Univariate Statistics & Methodology using R
2023/24

Course description

Univariate Statistics and Methodology in R (USMR) is a semester long crash-course aimed at providing Masters students in psychology with a competence in standard statistical methodologies and data analysis using R. Typically the analyses taught in this course are relevant for when there is just one source of variation - i.e. when we are interested in a single outcome measured across a set of independent observations.
The first half of the course covers the fundamentals of statistical inference using a simulation-based approach, and introduces students to working with R & RStudio. The latter half of the course focuses on the general linear model, emphasising the fact that many statistical methods are simply special cases of this approach. This course introduces students to statistical modelling and empowers them with tools to analyse richer data and answer a broader set of research questions.

Week	Slides	Workbook
Welcome Week	Course Intro	A short survey
Sem 1 Week 1	Introduction to R and Statistics	1A: A First Look at R & Rstudio 1B: More R - Basic Data Skills Week 1 Exercises
Sem 1 Week 2	Measurement & Distributions	2A: Measurement & Distributions 2B: Curves & Sampling Week 2 Exercises
Sem 1 Week 3	Testing Statistical Hypotheses	3A: Foundations of Inference 3B: Practical Inference Week 3 Exercises: T tests
Sem 1 Week 4	Nominal Data	4A: Chi-Square Tests 4B: Revisiting NHST Week 4 Exercises: Chi-Square Tests
Sem 1 Week 5	Correlation/Correlation++	5A: Covariance & Correlation 5B: Simple Linear Regression Week 5 Exercises: Cov/Cor/The Linear Model
Sem 1 Week 6	No Lecture	Week 6 WalkThrough: Advanced Data Wrangling
Sem 1 Week 7	The Linear Model Multiple Regression	7A: Multiple Linear Regression 7B: Assumptions, Diagnostics & Troubleshooting Week 7 Exercises: Multiple Regression
Sem 1 Week 8	Scaling and Contrasts	8A: Centering and Scaling 8B: Categorical Predictors Week 8 Exercises: Scaling and Categorical Predictors
Sem 1 Week 9	Interactions	9A: Interactions Week 9 Exercises: Interactions
Sem 1 Week 10	The Generalized Linear Model	10A: The Generalized Linear Model Week 10 Exercises: GLM
Sem 1 Week 11	Some Kind of End to the Course	Week 11 Exercises: Loose Ends

Univariate Statistics & Methodology using R2023/24

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Univariate Statistics & Methodology using R
2023/24