HD 6770 - [Quantitative Methods 3]

(crosslisted) PSYCH 6740

Spring. Next Offered: 2020-2021. 2 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: at least 2 courses in graduate statistics.

F. Thoemmes.

This course covers advanced, multivariate quantitative methods relevant for graduate students in Human Development and Psychology. Topics include non-parametric methods, factor analysis, propensity score matching, instrumental variable estimation, casual DAGs, regression-discontinuity analysis, and mediation analysis.

Outcome 1: Students will greatly increase their proficiency to write statistical code in R and SPSS.

Outcome 2: Students will be able to formulate casual assumptions and claims using modern casual inference theories.

Outcome 3: Students will confidentially write up results of complex statistical analyses.