Modeling Heterogeneity credit:

4 Hours

Conceptual, mathematical, and statistical framework to model heterogeneity of behavior. Students will learn to move beyond a psychology of averages and think of variability of behavior as a source of information for scientific inquiry rather than mere noise. This course provides a basic introduction to order-constrained inference methods. Student projects encourage applications to any area of the social and behavioral sciences or at their interface with other scientific disciplines. Students will learn to use open-source public-domain specialized software. Same as PS 534 . Prerequisite: PSYC 506 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.