{"id":25,"date":"2020-09-29T13:29:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lsd\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:06:55","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lsd\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1601497298239\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/11\/Dai-792x528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceshs.wsu.edu\/our-faculty\/wsu-profile\/s.dai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shenghai Dai, PhD<\/a><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"mailto:s.dai@wsu.edu\">s.dai@wsu.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2619\/2026\/04\/Dai-Shenghai_CV.pdf\">CV <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=kU1gZT0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shenghaidai\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-1601411180746\" class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div style=\"\" class=\"column one \">\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Large-Scale Data lab,<\/strong>\u00a0or the\u00a0<strong>LSD<\/strong> lab, is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lprc\/\">Learning and Performance Research Center (LPR<\/a>C) at WSU College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences. The lab was launched in May 2019 with the support from the LPRC, the 2019-2020 WSU College of Education High-Risk\/High-Reward grant, and the 2019-2021 WSU New Faculty Seed Grant. Currently, it is directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/ceshs.wsu.edu\/degrees\/educational-psychology-faculty\/wsu-profile\/s.dai\/\">Dr. Shenghai Dai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the LSD lab is to provide our faculty and students with a physical secured space required by confidential data licensing such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and other large-scale assessment and survey programs. Specifically, the lab has the capacity and personnel to support the storage and analysis for confidential large-scale data: (1) it is of high-security and currently holding restricted-use data licenses from the federal government; (2) it is equipped with standalone powerful computers and software that can handle big data, and (3) personnel have expertise in big-data analytics and quantitative methods, and also have experience collaborating with scholars across multiple areas.<\/p>\n<section class=\"row single gutter pad-top\">\n<div class=\"column two\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-254 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2619\/2025\/03\/Slide8-396x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2619\/2025\/03\/Slide8-396x169.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2619\/2025\/03\/Slide8.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/11\/Dai-792x528.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceshs.wsu.edu\/our-faculty\/wsu-profile\/s.dai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shenghai Dai, PhD<\/a><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"mailto:s.dai@wsu.edu\">s.dai@wsu.edu<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/2619\/2026\/04\/Dai-Shenghai_CV.pdf\">CV <\/a>| <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=kU1gZT0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shenghaidai\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Large-Scale Data lab,<\/strong>\u00a0or the\u00a0<strong>LSD<\/strong> lab, is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/lprc\/\">Learning and Performance Research Center (LPR<\/a>C) at WSU College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences. The lab was launched in May 2019 with the support from the LPRC, the 2019-2020 WSU College of Education High-Risk\/High-Reward grant, and the 2019-2021 WSU New Faculty Seed Grant. 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