Christine Fox
- Professor, Educational Studies , Judith Herb College of Education
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Overview
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Christine Fox, PhD, is Professor of Research and Measurement, specializing in developing measures of perception for high-stakes decision-making across a variety of academic and corporate settings. Dr. Fox is co-author of one of the leading books on the Rasch measurement model, which has filled a much-needed gap in the literature, and one that was necessary for bringing a powerful measurement tool to a variety of disciplines. With the publication of this text, which has been cited over 7500 times across multiple disciplines (education, health, rehabilitation, psychology, medicine), the powerful diagnostics and stability of this model have revolutionized the way in which quantitative inferences can be made from perception data.
Because perception data are often used to influence policy decisions and drive high-stakes decision-making, the nature of the work involves mixed-methods, where not only rigorous statistical diagnostics are used to evaluate the validity of the inferences, but also a deep involvement with content experts who help match the statistical evidence with the qualitative interpretation. By combining various methodological approaches to aid in defining and operationalizing perception constructs, she helps provide evidence to determine the extent to which quantification of perceptions is justifiable, and when the evidence is sufficient, the strength and types of inferences that can be made to further theory and practice. This includes help aligning construct definition, data coding, and analysis that will aid researchers and practitioners in extracting maximum meaning to make evidence-based decisions.
Dr. Fox’s international reputation in the measure of perceptions has been applied to the construction of a passenger experience measure for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, to the perceptions of NATO’s perceived operational capacity and visibility, and to the analysis of perceptions held by the EU towards Ukraine and Israel/Palestine. Her expertise in the design and analysis of perception scales has enabled her to bring scientific rigor to the measure of psychological constructs, enabling researchers to make defensible statements regarding quantitative patterns and comparisons about attributes that heretofore could only be summarized qualitatively and descriptively.
Publications
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Article (Faculty180)
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2022Dari, T., Fox, C. M. , Laux Jj., Speedlin Gonzalez, S. The Development and Validation of the Community-Based Participatory Research Knowledge Self-Assessment Scale (CBPR-KSAS): A Rasch Analysis. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development.
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2022Referrals, Etiology, Prevalence, Symptoms and Treatments of Chronic Cough: A Survey of Allergy Specialists. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
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2021Duckett TR*, Hart JM†, Fox C*, Norte GE*: *The University of Toledo, †University of Virginia Rationale for a Parsimonious Measure of Subjective Knee Function after ACL Reconstruction: A Rasch Analysis. Journal of Athletic Training. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33626140/.
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Article (Web of Science)
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2021Rationale for a Parsimonious Measure of Subjective Knee Function Among Individuals With Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Rasch Analysis. JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING. 56:1340-1348.Full Text via DOI: 10.4085/490-20 PMID: 34911070
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2020Development and validation of the mental health professionals' attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS scale (MHP-PLHIV-AS). AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV. 32:10-18.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1822503 PMID: 32951447
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2015Refining Change Measure With the Rasch Model. MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT. 48:59-74.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0748175614544686
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2012Hippotherapy Effects on Trunk, Pelvic, and Hip Motion During Ambulation in Children With Neurological Impairments. PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. 24:242-250.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e31825c1dc3
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2012Hippotherapy Effects on Trunk, Pelvic, and Hip Motion During Ambulation in Children With Neurological Impairments. PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY. 24:242-250.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/pep.0b013e31825c1dc3
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2009The development of the Game Engagement Questionnaire: A measure of engagement in video game-playing. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. 45:624-634.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.02.016
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2008The development of the Children's Empathic Attitudes Questionnaire using classical and Rasch analyses. JOURNAL OF APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 29:187-196.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.02.005
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2006Deconstructing therapy outcome measurement with Rasch analysis of a measure of general clinical distress: The Symptom Checklist-90-Revised. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. 18:359-372.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.18.4.359
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1998An Analysis of the Perceptions and Characteristics of Childcare Personnel Regarding Inclusion of Young Children with Special needs in Community-Based Programs. TOPICS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION. 18:118-128.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/027112149801800207
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Meeting Abstract (Web of Science)
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2012Medical Research on the Recently Deceased: An Assessment of Public Opinion and the Potential Implications on the Field of Transplantation. TRANSPLANTATION. 804.Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/00007890-201211271-01574
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Presentation (Faculty180)
Contact
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