David Weissman

Graduate Student
Entry Year: 2018-2019
Faculty Mentor(s): Andrew Elliot

447 Meliora Hall
Fax: (585) 273-1100
david.weissman@rochester.edu

Research Overview

I am interested in examining the inferences that people make about others’ goals and motivations within educational and social environments. My work focuses on competition, achievement motivation, income inequality, and research methodology. I am especially passionate about teaching statistical methods, including R, Bayesian data analysis, and simulation-based research design. 

Selected Publications

• Sommet, N., Weissman, D. L., Cheutin, N., & Elliot, A. J. (2023). How many participants do I need to test an interaction? Conducting an appropriate power analysis and achieving sufficient power to detect an interaction. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, In press. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/xhe3u
• Sommet, N., Weissman, D. L., & Elliot, A. J. (2023). Income inequality predicts competitiveness and cooperativeness at school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 115(1), 173–191. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000731
• Weissman, D. L., & Elliot, A. J. (2023). Achievement goal perception: An interpersonal approach to achievement goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(3), 607–628. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000462
• Weissman, D. L., Elliot, A. J., & Sommet, N. (2022). Dispositional predictors of perceived academic competitiveness: Evidence from multiple countries. Personality and Individual Differences, 198, 111801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111801

Teaching

• Course Instructor: Statistical Computing with R (Graduate Course; Spring 2023)
• Graduate Lab Instructor: Data Analysis I (Graduate Course; Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
• Teaching Assistant: Social Psychology and Individual Differences (Undergraduate Course; Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
• Teaching Assistant: Research Methods (Undergraduate Course; Fall 2020)

Honors

• Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fellowship
• Alfred Baldwin Award for Excellence in Research
• Helen and Vincent Nowlis Award for Excellence in Teaching
• Herbert Fink Graduate Research Award
• Herbert L. Zimmer Undergraduate Research Award
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Psi Chi Honor Society