PUBLICATIONS
Ledgerwood, A., & Wang, Y. A. (2018). Achieving local and global shared realities: Distance guides alignment to specific or general social influences. Current Opinion in Psychology, 23, 62-65. [pdf]
Wang, Y. A., Sparks, J., Gonzales, J., Hess, Y. D., & Ledgerwood, A. (2017). Using independent covariates in experimental designs: Quantifying the trade-off between power boost and Type I error inflation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 72, 118–124. [pdf] [Syntax] [Flexible Covariate Analysis Registration Form]
MANUSCRIPT UNDER REVIEW
Wang, Y. A., & Eastwick, P. W. (under review). Solutions to the problems of incremental validity testing in relationship science.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Wang, Y. A., & Ledgerwood, A. (in prep). Construal level switching: Costs and consequences.
Wang, Y. A., & Rhemtulla, M. (in prep). Power for parameter estimation in structural equation modeling.
CONFERENCE TALKS
Wang, Y. A. (2018, August). Moving beyond heuristic statistical thinking to improve replicability of research. Talk presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Wang, Y. A., & Rhemtulla, M. (2018, May). Connecting unreliable measurement to power: Current practices and recommendations. Talk presented at the annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA. [Summary here by Eiko Fried]
Wang, Y. A., & Ledgerwood, A. (2018, May). Construal level switching: Costs and Consequences. Paper presented at the Distance in Organizations Workshop, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Ledgerwood, A., Wang, Y. A., Sparks, J., Gonzales, J. E., J., & Hess, Y. D. (2016, September). Modeling tradeoffs to identify optimal research strategies: The case of covariates. Talk presented at the annual conference of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Santa Monica, CA.
Mutchler, M. G., McDavitt, B., Wang, Y. A., Paul, J., & Choi, K. (2013, August). Sexual talk or social healing: Support from gay and non-gay friends. Paper presented at the National Conference of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
Mutchler, M. G., George, S., Phillips, R., McDavitt, B., & Wang, Y. A. (2012, July). Texting in bed: Implications for sexual health promotion with Black and Latino YMSM. Paper presented at the Meeting of Los Angeles County HIV Prevention Planning Committee, Los Angeles, CA.
INVITED TALKS
Wang, Y. A. (2018, February). Machine learning and online identity expressions. Talk presented at UC Davis oSTEM, Davis, CA.
Wang, Y. A. (2017, November). The glass closet: Sexual identity in a digital future. Talk presented at the Queer Student Union, University of California, Davis, CA.
Wang, Y. A. (2017, March). The cognitive cost of changing construal levels: Evidence from perceptual and conceptual tasks. Talk presented at the Annual Berkeley-Stanford-Davis Psychology Conference, Berkeley, CA.
Wang, Y. A. (2016, June). Using Open Science Framework (OSF) for reproducible research. Talk presented at the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) Summer Institute, Berkeley, CA.
Wang, Y. A. (2016, May). Self-esteem and use of racialized language in online dating apps for gay and bisexual men. Talk presented at the LGBTQIA Resource Center, University of California, Davis, CA.
Wang, Y. A. (2015, March). Beyond unconscious bias. Talk presented at Principles of Community Week, University of California, Davis, CA.
Wang, Y. A. (2014, March). My gut tells me he’s lying: Cognitive processing style affects racial bias in lie detection. Talk presented at Amherst Explorations, Amherst, MA.
Wang, Y. A. (2013, November). The facts and follies of lie detection. Talk presented at TEDxAmherstCollege, Amherst, MA. [YouTube link]
