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Andrew Ithurburn

Who am I?

Welcome to my website! I am Andrew Ithurburn, an experienced social psychology researcher with over 5 years of expertise in conducting psychology studies and experiments. My work investigates social power motivations (dominance, prestige, and leadership) and their effects on decision-making, especially in relation to sexual risk-taking behaviors and their perceptions.


I have extensive statistical and data visualization experience spanning over 7 years of practical research-based experience and 12 years of higher education experience. I am proficient in data visualization for general and research audiences. Extensive experience on data cleanup and rearranging. Experience in both small and large datasets. Experience in both collecting quantitative and qualitative data. Proficient at database merging and creation of composite variables. Below you'll see some of my research found in my PhD thesis that I have done along with my masters thesis which is linked below. Enjoy!

Software I've Used

R

Bayesian regression, standard regression, and basic statistical analyses. R package creation, graph and figure production. Data manipulation. I do all of my coding and analysis in R using Visual Studio Code.

SPSS/STATA

General data analysis and structural equation modeling

GraphPad/Prism

Statistical software used in the behavioral economics lab to analyze nonparametric data, and visualize discounting of participants.

Python/JavaScript/HTML

I have experience with scripting in python and JavaScript. Authored two research studies in pure JavaScript and HTML.

Additional Skills

Qualitative transcription, Qualtric’s programming, data integrity, mTurk, Prolific, Microsoft 365, bash, ssh

Some really good packages that I like

R

BRMS, cmdstanr, correlation, bayestestR, ggplot2, tidyr, SEMPlot, rstan, quarto, papaja, and three custom R packages

JavaScript/HTML

JSPsych, custom plugins