Prof. Thomas Pollet

It is that time of year again, not a festive period, but rather that time when students start drafting their theses (or internship reports). Often I see copy and pasted tables and figures straight out of SPSS. Inevitably, these make me cry and want to scratch my eyes out. That... [Read More]

I managed to get a twitter wall up and running, hurray. Mostly pictures of kittens, interspersed with ‘science’ stuff.

Today, I spoke to some prospective thesis students in occupational psychology at Northumbria University. While, I am no occupational psychologist some of my research is potentially relevant to organisational psychology students (e.g., work on minimal cues in CV’s). I do not have much to offer as far as collaborations with... [Read More]

I have just compiled a statistical glossary for Advanced Quantitative Research methods at Northumbria University. I’ll continue doing the occasional blog. But for now you can find a glossary here. Very much work in progress and will be updated as the year proceeds. Especially still need some entries post-W. And... [Read More]

I have just started teaching Advanced Quantitative Research methods (PY0782) at Northumbria University. I’ll do the occasional blog. But you can also find all the relevant materials here. Let’s aim for a cracking Research Masters Course! [Read More]