Tasha Beretvas is a professor in the Quantitative Methods program in the Department of Educational Psychology. She joined UT's faculty in 2000. Beretvas has served as the Quantitative Methods program chair and the College of Education's Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. She is currently the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. She is also a member of the board of directors for the college's Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk and a faculty associate of UT's Population Research Center. Beretvas has served on UT's Faculty Council and as co-chair of the Employment Issues sub-committee of UT's Gender Equity Council.
Beretvas teaches undergraduate and graduate statistics courses in the College of Education and has been a recipient of several teaching awards. Beretvas received her bachelor's degree in mathematics and psychology from Duke University. She then worked at IBM before attending the University of Washington in Seattle where she earned a Masters and a doctoral degree in 2000 from the Educational Psychology department specializing in measurement, statistics and research design.
Ph.D. in Measurement, Statistics & Research Design, University of Washington, 2000
M.S.Ed. in Measurement, Statistics & Research Design, University of Washington, 1997
B.S. in Mathematics/ Psychology, Duke University, 1989
Interested in statistical models with a focus on deriving and evaluating multilevel model extensions and meta-analysis models for educational, behavioral, social and medical science data.
Harring, J.R., Stapleton, L.M. & Beretvas, S.N. (2015). Advances in multilevel modeling for educational research: Addressing practical issues found in real-world applications. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Beretvas, S. & Murphy, D. (2013). An evaluation of information criteria use for correct cross-classified random effects model selection.. Journal of Experimental Education, 81(4), 429–463.
Li, X. & Beretvas, S. (2013). Sample size limits for estimating upper-level mediation models using multilevel SEM.. Structural Equation Modeling, 20, 241–264.
Li, X. & Beretvas, S.N. (2013). Sample size limits for estimating upper-level mediation models using multilevel SEM. Structural Equation Modeling, 20, 241–264.
Beretvas, S.N. (2010). Cross-classified and multiple membership models. The Handbook of Advanced Multilevel Analysis (pp. 313–334). New York, NY: Routledge.
Beretvas, S.N. (2010). Meta-analysis. Quantitative Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Guide for Researchers and Reviewers (pp. 255–263). New York, NY: Routledge.
Institute of Education Sciences (Co-P.I.)
Multilevel modeling of single-subject experimental data: Handling data and design complexities.
Institute of Education Sciences (Co-P.I.)
A research synthesis of the relationships between interest-based motivation and educational outcomes.
University of Washingtons College of Education 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Washington (2017 - 2017)
Graduate Teaching Award, University Co-Op (2016)
John L. and Elizabeth G. Hill Centennial Professorship, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education (2014)
Dean's Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education (2014)
M.K. Hage Centennial Professorship, University of Texas at Austin (2012 - 2014)
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, University Texas Regents (2009)
Courses by year and semester| Year | Semester | Course |
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| 2023 | Fall | EDP 480C: 4-Correlation/Regression Mthds |
| 2022 | Fall | EDP 381C: 12-Meta-Analysis |
| 2020 | Fall | EDP 381C: 12-Meta-Analysis |
| 2020 | Fall | EDP 381C: 12-Meta-Analysis-Wb |
| 2019 | Fall | EDP 480C: 4-Correlation/Regression Mthds |
| 2019 | Spring | EDP 380C: 2-Fundamental Statistics |
| 2018 | Fall | EDP 381C: 12-Meta-Analysis |
| 2018 | Spring | EDP 480C: 4-Correlation/Regression Mthds |
| 2017 | Fall | EDP 380C: 2-Fundamental Statistics |
| 2017 | Spring | EDP 380C: 4-Correlation/Regression Mthds |
| 2017 | Spring | EDP 381C: 12-Meta-Analysis |
| 2016 | Fall | EDP 381D: Advanced Statistical Modeling |
| 2016 | Spring | EDP 381C: 12-Meta-Analysis |
| 2014 | Fall | EDP 380E: 1-Fundamental Statistics |
