Amanda Woodward
amandawoodward13.bsky.social
Amanda Woodward
@amandawoodward13.bsky.social
Assistant Teaching Professor at UMN; focusing on teaching and learning statistics, open science, and social cognition
excited for the PSYTerms conference in December and to learn more about how others are teaching stats and research methods!
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Reposted by Amanda Woodward
it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know

this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
December 14, 2023 at 10:35 AM
Highlight of the week: Getting 21 undergraduates to draw dinosaurs in the name of reproducibility. Intro to Open Science may be my new favorite class to teach!
February 6, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Reposted by Amanda Woodward
WHAT’S YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION >🪿
Stats consulting is constantly like:

Them: I want you to run (complex stats)

Me: OK, what's your research question though?

Them: ...A (complex stat)?

Me: Research question?

Them: You know, like the stats in this journal article. Something reviewers will like.
December 21, 2023 at 3:20 AM
Hello! Seeing it's helpful to hashtag research interests, so here we go!

#devsci
#socialcognition
#socialexclusion
#prosocialbehavior
#SoTL
#teachingstatistics
September 29, 2023 at 2:32 PM