Matthew Fritz

Associate Professor of Practice, Quantitative, Qualitative, & Psychometric Methods

Department of Educational Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Address: TEAC 31
Lincoln NE 68588-0345
Phone: 402-472-2223 On-campus 2-2223
Email: matt.fritz@unl.edu

Dr. Matt Fritz is currently accepting students for the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

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Philosophy Statement:

The role of a quantitative psychologist is to improve and advance the statistical models and quantitative research methods used by social and behavioral scientists, while never losing sight of the substantive topics that drive the need for these methods. My interest in how one achieves long-term change in attitudes, intentions, and behaviors, particularly the intermediate links in this causal chain, along with my extensive training in applied statistics, measurement, and experimental design, are the reasons my research focuses on longitudinal mediation models primarily applied to prevention interventions. I am also a strong believer in the need for all psychologists to be educated in a variety of quantitative methods in order to improve the quality of research in the social and behavioral sciences.

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Courses Taught

EDPS 859 – Statistical Methods
EDPS 941 – Experimental Methods
EDPS 972 – Multivariate Analysis

Areas of Expertise:

    Mediation analysis
    Causal inference
    Methods for longitudinal data (growth models – HLM and SEM, autoregressive, latent change score, ILD)
    Computer intensive methods (e.g., bootstrapping)
    Nonlinear models
    Analysis of prevention interventions

Education

Ph.D., Quantitative Psychology, Arizona State University, 2007
M.A., Quantitative Psychology, Arizona State University, 2005
B.S., Psychology, Oregon State University, 2002

Honors and Recognition

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2003)
Psi Chi National Honor Society for Psychology (inducted 2002)

Experience

2013 – present Associate Professor of Practice, Dept. of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2008 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Virginia Tech University

Memberships

American Psychological Association – Division 5: Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics
American Statistical Association
Nebraska Academy for Methodology, Analytics, and Psychometrics – Core Faculty
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools – Affiliated Faculty
Prevention Science Methodology Group
Psychometric Society
Society for Prevention Research
University of Nebraska – Lincoln LBGTQA Safe Space Ally