Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Methods Meetings

How to make a personal website in 30 minutes

As academics, most of us would be more than happy to let our work speak for itself. But, in today’s job market, we need to sell ourselves more than ever....

Qualitative Data Methodology, Coding, and Statistical Analyses

Psychological constructs can be approached through many levels of analyses. For instance, common in the field is to assess broad aggregations of behavior (e.g., self-report questionnaires). However, there has been...

Using Qualtrics Web Service to Implement Complex Study Designs

Have you ever needed to make a Qualtrics survey that had several randomized variables, variables that depended on each other, or a complicated display order? And then when you tried...

Intro to Reference Managers

Ok, so you’re a student who’s trying to sort through the pile of research papers in preparation for starting a new project, writing your MAP, or adding on to your...

Ordered Beta Regression for Slider Data

In psychology, we often find ourselves running experiments or surveys in which participants are asked to respond on a numerical scale. For example, we’re probably all familiar with pain scales...

MATLAB basics and regression