Project title:
Exploring and expanding statistical methods and their applications
How do researchers use and understand statistics, and how can statistical practice be improved? The quality of science
depends critically on the quality of the statistical methods in use,
their match to the questions that researchers have, and the level of
understanding researchers have of these methods.
Without good
understanding of statistical inference, behavioural and social scientists
have difficulty properly interpreting the results of experiments and
building models used to understand human behaviour. This goal of this
project is to explore and expand statistical methods in use by
behavioural and social scientists. There are several possible angles
from which this project can be approached, from quantitative psychology
and the development of new (particularly Bayesian methods) to the
experimental exploration of statistical cognition: how researchers
understand and use statistical information.
The successful candidate will have access to a wide range of state-of-the-art research facilities and resources, including 3T and 7T MRI scanners, EEG/MEG and behavioural testing labs, and high-performance computing cluster.
Full awards (fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK/EU Nationals and Non-EU nationals.
Supervisors:
Dr Richard Morey
Start date: October 2016
Number of Studentships: 1
Funding This studentship consists of full UK/EU tuition fees, as well as a Doctoral Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£14,057 p.a. for 2015/16, updated each year).
As
well as tuition fees and a maintenance grant, you will receive a
participant allowance of £300 per annum, and conference funding (£100 in
Year 1, £600 in Years 2 and 3). You will also receive a computer and office space, and access to courses offered by the University’s Graduate Centre and become members of the University Graduate College.
Eligibility Academic criteria:
As only one studentship is available and a very high standard of
applications is typically received, the successful applicant is likely
to have a very good first degree (a First or Upper Second class BSc Honours or equivalent) and/or be distinguished by having relevant research experience in psychology, biology, neuroscience, mathematics, or engineering/computer science.
Students are expected to have good quantitative skills, including knowledge of a scripting language such as R, MATLAB, or python, high scores in statistics courses, and a demonstrated interest in quantitative questions.
Residency:
This studentship is open to students of any nationality. Students
classified as international for fee purposes have to self-fund the
difference between home and international fees.
How to Apply Consideration is automatic on applying for
RFPDPSYA – Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology) , with a start date of
October 2016 via Cardiff University’s
Online Application Service. In the research
proposal section of your application, please specify the project title
and supervisors of this project and copy the project description in the
text box provided. In the funding section, please select “I will be
applying for a scholarship / grant” and specify that you are applying
for advertised funding from School Funding.
The deadline for applications is
29 January 2016
Interviews (either in person or by Skype) will be held around 1 March 2016 with decisions being made by 1 April 2016.
Cardiff University reserves the right to close applications early should sufficient applications be received.
Further Information For further information please contact
Lesley Anne Strabel on
Psych-PhD@cardiff.ac.uk or on telephone +44
029 2087 5381
For more information, please visit official website:
courses.cardiff.ac.uk.
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