Dr Sue Finch
Contact Details
e-mail: s.finch@ ms.unimelb.edu.au
Phone: (03) 8344 6994
Fax: (03) 8344 7499
Consulting
My main role is as a statistical consultant in the Statistical Consulting Centre.
Teaching
I have taught statistics to students in a range of disciplines and assist with the courses run by the Statistical Consulting Centre.
About me
My tertiary training is in psychology and statistics. I have worked in a variety of government departments and academics institutions. Over the past few years, I worked at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen and developed new statistics courses for psychology students. My interests include the use of multimedia in teaching statistics, the reform of statistics in the social sciences, and finding better ways of communicating and understanding statistical concepts.
My recent publications will give you an idea of my interests:
- Finch, S.J., Cumming, G. & Thomason, N. (2001) Reporting of statistical inference in the Journal of Applied Psychology: Little evidence of progress. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 61, 181-210.
- Cumming, G., & Finch, S.J. (2001) A primer on the understanding, use and calculation of central and noncentral confidence intervals. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 61, 530-572.
- Finch, S.J., Thomason, N. & Cumming, G. (2002) Past and future American Psychological Association guidelines for statistical practice. Theory & Psychology, 12, 825-853.
- Sullivan, K., Finch, S., & O'Conor, F. (2003) A confidence interval analysis of three studies using the Alzheimer's disease knowledge test. Aging and Mental Health, 7, 176-181.
- Fidler, F., Thomason, N., Cumming, G., Finch, S., & Leeman, J. (2004) Editors can lead researchers to confidence intervals but they can't make them think: Statistical reform lessons from medicine. Psychological Science, 15, 119-126.
- Finch, S.J., Cumming, G., Williams, J., Palmer, L., Griffith, E., Alders, C., Anderson, J.L. & Goodman, O. (2004) Reform of statistical inference in psychology: The case of Memory and Cognition. Behaviour Research Methods, Instruments and Computers, 36, 312-324.
- Buchanan, R. & Finch, S. (2005) History of psychometrics. In Everitt, B. & Howell, B.C. (Ed.s) Encyclopedia of Behavioural Statistics.
- Cumming, G., & Finch, S. (2005) Inference by Eye: Confidence Intervals, and How to Read Pictures of Data. American Psychologist, 60, 170-180. .