HD 5750 - Quantitative Methods I

(crosslisted) PSYCH 5750

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Recommended prerequisite: college level introductory statistics.

F. Thoemmes.

This course is a rigorous introduction to graduate statistics for social sciences. We will briefly review descriptive statistics and probability theory. We will discuss fundamental inferential frameworks at length, with a focus on Frequentist and Bayesian statistics. The remainder of the semester will be focused on the analysis of randomized studies.

Outcome 1: You will gain proficiency in coding in R to achieve a variety of data-analytic tasks.

Outcome 2: You will be able understand different designs for randomized studies, including factorial designs.

Outcome 3: You will be able to apply appropriate inferential statistics, ranging from p-values, Bayes Factors, confidence intervals, and credible intervals.