Statistical methodology

Find out about statistics education at Βι¶ΉΣ³»­.

Teaching cutting-edge topics

In our methods modules, students are taught statistics and psychological research methods within the framework of Open Science and reproducibility. We teach cutting-edge topics rarely taught elsewhere (e.g. robust methods, and Bayesian methods) and we’re one of only a handful of institutions in the UK that teach the open source statistics packages and .

Learning statistics

Our Psychological Methods teaching team, led by internationally known textbook author and educator Prof Andy Field, is at the cutting edge of research methods and statistics education.

  • Books

    Field, A. P. (2022). SAGE Publications.

    Field, A. P. (2017). SAGE Publications.

    Field, A. P. (2012). SAGE Publications.

  • Interactive Tutorials
    Milan Valášek’s

    Milan Valášek’s
  • Video Tutorials

    Andy Field’s

  • Talks

    Andy Field on

    Andy Field on

Learning Bayesian statistics

Our team also includes Prof Zoltan Dienes, an internationally known expert in Bayesian statistics. Learn more about how to conduct Bayesian analysis using the resources below.

  • Books

    Dienes, Z. (2008). Bloomsbury Publishing.

  • Papers

    Dienes, Z. (2021). How to use and report Bayesian hypothesis tests. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practise, 8(1), 9–26.

    Dienes, Z. (2021). Obtaining evidence for no effect. Collbra: Psychology, 7(1), Article 28202.

    Dienes, Z. (2019). How do I know what my theory predicts? Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 2(4), 364–377.

    Dienes, Z., & Mclatchie, N. (2018). Four reasons to prefer Bayesian analyses over significance testing. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25(1), 207–218.

    Dienes, Z. (2014). Using Bayes to get the most out of non-significant results. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1–17.

    Dienes, Z. (2011). Bayesian versus orthodox statistics: Which side are you on? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 6(3), 274–290.

  • Video Tutorials

    Zoltan Dienes'

    Zoltan Dienes'

  • Online Courses

    Lincoln Colling’s

  • Calculators
    Zoltan Dienes has released an online for performing Bayesian analyses. It is also possible to perform these calculations with Lincoln Colling’s Bayesplay R package and and in .

Learning R

As well as running undergraduate and postgraduate taught modules in statistics, our team run workshops for researchers on Open Science, and , and statistical practice. Our major goal for 2019-2022 was to train the entire research community within the School of Psychology to be proficient in R and RStudio. In 2017, we reviewed the postgraduate curriculum so that all methods teaching used R, and the undergraduate curriculum underwent a similar review in 2018 with the new curriculum first rolled out in 2019.

  • Interactive tutorials
    • Andy Field’s
    • Andy Field’s
    • Andy Field's
    • Andy Field's
    • Milan Valášek & Jennifer Mankin’s
    • Danielle Evans'
    • Milan Valášek & Jennifer Mankin’s