Journal Publications

• Xue, Y., & Lou, Y. (In Preparation). Predicting student retention using mixed-effects machine learning.
• Moeyaert, M., & Lou, Y. (Under Review). Moderator analysis for single-case experimental design meta-analysis. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy.
• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Wesling, P., Solomon, B. G., & Li, X. (Under Review). Usage of large language models for graphical data extraction in single-case research. Behavior Research Methods
• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., & Wesling, P. (Revise and Resubmit). Human coders or large language models? An empirical validation of textual data extraction in single-case research. Research Synthesis Methods
• Liu, J., Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Miočević, M., & Valente, M. (Revise and Resubmit). Empirical mediation model effect sizes from SCEDs in educational interventions. Behavior Modification.
• Moeyaert, M., Miočević, M., Lou, Y., & Valente, M. (2026). Synthesis of single-case design mediation effects using two-stage multilevel modeling. Behavior Research Methods, 58(7), 181. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-026-03061-6
• Moeyaert, M., Lou, Y., Fingerhut, J., Yang, P., Miočević, M., & Valente, M. (2025). Systematic review of single-case designs to identify potential mediator characteristics. The Journal of Behavioral Education, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10864-025-09600-z
• Lou, Y., & Colvin, K. F. (2025). Performance prediction using educational data mining techniques: A comparative study. Discover Education, 4(1), 112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-025-00502-w
• Moeyaert, M., Yang, P., Xue, Y., & Lou, Y. (2024). Imbalances in two-level hierarchical linear modeling of single-case data: A Monte Carlo simulation study. The Journal of Experimental Education, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2024.2394951
• Lou, Y., & Sun, Q. (2021). Over-reliance on database: A case study of Web of Science. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(3), 454–459. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.266
• Yan, Z., Xue, Y., & Lou, Y. (2021). Risk and protective factors for intuitive and rational judgment of cybersecurity risks in a large sample of K–12 students and teachers. Computers in Human Behavior, 121, 106791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106791
• Yan, Z., Robertson, W., Lou, Y., Robertson, T. W., & Park, S. Y. (2021). Finding leading scholars in mobile phone behavior: A mixed-method analysis of an emerging interdisciplinary field. Scientometrics, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-021-04184-7
• Yan, Z., Yang, P., Xue, Y., Lou, Y., & Melissa, N. (2021). Validity and reliability of cybersecurity judgment questionnaire for middle and high school students: A validation study with Rasch analysis. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3(5), 776–787. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.312

Conference Presentations

• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Wesling, P., Solomon, B., & Li, X. (April, 2026). Exploring Large Languague Models for Graphical Data Extraction in Single Case Design Meta-analysis. [Paper Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Miočević, M., & Valente, M. (April, 2026). Synthesis of Single-Case Design Mediation Effects using Two-Stage Multilevel Modeling. [Roundtable Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Wesling, P., Solomon, B., & Li, X. (October, 2025). Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence for Data Extraction in Single Case Design Meta-analysis. [Paper Presentation]. Artificial Intelligence in Measurement and Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
• Lou, Y. (June, 2025). Single-Case Experimental Design: Current literature and future directions. [Paper Presentation]. International Conference for Early Career Scholars in Psychology, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Fingerhut, J., Yan, P., Miočević, M., & Valente, M. (April, 2025). Systematic review of single-case designs to identify mediator characteristics. [Poster Session]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, United States.
• Colvin, K. F., Park, S., Lou, Y., Schlomer, G., & Park, Y. (April, 2025). Using AI tools to support scale development. [Paper Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Denver, CO, United States.
• Lou, Y., Moeyaert, M., Yang, P., & Xue, Y. (April, 2024). Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Imbalanced Moderators in Single-Case Multilevel Analysis: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study. [Poster Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
• Lou, Y. (2019). Color Versus Black/White and College Students’ Preference of Picture. [Poster Presentation]. 39th Annual Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention, Springfield, MO, United States.