdon, R. (2004). Optimal Design Program.
SUMMARY OF TEACHING
Taught courses
EDRM 700 Introduction to Research in Education
EDRM 710 Educational Statistics I
EDRM 711 Educational Statistics II
EDRM 718 Research/Statistical Package
EDRM 810 Design and Analysis of Experiments
EDRM 816 Correlational and Multivariate Methods
EDRM 878 Seminar in Research Techniques/EDRM 812 Hierarchical Linear Modeling
EDRM 899 Doctoral Dissertation Preparation
Doctoral Committees
Member, Dissertation committee of Carolyn Jordan, Steven Nkansah, Dorinda Gallant,
Shiqi Hao, J Patrick Meyer, Carol Sunderman, Finch Holmes, Steve Fisher
Supervised graduate student
Bryan May, M.Ed., 2007
SUMMARY OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES
I. Professional service at the national level
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2008-2011. Grant Reviewer for U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education
Sciences.
2008. Grant Proposal Reviewer for U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and
Drug-free Schools
2004-2008. Advisory Expert for The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC).
2004. Member in Technical Working Group for a U.S. Department of Education’s
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)-sponsored design study entitled, Design of an
Impact Evaluation of Teacher Induction Programs
2004. Member on the technical advisory group for Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) a
social research organization
2004. Member on the technical working group for the Education Alliance at Brown
University
2001-2008
Manuscript reviewer for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of
Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Psychological Methods, and Educational and
Psychological Measurement, Communications in Statistics--Simulation and Computation,
Statistics in Medicine
Book proposal reviewer for Sage, and John Wiley.
Reviewer and discussant for American Educational Research Association Annual
Conferences.
II. Service at the university
2009
Member, College Student Affairs Committee, College of Education,
University of South Carolina
Member, Steering Committee, Department of Educational Studies,
University of South Carolina
2005-2007. Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, Department of Educational Studies,
University of South Carolina
2004-2005. Chair, Academic Affairs Committee, Department of Educational Psychology,
University of South Carolina
2003-2004 academic year
Member, Advanced Programs Governance Committee, College of Education, University
of South Carolina
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University
of South Carolina
2002-2003 academic year
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, College of Education, University of South Carolina
Member, Faculty Search Committee, College of Education, University of South Carolina
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Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University
of South Carolina
Faculty adviser, College Course Evaluation, College of Education, University of South
Carolina
2001-2002 academic year
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University
of South Carolina
Member, Professional Education Unit Assessment Committee, College of Education,
University of South Carolina
Faculty adviser, College Course Evaluation, College of Education, University of South
Carolina
2000-2001 academic year
Member, Faculty Affairs Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, University
of South Carolina
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