This is the website for the course PSYCH101-D, Data Science for Research Psychology, taught at UC Berkeley in Fall 2019.
Course Description
Experimental and data science abound with models. Models of data can be used to simulate, as in models of the climate, to explain simply, as in paper airplanes, and to predict, as in prototype models; all of these are forms of inferential thinking. In this course, we will learn to use Python to describe, create, manipulate, and interrogate models of data. With these new skills, we will simulate, explain, and predict phenomena and data, drawing examples from research psychology. As one application of these tools, we will develop classical statistical approaches, like null hypothesis significance testing and linear regression.
Course Materials
| Category | Date | Links | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| lec | 08/28 |   |
Lec 00 - Welcome |
| lab | 08/30 | |
Lab 00 - Getting to Know Jupyter and OK |
| lec | 09/04 | |
Lec 01 - Python and Pandas and Plots |
| lab | 09/06 | |
Lab 01 - Visualize Munge Repeat |
| hw | 09/09 | |
Homework 01 - Python Drills |
| lec | 09/09 | |
Lec 02 - Probability and Statistics |
| lab | 09/13 | |
Lab 02 - Bootstrap Estimation for Personality Data |
| hw | 09/16 | |
Homework 02 - Descriptive Statistics and Bootstrapping |
| lec | 09/16 | |
Lec 03 - Models and Random Variables |
| hw | 09/20 | |
Homework 03 - Models IRL |
| lab | 09/20 | |
Lab 03 - Models & Monsters |
| lec | 09/23 | |
Lec 04 - Parameters and Priors and Posteriors |
| lab | 09/27 | |
Lab 04 - Comparing Bootstrap and Model-Based Sampling |
| lec | 09/30 | |
Lec 05 - Null Models |
| lab | 10/04 | |
Lab 05 - Modeling Null Hypothesis Significance Testing |
| lec | 10/07 | |
Lec 06 - Bayesian Inference |
| lab | 10/11 | |
Lab 06 - Bayesian Inference for Differences of Means |
| hw | 10/14 | |
Homework 04 - Parameterized Models and t-Tests |
| lec | 10/21 | |
Lec 07 - Categorical Effects Models |
| lab | 10/25 | |
Lab 07 - Modeling Categorical Effects |
| lec | 10/30 | |
Review of Modeling Concepts |
| lec | 11/06 | |
Lec 08 - Multiway Modeling |
| lab | 11/18 | |
Lab 08 - Multiway Modeling |
| lec | 11/18 | |
Lec 09 - Regression |
| proj | 11/18 | |
Project Proposal |
| lab | 11/25 | |
Lab 09 - Bayesian Linear Regression |
| lec | 11/25 | |
Lec 10 - Formulas and Linear Models |
| lec | 12/02 | |
Lec 11 - Over-Fitting and Cross-Validation |
| hw | 12/04 | |
Homework 05 - Linear Models |
| lec | 12/04 | |
Lec 12 - Under the Hood of pyMC |
How to Use the Materials
The table above has links to all of the materials for the course. Either one will drop you into a cloud-computing environment in your browser, where you can review lectures, complete homeworks and labs, and get scores on autograded sections.
Berkeley Users
The links which look like
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are for use by Berkeley-affiliated folks.
After logging in with your CalNet ID,
you’ll be dropped into datahub.berkeley.edu,
where a copy of the course materials, plus any file you add,
will be maintained for your own use.
If you’ve never used this service, check out this video.
Non-Berkeley Users
The links which look like
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are for use by non-Berkeley-affiliated folks,
i.e. anyone without a CalNet ID.
After clicking on these, you’ll need to wait through a short (<2 min) build period.
If you encounter an error during this build, click the link a second time.
If the build still fails, contact the course staff.
Once the build succeeds, you’ll be dropped into a temporary cloud environment, where you can look through and edit the materials, but any changes you make will not be saved. You can still complete homeworks and labs and get scores on autograded sections. If you stop interacting with the material (viewing pages, clicking, typing) for an extended period (~20 minutes), your environment will be deleted. If you need to step away while working, you can download assignments to your local machine, using the file menu in the Jupyter notebok, and then reupload them using the Upload button in the Jupyter file browser.
If you’re not Berkeley-affiliated and would like a persistent copy of the course materials,
you’ll need to perform a local installation of the environment
using git, GitHub, and pip.
See instructions below.
Local Installation
For instructions on local installation, see the GitHub repository where the materials are stored.