= Statistical Methods for Cognitive Psychologists =

=== Michaelmas 2006 ===

 * '''Level'''

  * This is a course planned with the needs in mind of a graduate student starting as a PhD student at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences and related institutions. It will in addition be open to others e.g. research assistants, junior scientists, visitors.
 
 * '''Style'''

  * The presentation will be as fairly formal lectures, each aiming 
   * to outline a particular class of methods
   * to give examples of it being applied to realistic situations
   * to indicate how to implement it using software available at CBU

 
 * '''Location'''

  * Lectures will take place in the West Wing Lecture Theatre on Thursdays from 11 am till 12 noon and are being given by [mailto:ian.nimmo-smith@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Ian Nimmo-Smith] and [mailto:peter.watson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Peter Watson] who will welcome any feedback.
 
''Links to '''updated''' PowerPoint and PDF files of the lecture notes are being added'' ''during the progress of the course''.

||'''Date'''||'''Lecturer'''||'''Topic'''||
||05-Oct-05||Ian Nimmo-Smith||The anatomy of statistical methods: models, hypotheses, significance and power||
||12-Oct-05||Peter Watson||Exploratory Data Analysis||
||19-Oct-05||Ian Nimmo-Smith||Categorical data analysis||
||26-Oct-05||Peter Watson||Simple and multiple linear regression||
||02-Nov-05||Peter Watson||ANOVA of balanced multi-factorial designs: between subject designs, and single subject studies||
||09-Nov-05||NO LECTURE||||
||16-Nov-05||Ian Nimmo-Smith||The General Linear Model and complex designs including Analysis of Covariance||
||23-Nov-05||Peter Watson ||Power analysis||
||30-Nov-05||Ian Nimmo-Smith||Repeated Measures and Mixed Model ANOVA||
||07-Dec-05||Peter Watson||Latent variable models: factor analysis and all that||
||14-Dec-05||Ian Nimmo-Smith||Post-hoc tests, multiple comparisons, contrasts and handling interactions||

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