Jason Rights

Dr. Jason Rights is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology within the Faculty of Arts at the University of British Columbia. His office is located in Kenny Room 2017 at 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, BC. He leads The Rights Lab, a quantitative methods research group dedicated to improving statistical practice in scientific research.

His educational background includes:

• B.S. in Psychology and Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2011)
• M.S. in Psychology (Quantitative Methods) from Vanderbilt University (2015)
• Ph.D. in Psychology (Quantitative Methods) from Vanderbilt University (2019)

Dr. Rights' research focuses on addressing methodological complexities in multilevel/hierarchical data contexts where observations are nested (e.g., patients within clinicians, students within schools). His work spans several interconnected programs including developing R-squared measures for multilevel models, addressing issues with level-specific effects, exploring connections between multilevel and mixture models, and advancing latent variable model selection techniques.

Analysis of his publication record reveals a consistent focus on methodological innovations in quantitative psychology, with particular emphasis on improving statistical techniques for hierarchical data structures. His work bridges theoretical statistical development with practical applications across psychology and related fields.

Dr. Rights actively develops open-source software in R to implement his methodological contributions, making advanced statistical techniques accessible to researchers. The Rights Lab serves as the hub for his ongoing research program in quantitative methods development.