Jeffrey S. Tanaka Explained

Jeffrey Scott Tanaka
Birth Date:	1958
Birth Place:	Los Angeles, California, United States
Death Place:	Bondville, Illinois, United States
Occupation:	Professor of educational psychology
Discipline:	Psychologist
Alma Mater:	University of California, Los Angeles (A.B., M.A., PhD)
Main Interests:	Psychometrics, multivariate statistics, social psychology, cognition, information processing
Workplaces:	New York University University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Jeffrey Scott Tanaka^[1] (1958 November 3, 1992) was an American psychologist and statistician, known for his work in educational psychology, social psychology and various fields of statistics including structural equation modeling.

Biography

Tanaka was born in Los Angeles in 1958^[2] to parents Margaret and Shoji Tanaka.^[3] In 1979, Tanaka received an A.B. (cum laude) in quantitative psychology at UCLA, followed by an M.A. in psychology in 1980 and a PhD in psychometrics in 1984.^[4]

His professional academic career began at New York University (NYU), where he was assistant professor of psychology from 1983. In 1990, he joined the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign as associate professor while continuing his career at NYU as visiting research associate professor.^[4]

Tanaka applied himself in a wide range of fields. As a psychologist, he worked in social psychology, educational psychology^[5] and cognition. In statistics, his research interests included structural equation modeling,^[6] factor analysis and categorical data analysis.^[4]

On November 3, 1992, Tanaka died in an automobile accident near Bondville, Illinois^[3] at the age of 34.^{[2] [5]}

Legacy

Due to his work with the American Psychological Association (APA) in raising awareness for ethnic minority issues in academia (Tanaka was an ethnic minority himself), the APA named their Jeffrey S. Tanaka Dissertation Award in his memory.^{[4] [7]}

In 1993, the Journal of Personality started to run a series of papers titled The Jeffrey S. Tanaka Occasional Papers in Quantitative Methods for Personality in Tanaka's memory. As of 2011, papers were still being written for the series.^[8]

In 1994, the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology introduced the Tanaka Award for Best Article in Multivariate Behavioral Research, given annually to the authors of the most outstanding paper in the Multivariate Behavioral Research journal.^[9]

Publications

Selected academic works

The works below are listed by number of times cited (descending), according to data from Google Scholar (correct as of January 2017).

• Tanaka . J. S. . Multifaceted conceptions of fit in structural equation models . SAGE Focus Editions . 1993 . 154 . 1039 .
• Tanaka . J. S. . "How big is big enough?": sample size and goodness of fit in structural equation models with latent variables . . Feb 1987 . 58 . 1 . 134146 . 10.2307/1130296. 1130296 .
• Malamuth . N. M. . Sockloskie . R. J. . Koss . M. P. . Mary P. Koss . Tanaka . J. S. . Characteristics of aggressors against women: Testing a model using a national sample of college students . . Oct 1991 . 59 . 5 . 670681 . 10.1037/0022-006X.59.5.670 . 1955602.
• Tanaka . J. S. . Huba . G. J. . A fit index for covariance structure models under arbitrary GLS estimation . . Nov 1985 . 38 . 2 . 197201 . 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1985.tb00834.x.
• Tanaka . J. S. . Huba . G. J. . Confirmatory hierarchical factor analyses of psychological distress measures . . Mar 1984 . 46 . 3 . 621635 . 10.1037/0022-3514.46.3.621.
• Tanaka . J. S. . Huba . G. J. . A general coefficient of determination for covariance structure models under arbitrary GLS estimation . British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology . Nov 1989 . 42 . 2 . 233239 . 10.1111/j.2044-8317.1989.tb00912.x.
• la Du . T. J. . Tanaka . J. S. . Influence of sample size, estimation method, and model specification on goodness-of-fit assessments in structural equation models . . Aug 1989 . 74 . 4 . 625635 . 10.1037/0021-9010.74.4.625.
• Lebovits . A. H. . Strain . J. J. . Schleifer . S. J. . Tanaka . J. S. . Bhardwaj . S. . Messe . M. R. . Patient noncompliance with self-administered chemotherapy . . 1990 . 65 . 1 . 1722 . 10.1002/1097-0142(19900101)65:1<17::AID-CNCR2820650106>3.0.CO;2-I. 2293862 . 2828861 .

Notes and References

1. Mark I. . Appelbaum . Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting of the Psychometric Society . . Dec 1980 . 45 . 4 . 507509 . January 14, 2017 . January 14, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170114035225/https://www.psychometricsociety.org/sites/default/files/BusMeet1980.pdf . dead .
2. Robert . Cudeck . Bill . Chaplin . Lisa . Harlow . Terence J. . La Du . A. T. . Panter . Tim . Strauman . Jeffrey S. Tanaka 1958-1992 . . 1993 . 28 . 2 . 161170 . 10.1207/s15327906mbr2802_1 .
3. News: Jeffrey S. Tanaka, 34, Psychology Professor . . November 12, 1992 .
4. Lisa L. . Harlow . In memoriam: Jeffrey S. Tanaka . . 1 . 1 . 1994 . 24 . 10.1080/10705519409539959.
5. News: Jeffrey S. Tanaka; Educational Psychologist, Writer . . November 14, 1992 .
6. Tanaka . J. S. . "How big is big enough?": sample size and goodness of fit in structural equation models with latent variables . . Feb 1987 . 58 . 1 . 134146 . 10.2307/1130296. 1130296 .
7. Web site: Jeffrey S. Tanaka Memorial Dissertation Award in Psychology . . January 14, 2017.
8. . Announcement: The Jeffrey S. Tanaka Occasional Papers in Quantitative Methods for Personality . January 11, 2011 . Howard . Tennen . 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00681_1.x . 79 . 1 . 1. 145189550 .
9. Web site: Tanaka Award for Best Article in Multivariate Behavioral Research. . September 29, 2018 .