The major objective of this course is to enable students in cognitive science and related areas to statistically analyze empirical data in their respective area of research. For this purpose, the statistics textbook by Andy Field (2013, 4th edition) “Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics” is being taught. It comprises all major statistical tests, parametric (General Linear Models) and non-parametric, see course syllabus.

This objective is reached by regularly attending the weekly lectures of the course instructor, three home-works, two short quizzes, and one exam at the end of the course.

Minor objectives of this course are to provide students with an idea how to design experiments, operationalize their research idea, formulate hypotheses, interpret and report the statistical results.