{{Short description|American psychologist}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Joseph Lee Rodgers III | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|02|09}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | citizenship = American | nationality = | fields = Quantitative psychology | workplaces = University of Oklahoma<br>Vanderbilt University | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list | University of Oklahoma<br>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill}} | thesis_title = Effects of Family Configuration on Mental Development | thesis_url = http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1982-73759-001 | thesis_year = 1981 | doctoral_advisor = Vaida Thompson | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = Jacci Rodgers<ref name=smep>{{Cite web |url=https://smep.org/dr-joseph-l-rodgers |title=Dr. Joseph L. Rodgers |website=SMEP |access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = Two daughters<ref name=smep/> | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''Joseph Lee Rodgers III''' (born February 9, 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86843232.html |title=Rodgers, Joseph Lee, 1953- |website=Library of Congress Name Authority File |access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref> is an American psychologist who specializes in quantitative psychology and topics in developmental psychology and social biology. He is the Lois Autrey Betts Professor of Psychology and Human Development Emeritus at Vanderbilt University, and he is also the George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma, where he taught from 1981 to 2012.
==Education and career== Rodgers graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1975 with a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.A. in Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981, with a minor in biostatistics. His dissertation was on the effects of family configuration on mental development.
He is a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Biology, the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, and Divisions 5 and 34 of the American Psychological Association. From 2006 to 2011, he was editor-in-chief of ''Multivariate Behavioral Research''. He has been a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/bio/joe-rodgers |title=Joseph Lee Rodgers |website=Vanderbilt University |language=en |access-date=2018-07-31}}</ref>
His substantive research has focused on topics such as the relationship between birth order and human intelligence,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/14/books/what-runs-in-the-family-isn-t-success.html |title=What Runs In the Family Isn't Success |last=Eakin |first=Emily |date=2004-02-14 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/life/family/2007/06/out_of_order.html |title=Out of Order |last=Bazelon |first=Emily |date=2007-06-26 |work=Slate |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref> as well as adolescent risk behaviors, like sexual activity and drug use.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://newsok.com/article/2364993/summer-sexy-time-for-teens |title=Summer Sexy Time for Teens |date=1991-08-07 |work=NewsOK.com |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1209949-5,00.html |title=The New Science of Siblings |last=Kluger |first=Jeffrey |date=2006-07-10 |magazine=Time |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-21-ls-56100-story.html |title=The Path of No Return |last=Roan |first=Shari |date=1996-10-21 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-07-31 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035|page=2}}</ref> His methodological research focuses on behavior genetics, exploratory data analysis,<ref>Fife, D. A., & Rodgers, J. L. (2022). Understanding the exploratory/confirmatory data analysis continuum: Moving beyond the "replication crisis". ''American Psychologist, 77''(3), 453–466. {{doi|10.1037/amp0000886}}</ref> correlation and regression,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rodgers |first1=Joseph Lee |last2=Nicewander |first2=W. Alan |date=1988-02-01 |title=Thirteen Ways to Look at the Correlation Coefficient |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1988.10475524 |journal=The American Statistician |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=59–66 |doi=10.1080/00031305.1988.10475524 |issn=0003-1305|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hadd |first1=Alexandria Ree |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/understanding-correlation-matrices/book263182 |title=Understanding correlation matrices |date=2021 |last2=Rodgers |first2=Joseph Lee|isbn=978-1-5443-4110-1 |location=Los Angeles |oclc=1289850692}}</ref> and best practices for research methods <ref>Rodgers, J. L. & Shrout, P. E.(2018). Psychology’s replication crisis as scientific opportunity: A précis for policymakers. ''Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5(1)'', 134-141. {{doi|10.1177/2372732217749254}}.</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.vanderbilt.edu/psychological_sciences/bio/joe-rodgers Faculty page] *{{Google Scholar id|_wB9UtQAAAAJ}}
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