Dr. Nicholas D. Myers
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies

Nicholas Myers joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 2005. His assignment is in the Research, Measurement and Evaluation program, which is housed in the Department of Educational and Psychological Studies. Courses that he typically instructs include: (1) Correlation and Regression, (2) Multivariate Data Analysis, and (3) Multilevel Modeling.

Myers completed a dual major doctoral degree from Michigan State University in 2005. The majors were Measurement and Quantitative Methods (located in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education) and Psychosocial Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity (located in the Department of Kinesiology). Within the Measurement and Quantitative Methods major, his emphasis was on measurement. Specifically, he focused on applications of Rasch measurement and multilevel modeling. Within Psychosocial Aspects of Sport and Physical Activity major, his emphasis was on sport psychology. Specifically, he focused on efficacy beliefs of athletes, teams and coaches.

Myers focuses his research on efficacy beliefs and performance in sport, and measurement and quantitative methods in education. In papers where he was lead author, he applied one or more of the following quantitative methods: hierarchical linear growth modeling, multilevel confirmatory factor analysis, multidimensional Rasch modeling and Rasch-based differential item functioning. Myers was awarded several fellowships and small grants to fund these projects. The basis of his research philosophy is to collaborate with hard-working people who have complimentary skills and the time to share them, in areas of common interest.

Myers' professional memberships include: (1) American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (Advisory Board member of the Measurement & Evaluation Council), (2) American Educational Research Association (Division D: Measurement and Research Methodology; Special Interest Group: Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Special Interest Group: Rasch Measurement) (3) American Psychological Association (Division 5: Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics, Division 47: Exercise and Sport Psychology), (4) National Council on Measurement in Education, and (5) North American Society for Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.