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Linda Kimmel
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University
International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy
106 Natural Science
517-432-4289
Email: kimmell2@msu.edu
Linda Kimmel is Associate Director of the International Center for the Advancement of Scientific Literacy, Associate Director of the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY), and a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Division of Science and Mathematics Education in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University. Linda has worked with Professor Jon Miller for the last twenty years on the measurement of the public understanding of science and technology, and on the factors associated with the development of attitudes toward and an understanding of science and technology. She is particularly interested in issues concerning the information acquisition behaviors of women and senior citizens.
Linda has worked extensively in the management of complex data file systems and in the analysis of longitudinal data. She has conducted workshops in the coding of complex responses, scale construction, and structural equation modeling. She has trained and supervised numerous graduate students and undergraduate students in methodological issues related to survey research, and cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
Linda is co-author of Biomedical Communications (2001) with Professor Jon Miller. She is the author or co-author of journal articles covering a range of issues from gender differences in attitudes toward animal research and nuclear power to scale development.
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