Kyle Nickodem

Kyle Nickodem serves as the Director of the Research Methodology Consulting Center at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, specializing in quantitative methods in education. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Methods in Education and a BA in Psychology.

• Degrees: PhD (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), BA (University of Notre Dame)

Research Interests span educational and psychological measurement, causal inferencing study design, and reproducible research tools. His work focuses on positive youth development through collaborations with school districts and educational organizations.

Contributions include developing R packages like DIFreport and kfa for methodological rigor. He provides consultations on multilevel modeling, propensity scores, and study design, emphasizing data reproducibility and statistical programming.

Current Projects involve analyzing social-emotional learning metrics, gender differences in violence perpetration, and measurement invariance across large-scale educational datasets.

Contact: nicko013@umn.edu