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Psychology
Description: The graduate course introduces the student to a set of principles in data and survey science that are relevant to psychological research. Designing, conducting, and analyzing data from multiple sources are increasingly utilized to analyze theoretically derived and applied psychological research questions leading to new insights into human behavior. This graduate course introduces data science methods, their utility and application to the psychological sciences. Students will learn key constructs and approaches from the areas of data and survey science including the methods used for curating, managing, and analyzing various forms of data. These concepts will be reinforced by review and discussion of empirical research that use these methods across psychological sub-disciplines. Course content also includes information about best practices in team data science including workflow, project management, and use open-source resources. Students will have opportunities to engage with some hands-on experiences with data curation and exploratory data visualizations in R. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Prerequisite: PSY 625
Psychology
Term : Winter 2025
Catalog Year : 2025-2026
PSY 627 - Applied Data Science And Survey Methods In The Psychological Sciences
Description: The graduate course introduces the student to a set of principles in data and survey science that are relevant to psychological research. Designing, conducting, and analyzing data from multiple sources are increasingly utilized to analyze theoretically derived and applied psychological research questions leading to new insights into human behavior. This graduate course introduces data science methods, their utility and application to the psychological sciences. Students will learn key constructs and approaches from the areas of data and survey science including the methods used for curating, managing, and analyzing various forms of data. These concepts will be reinforced by review and discussion of empirical research that use these methods across psychological sub-disciplines. Course content also includes information about best practices in team data science including workflow, project management, and use open-source resources. Students will have opportunities to engage with some hands-on experiences with data curation and exploratory data visualizations in R. Letter grade only.
Units: 3
No sections currently offered.
Prerequisite: PSY 625