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

2024-03-27

New paper in press by S. Humberg, ... & S. Nestler in Psychological Methods: Investigating the effects of congruence between within-person associations: A comparison of two extensions of response surface analysis.

2024-03-25

Marie Salditt successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations Marie!

2024-03-21

Boris Forthmann recieved the Daniel E. Berlyne Award for outstanding research by an early career scholar by APA's Division 10 for Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

2024-03-04

New paper in press by J. Saretzki, B. Forthmann, & M. Benedek in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts: A systematic quantitative review of divergent thinking assessments.

2024-02-14

New paper in press by S. Nestler & M. Salditt in Behavior Research Methods: Comparing type 1 and type 2 error rates of different tests for heterogeneous treatment effects.