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PSYCH 251

Experimental Methods (SYMSYS 195E)

UNITS:4
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:—

Graduate laboratory class in experimental methods for psychology, with a focus on open science methods and best practices in behavioral research. Topics include experimental design, data collection, data management, data analysis, and the ethical conduct of research. The final project of the course is a replication experiment in which students collect new data following the procedures of a published paper. The course is designed for incoming graduate students in psychology, but is open to qualified students from other programs who have some working knowledge of the R statistical programming language. Requirement: Psych PSYCH 10/Stats PSYCH 60 or equivalent

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 12255
0 / 30 enrolled
DAYS:Monday, Wednesday, Friday
TIME:1:30 PM – 2:50 PM
LOCATION:380-380D
INSTRUCTOR:
Frank, Michael, Tan, Alvin, Dhingra, Monisha, Chen, Emily, Ergin, Irmak
4units

PSYCH 251: Experimental Methods (SYMSYS 195E)

4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit

Graduate laboratory class in experimental methods for psychology, with a focus on open science methods and best practices in behavioral research. Topics include experimental design, data collection, data management, data analysis, and the ethical conduct of research. The final project of the course is a replication experiment in which students collect new data following the procedures of a published paper. The course is designed for incoming graduate students in psychology, but is open to qualified students from other programs who have some working knowledge of the R statistical programming language. Requirement: Psych 10/Stats 60 or equivalent

Offered in Autumn 2026 at Stanford University.

Autumn 2026 sections

  • Seminar — Monday Wednesday Friday 1:30 PM – 2:50 PM — 380-380D — Frank, Michael, Tan, Alvin, Dhingra, Monisha, Chen, Emily, Ergin, Irmak (Graduate)

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