Dr. Alyssa Counsell is the Director of the Psychology and Statistics Education Research (PASER) lab.
She seeks to bridge the gap between methodological innovation and applied statistical practice. Her research falls into two categories: 1) The applications of advanced statistical models ...
Dr. Alyssa Counsell is the Director of the Psychology and Statistics Education Research (PASER) lab.
She seeks to bridge the gap between methodological innovation and applied statistical practice. Her research falls into two categories: 1) The applications of advanced statistical models for complex psychological data; 2) Statistics literacy, pedagogy, and education in the social sciences. Dr. Counsell currently holds a SSHRC Insight Grant (2021 – 2026) for her research program, Improving statistics education and statistical literacy in the social sciences.
Dr. Counsell teaches research methods and statistics courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level. In addition to required courses such as PSY 511, PS 8101, and PS 8102, she teaches advanced elective courses in multivariate statistics like structural equation modeling (PS 8715) and multilevel modelling (PS 8714).