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Why Nonparametric Statistics Should Be Part of Your Toolkit
According to Amanda ElBassiouny, nonparametric statistics provide practical and statistical advantages over parametric approaches for many variables in psychological science research. ... More>
Meta-Analysis Helps Psychologists Build Knowledge
When scientists want to know the answer to a question that’s been studied a great deal, they conduct something called a meta-analysis, pooling data from multiple studies to arrive at one combined answer. Some people think this creates a chilling effect, shutting off further inquiry. But the authors of a new paper published in Perspectives in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, write that meta-analysis actually helps scientific fields develop.... More>
Tal Yarkoni
University of Colorado at Boulder http://talyarkoni.org What does your research focus on? Most of my current research focuses on what you might call psychoinformatics: the application of information technology to ... More>
Véronique Izard
CNRS & Université Paris Descartes, France http://lpp.psycho.univ-paris5.fr/person.php?name=VeroniqueI What does your research focus on? In my research, I am trying to understand the foundations of mathematical thinking. How much of mathematical ... More>
Teaching Tips
Tips for Incorporating Writing Into An Introductory Statistics Course
Statistics educators know all too well that teaching statistics can be a challenge, even for the most experienced instructors. Students often bring with them anxieties and misperceptions that can lead to a tense and frustrating learning environment, compelling many students to delay taking a statistics course. What is a statistics instructor to do?... More>
