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Please note: Due to several changes of faculty personnel in the program in the past few years, and due also to a University initiative to renumber all courses, the following list of courses is undergoing considerable revision. Many of the courses listed below will remain intact, but will have new numbers. Some courses in this list will be dropped, and some new courses will be added. Undergraduate Courses in Quantitative Psychology 130 Design and Interpretation of Psychological Research (3). Prerequisite, Psychology 30. Emphasis on methodological principles underlying the experimental and correlational research. Interaction of theory and practice in the design and interpretation of psychological studies. Spring. Panter. 135 Behavioral Decision Theory (3). Prerequisite, Psychology 10 or permission of the instructor Simple mathematical and psychological models of judgment and choice, and related experiments, are treated, as are applications to real-world problems in medical, environmental, policy, business, and related domains. As announced. 148 Tests and Measurement (3). Prerequisites, Psychology 10 and 30. Basic psychometric theory underlying test construction and utilization. Detailed study of issues and instruments used in assessing intellective functioning, educational progress, personality, and personnel selection. As announced. Staff. Graduate Advanced Courses in Quantitative Psychology 208 A, B, C, D, E, F Proseminar in Quantitative Psychology (1). Prerequisites: None. An introduction to: (A) Data Analysis and Visualization; (B) Research Synthesis (Meta-Analysis); (C) Analysis of covariance structures; (D) Practicum in Quantitative Psychology Research; (E) Computer Simulation Methods; (F) Test theory. As announced. 230 Multidimensional Scaling (3). Prerequisite: Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. Survey, with application to dissimilarity data, of the algebraic, geometric and computational bases of multidimensional scaling methods, with emphasis on individual differences models and nonlinear transformation. As Announced. 231 Structural Equation Models with Latent Variables (3). Prerequisite, Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. Examination of a wide range of topics in covariance structure models, including their history, underlying theory, controversies, and practical use with major computer packages. Alternate years. Panter, MacCallum. 232 Test theory and Analysis (3). Prerequisite, Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. Survey of classical test theory and more recent developments in item analysis and test construction. Alternate years. Thissen. 234 Mathematical Psychology (3). Permission of instructor required. Development and applications of mathematical models in theoretical and experimental psychology. Topics selected from learning, memory, perception, thinking, attention, decision making. As announced. 236 Factor Analysis (3) Prerequisite, Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. Advanced topics in factor analytic models, multivariate correlational models, and analysis of covariance structures as applied in behavioral research. As Announced. Panter, MacCallum. 237 Analysis of Frequency Tables in Behavioral Sciences (3). Prerequisite: Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. An introduction to analysis of frequency data, including measures of association, and the use of log-linear models and logit models in the behavioral sciences. As announced. 280 Quantitative Psychology Forum (1) Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Quantitative Psychology, or permission of instructor. Research presentations by faculty and graduate students in Quantitative Psychology, and discussion and training in professional development issues and topics. Fall, Spring. Staff. 281 Statistical Methods in Psychology I (4). Prerequisite, a course in introductory statistics. Data analysis, sampling, applied probability, elementary distribution theory, principles of statistical inference. Fall. Thissen. 282 Statistical Methods in Psychology II (4). Prerequisite, Psychology 281. Statistical estimation and hypothesis testing for linear models (ANOVA, ANCOVA, regression analysis); statistical models in the design and analysis of experiments. Spring. Panter, MacCallum, Curran. 283 Introduction to Multivariate Techniques for the Behavioral Sciences (3). Prerequisite: Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. An introduction to linear regression and multivariate statistical techniques employed in the behavioral sciences with particular emphasis on analytic techniques and interpretation of results. Alternate Years. Curran. 284 Quantitative Research Synthesis (Meta-Analysis) (3). Prerequisite, Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. Survey including history; problem formulation; statistical concerns; describing and combining studies; combining p-values; testing for heterogeneity; accounting for moderator variables; fixed, mixed, and random effects models; publication bias; etc. Alternate Years. 285 Computational Statistics (3). Prequisite: Psychology 282 or permission of instructor. Current computational environments for data analysis and visualization are taught and used as a basis for understanding current (and creating new) methods of computational statistics and dynamic statistical graphics. As announced. 330 Seminar in Quantitative Psychology (1, 2, or 3). Prerequisite, Psychology 282 or permission of the instructor. Time to be arranged. Staff. |
