About me: Dr Jens Roeser

  • senior lecturer in psycholinguistics @ psychology department (Nottingham Trent University)
  • theory: language production / comprehension / acquisition (e.g. Roeser, Torrance, and Baguley 2019; Garcia, Roeser, and Kidd 2023)
  • methods: Bayesian modelling (Roeser et al. 2021); keystroke logging; eye tracking
  • teaching: data science and statistics (psyntur, Andrews and Roeser 2021); cognitive psychology and language acquisition (Roeser and Wood 2019)
  • profile: ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/social-sciences/dr-jens-roeser

What’s your experience with statistics? (5 mins)

  • Say hi to everyone on your table.
  • What do you think statistics is?
  • What do you already know about statistics?
  • How are you feeling about learning statistics?

How will you learn statistics this year?

  • HyFlex: flexibility around the mode of how you complete your module.
  • Core knowledge building (online via learning room)
    • Pre-recorded lectures with theory focus
    • Self-paced formative assessments and knowledge checks
  • Core practical experience (online and / or in person)
    • Focus on data analysis using RStudio
    • Practical elements can be done in-person or online
  • But we strongly suggest you attend the in-person workshops.
  • Complete the Core knowledge building unit before the Core practical experience.

How will you learn statistics this year?

  • Check out Stats 1 learning room: PSYC10041: Stats 1 202425 Full Year
  • Find Week 1 – Choose your mode of study
  • Each week, you will need to select on the appropriate week’s “choose mode of study” and indicate whether you will be engaging with the Core Practical Experience in-person, or online.
  • Once you do this, the content for that week will open for you to view.

How does attendance work with HyFlex?

You must scan a QR register code each week to log your attendance.

  • If you are doing the Core Practical Experience in-person, you will need to scan the QR register code in the workshop session.
  • If you have selected to do the Core Practical Experience online, you will need to scan the QR register code that you are presented with in the NOW Learning Room.

HyFlex induction

Friday 20th September 12-1pm, online (via Teams)

How does statistics fit into your course?

Assessment

  • Single online exam
  • Results represent 100% of your grade for the module
  • Questions will assess your understanding of statistical theory and data analysis which includes both Core Knowledge Building and Core Practical Experience

What support is available?

Why should we care about learning statistics?

What do you think? Discuss on your tables!

Why should we care about learning statistics?

  • Data Analysis: you need statistics in RM and for your final year project
  • Research Skills: essential for designing experiments, surveys, and observational studies, as well as for interpreting and reporting the results
  • Interdisciplinary Applications (other domains than psychology)
  • Preparation for advanced studies (MSc, PhD)
  • Career Opportunities: wide range of career opportunities beyond clinical practice, such as data analysis, research, and consulting roles
  • Critical Thinking: appropriate interpretation data
  • Scientific Literacy: critically evaluate research published in academic journals and popular media
  • Communication Skills: communicate findings effectively to both academic and non-academic audiences

Finally, on your phones or computers…

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Jens’s two cents

  • Struggling means you’re learning; it’s okay to struggle (no pain, no gain).
  • If you’re not struggling, please talk to me for more challenging contents!
  • Engage with the stats contents on a weekly basis!
  • Complete the Core Knowledge element before the workshop.
  • Don’t skip weeks and definitely don’t squeeze everything into the last weeks before the exam!
  • If you don’t understand something, please ask; don’t wait!

Reading recommendations

  • Andrews (2021) Doing Data Science in R: An Introduction for Social Scientists
  • Field, Miles, and Field (2017) Discovering statistics using R
  • Faraway (2015) Linear models with R

References

Andrews, Mark. 2021. Doing data science in R: An Introduction for Social Scientists. London, UK: SAGE Publications Ltd.

Andrews, Mark, and Jens Roeser. 2021. Psyntur: Helper Tools for Teaching Statistical Data Analysis. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=psyntur.

Faraway, Julian J. 2015. Linear Models with R. Vol. 2. CRC press.

Field, Andy, Jeremy Miles, and Zoe Field. 2017. Discovering Statistics Using R. W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library.

Garcia, Rowena, Jens Roeser, and Evan Kidd. 2023. “Finding Your Voice: Voice-Specific Effects in Tagalog Reveal the Limits of Word Order Priming.” Cognition 236: 105424.

Roeser, Jens, Sven De Maeyer, Mariëlle Leijten, and Luuk Van Waes. 2021. “Modelling Typing Disfluencies as Finite Mixture Process.” Reading and Writing, 1–26.

Roeser, Jens, Mark Torrance, and Thom Baguley. 2019. “Advance Planning in Written and Spoken Sentence Production.” Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 45 (11): 1983–2009.

Roeser, Jens, and Clare Wood. 2019. “Language and Literacy.” In Essential Psychology, edited by P. Banyard, C. Norman, G. Dillon, and B. Winder, 3:197–226. London: Sage.