The Minor in Psychological Statistics and Methods at the University of Missouri
The Minor in Psychological Statistics and Methods at the University of Missouri is a minor open to graduate students at the University of Missouri. The program is administered by the Department of Psychological Sciences and the Department of Statistics at the University of Missouri. The procedures for completing the minor are described below and also in this document. To apply for the minor, it is necessary to complete the form for the proposed minor, select an advisor from the committee membership indicated in the form, and secure the requisite signatures. If it is necessary to substitute courses in the proposed minor, the course substitution form is completed and required signatures are obtained. Upon completion of the proposed coursework. the form for the request to certify completion of the minor is completed with the indicated signatures, and this form is sent on to the University of Missouri Graduate School. Procedures for the Minor in Psychological Statistics and Methods at the University of Missouri
The
student selects a member of the Psychological Statistics and Methods
Coordinating Committee who is willing to serve as the student's minor
area adviser. Committee members are listed on the form "Request for
Admission to the Minor and Plan of Study." Together,
the student and minor area adviser specify a plan of study for the
minor that lists the courses to be taken and a schedule for their
completion. A total of seven courses at the 7000 level or above in
statistics and methods is required. Doctoral students in the Department
of Psychological Sciences or Statistics must take at least two of those
courses outside their major department.
Doctoral
students in departments other than the Department of Psychological
Sciences or Statistics must take five courses within these two
departments, at least two of which are in statistics and two of which
are in psychology.More
detailed specification of the courses required in the plan of study may
be stipulated by the student's major department and the student should
consult with their major department in this regard. For graduate students enrolled in the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri
Effective
Fall semester of 2009, students in the Ph.D. program in the Department
of Psychological Sciences must complete, with a grade of "B" or better:All of the following three courses from the Department of Psychological SciencesPsych 9710 Multivariate Statistics in PsychologyPsych 9720 Latent Variable Models-
Psych 9715 Multilevel Models/HLM
One of the following
Psychology Department Courses in the area of Quantitative Psychology.
Currently offered courses include, for example:
Psych 9520 PsychometricsPsych 9725 The Literature Review-
Psych 9750 Advanced SEM
Psych 9760 Categorical Data Analysis
9734 Psychological Process Models
We
expect that additional courses will be offered in the future. In
addition, two approved courses at the 7000 level or above offered in
the Departments of Statistics, Mathematics, or in other departments
provided those courses are primarily statistics-oriented or
methods-oriented. The Psychology Department Graduate Student Handbook
contains course suggestions. Note that the following cannot be used to fulfill minor requirements by students in the Department of Psychological Sciences:
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Stat 7050: Connecting Statistics to Schools
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Stat 7510: Applied Statistical Models
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Stat 7530: Analysis of Variance
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Stat 7560: Applied Multivariate Analysis
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Stat 4970: Senior Seminar
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Stat 7020: Statistical Methods for Health Sciences
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Stat 7070: Statistical Methods for Research -
Stat 8220: Applied Stats. Models II -
Stat 8730: Stats Consulting
After the plan of study for the minor has been
approved by both the student's major adviser and the student's minor
area adviser, it is submitted to the Coordinator for the Minor in
Psychological who will either review and sign it (if it meets the
stated requirements) or request a review of the plan by the full
committee. If the Coordinator for the Minor signs the form, the student
should then request the remaining signatures from the remaining
committee members for the minor. After the plan of
study has been approved, any course changes in the plan must be
approved by the student's major adviser, the student's miner-area
adviser, and the Psychological Statistics and Methods Coordinating
Committee using the "Plan of Study Course Substitution Form."After
successfully completing the courses listed in the plan of study, the
student will submit a "request for certification" to the Coordinator
for the Minor who will then notify the Graduate School that the student
has completed the requirements for the Minor in Psychological
Statistics and Methods and that the student's transcript should
indicate that accomplishment.
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