Jeffrey M. Miller

Office: / Home:
University of Florida / 2201 SE 41st Ave.
Department of Educational Psychology / Gainesville, FL 32641-9278
P.O. Box 117047 / (352) 359-8096
Gainesville, FL 32611-7047
(352) 359-8096
Fax: (352) 392-5929
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Education

2004.Master of Arts in Education: Educational Psychology: Research and Evaluation Methodology, University of Florida. Chair: M. David Miller; Co-Chair: Randall Penfield. Thesis: “Susceptibility to Item Order Effects as a Function of Perceived Control Over Item Content”

2001. Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

Major: Psychology (Quantitative Emphasis)

Minor: Applied Music Research (Psychomusicology / Therapy)

Minor: Music

Publications

2005.Miller, M. D., & Miller, J. M. (in press). The College Student Experiences

Questionnaire (CSEQ), Fourth Edition. In C. Impara and B. S. Plake

(Eds.), The Sixteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE:

The Buros Institute.

2005.Miller, J. M., & Penfield, R. D. (in press). Using the Score method to construct an asymmetric confidence interval for the mean of expert ratings. Behavior Research, Methods, Instruments, and Computers.

2004.Miller, J. M., & Zmach, C. (in progress). A conjoint analysis measuring student-teacher preferences and importances of teacher attributes.

2004. Miller, J. M., & Miller, M. D. (in progress). Survey item order effects depend on respondent perceived control over content.

2004.Penfield, R., & Miller, J. M. (2004). Improving content validation studies using an asymmetric confidence interval for the mean of expert ratings. Applied Measurement in Education, 17, 359-370.

2003.Miller, J. M., & Peden, B. F. (2003). Complexity and degree of tempo

modulation as factors in productivity. Psi Chi: The Journal of

Undergraduate Research in Psychology, 8, 21-27.

2002.Miller, J. M. (2002). Effects of tempo on typing test measurements of

speed and accuracy. Astra: The UW – Eau Claire McNair Scholars

Journal, 1, 68-77.

2001.Peden, B. F., & Miller, J. M. (2001, May). Tips on giving presentations:

What every student needs to know. In P. Wann (Moderator), “OK, I’ve

completed my research, now what do I do?” Psi Chi Symposium

conducted at the meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association,

Chicago, IL.

Service

2004 – 2005. Florida Educational Research Association, Graduate Student Coordinator.

Employment

2004.Data Analyst, University of Florida College of Education, Supervisor –

John Kranzler

2003.Test Database Coordinator, P. K. Yonge Developmental Research School,

University of Florida, Supervisor – Fran Vandiver

2003. Assistant Evaluator, Math and Science Professional Development

(MSPD), Graduate Assistant, University of Florida, Supervisor –

M. David Miller

2002 -Dissertation Consultation and Statistical Analysis, Private Practice.

Grants and Awards

2004.Nominated for Best Proposal - Zmach, C. & Miller, J. M. (2004, November). Summer reading habits: A logistic regression of school-wide survey responses. Florida Educational Research Association. Tampa, FL.

2004.University of Florida College of Education. J. W. Martin and Martin

Phillips Scholarship.

2004.University of Florida Graduate School / Department of Educational
Psychology Travel Grant for National Conference on Measurement in
Education conference in San Diego, CA.

Project Assistance Experience

Fall, 2004

  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Administration (ANCOVA)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Teaching and Learning (Logistic Regression)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Communication Disorders (ANCOVA)
  • Dissertation Consulting: School Psychology (ANCOVA)
  • Research Consulting: Mass Communications (PCA, SEM, EFA, CFA)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Teaching and Learning (Canonical Correlation)

Summer, 2004

  • UF College of Education Data Analysis
  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Administration (ANCOVA)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Teaching and Learning (Multivariate)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Technology (Principal Components Analysis)

Spring, 2004

  • Dissertation Consulting: Marriage & Family Therapy
  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Administration
  • Tutoring (ANOVA)
  • P. K. Yonge Experimental School: Data Mangement & Analysis
  • Research Consulting: Communication Disorders (Regression & SPANOVA)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Technology (Item Analysis)

Fall, 2003

  • Dissertation Consulting: Marriage & Family Therapy (Survey Design/ANOVA)
  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Administration (Design)
  • Project Consulting: Educational Leadership (ANOVA)
  • Tutoring (Regression)
  • P.K.Yonge Experimental School: Data Management & Analysis

Summer, 2003

  • Dissertation Consulting: Marriage & Family Therapy (Content Validity)
  • Regression Tutoring

Spring, 2003

  • Dissertation Consulting: Educational Technology (Survey Design)

Presentations
2005.Miller, J. M., Miller, M. D., & Penfield, R. D. (2005, April). The

interaction of item order effects and perceived control over the survey topic. American Educational Research Association: Survey Research in Education SIG. Montreal, Canada.

  1. Miller, J. M. (2004, November). Improving the validity of surveys in educational research: Item order effects depend on respondent control over the content. Florida Educational Research Association. Tampa, FL.
  1. Zmach, C. & Miller, J. M. (2004, November). Summer reading habits: A logistic regression of school-wide survey responses. Florida Educational Research Association. Tampa, FL.

2004.Miller, J. M., & Penfield, R. D. (2004, April). Improving content

validity: A confidence interval for small sample expert agreement.

National Council on Measurement in Education. San Diego, CA.

2003.Miller, J. M., & Penfield, R. D. (2003, November). Development of a confidence interval for small sample expert review of item content validation. Florida Educational Research Association. Orlando, FL.

2003.Miller, J. M. (2003, November). District level correlates of annual

yearly progress. In symposium - Accountability and FCAT: What do we know? Florida Educational Research Association. Orlando, FL.

Quantitative Training

Multilevel Modeling (HLM)

Multivariate Statistics (PCA, Discriminant, MANOVA, MDS, Cluster)

Conjoint Analysis

Structural Equation Modeling (Path Analysis, PCA, EFA, CFA)

Survey Design and Analysis

Analysis of Variance

Multiple Regression

Qualitative Methods

Program Evaluation

Meta-Analysis

Software Proficiency

SPSS, SAS, Mplus, HLM, LISREL, Microsoft Office, Form Artist (Web Surveys)

Affiliations

American Educational Research Association

National Council on Measurement in Education

Association for Institutional Research

American Evaluation Association

Florida Educational Research Association

Golden Key National Honor Society