= Statistical Methods for Cognitive Psychologists =
=== Michaelmas 2009 ===
 * '''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 '''CBU Lecture Theatre''' on '''Thursdays''' '''from 11 am till 12 noon''' and are being given by IanNimmoSmith and PeterWatson who will welcome any feedback.
''Links to '''updated''' Power``Point and PDF files of the lecture notes are being added'' ''during the progress of the course''. 

 * A synopsis of the lectures is [[Synopsis2008|here]].
 * Requested details of new features in SPSS version 18.0 (the latest version as of 2009) including increased use of the bootstrap technique are available [[attachment:updateV18.ppt|here.]]
 
 * Lecture notes from last year's course are available [[StatsCourse2009|here]].
||<tablewidth="797px" tableheight="424px">'''Date''' ||'''Lecturer''' ||'''Topic''' ||
||08-Oct-09'''''' ||Ian Nimmo-Smith ||[[attachment:2009-1-Anatomy-INS.ppt|The anatomy of statistical methods: models, hypotheses, significance and power]]||
||15-Oct-09 ||Peter Watson || [[attachment:2009-2-EDA-PW.zip|Exploratory Data Analysis]] ||
||22-Oct-09 ||Peter Watson || [[attachment:2009-3-REG-PW.zip|Simple and multiple linear regression]] ||
||29-Oct-09 ||Ian Nimmo-Smith ||[[attachment:2009-4-GLM-INS.ppt|The General Linear Model and complex designs including Analysis of Covariance]] ||
||05-Nov-09 ||Ian Nimmo-Smith || [[attachment:2009-5-Categorical.ppt|Categorical Data Analysis]] ||
||12-Nov-09 ||Peter Watson || [[attachment:2009-6-ANOVAbsubs.zip|ANOVA of balanced multi-factorial designs: between subject designs, and single subject studies]] ||
||19-Nov-09 ||Peter Watson || [[attachment:2009-7-POWER.zip|Power analysis]] ||
||26-Nov-09 ||Ian Nimmo-Smith || [[attachment:2009-8-Repeated.ppt|Repeated Measures and Mixed Model ANOVA]] ||
||03-Dec-09 ||Peter Watson || [[attachment:2009-9-Factors.zip|Latent variable models: factor analysis and all that]] ||
||10-Dec-09 ||Ian Nimmo-Smith ||[[attachment:2009-10-Post-hocs.ppt|Post-hoc tests, multiple comparisons, contrasts and handling interactions]] ||