Courses I’m teaching at UW–Madison:

Probably Correct: How to Think With Statistics and Data (ED PSY 215)

Role: Instructor
Semester: Fall 2026

This course provides an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and data analysis in an interdisciplinary context. We start with the process for taking variation in the world and turning it into data. We then develop tools and concepts for exploring variation in data, modeling variation, and, finally, evaluating our models. At the end of this course, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of basic concepts that underlie statistics and data analysis
• Make data manipulation and visualization using R in Jupyter Notebooks
• Manipulate quantitative information to create models, and/or devise solutions to problems using multi-step arguments, based on and supported by quantitative information.
• Apply their knowledge to identify research questions, formulate hypotheses, and interpret the models