Welcome...

 ...to the working unit Statistics and Psychological Methods at the University of Münster (AE Nestler). The members of our lab are interested in the advancement of statistical methods for the analysis of complex psychological data. Latest research projects cover topics such as combining the social relations model with structural equation models, advancing models to examine intra-individual variability or combining standard statistical approaches such as multilevel or structural equation models with machine learning methods (e.g., trees, boosting, ...). We are also authors or contributors to different R packages. In teaching, we provide a comprehensive B.Sc.- and M.Sc.-program in psychological methods, including lectures and courses on basic and advanced statistics.

If you are interested in writing a thesis in our lab, you can find further information here. We offer supervision of both bachelor and master theses covering both substantive and methodological research questions.

Latest News

2026-03-02

New paper in press by K. Jansen, & S. Nestler in Multivariate Behavioral Research: Multivariate location-scale models for meta-analysis.

2026-03-01

New paper in press by T. Snuggerud, E. Ulitzsch, ..., S. Nestler, & S. Urnes Johnson in Journal of Anxiety Disorders: Dynamic changes in metacognitive mechanisms and symptoms during the attention training technique: Insights from ecological momentary assessment.

2026-02-25

New paper in press by R. E. Beaty, R. A. Cortes, S. Luchini, J. D. Patterson, B. Forthmann,..., & A. E. Green in Creativity Research Journal: The Scientific Creative Thinking Test (SCTT): Reliability, validity, and automated scoring.

2026-02-19

New paper in press by S. Nestler, O. Lüdtke & A. Robitzsch in British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology: Estimating the reliability of round-robin judgments with social relations confirmatory factor analyses. 

2026-02-14

New paper in press by M. Schäfer, E. S. Blanke, S. Nestler, C. Wrosch & U. Kunzmann in Personality and Individual Differences: Being wrong at times: Measuring situational variability in intellectual humility.