University of Cambridge's Psychometric Center has used statistics to make make personality predictions based upon an individual's Facebook "likes" . For instance, your likes can be used to create your Big Five personality trait profile. Your students can have their data FB "likes" analyzed at YouAreWhatYouLike.com  as to determine their Big Five traits. After your students complete the FB version of the scale, you could have your students complete a more traditional paper and pencil version of the inventory and discuss differences/similarities/concurrent validity between the two measures. Below, I've included a screen grab of my FB-derived Big Five rating from YouAreWhatYouLike.com. Note: Yes, that is how I score on more traditional versions of the same scale. Generated at YouAreWhatYouLike.com In addition to Big Five prediction, the researchers also used the "like" data to make predictions of other qualities, like sexual orientatio...

Hofstede is a psychology rockstar who studies multiculturalism (specifically, how his cultural dimensions vary from country to country and how this can impact organizations). This page generates bar graphs that illustrate how the two countries you specify vary on his dimensions. Below is a screen grab of the U.S. compared to Brazil along his dimensions. Note: If this all sounds vaguely familiar, it may be because you read Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and he discusses Power Distance in the context of the Korean Air safety issues. How could you use this in the classroom? 1) This could be a quick example of the importance of multicultural research (as the Western view of the world/attitudes are not the default setting for humans).  2) A quick way of demonstrating bar graphs. 3) A good example of applied social psychology.  From geert-hofstede.com

Want a good way to waste time when you should be prepping for the semester ahead?  Go generate some stats/research methods memes.  If you are feeling extra generous, please feel free to send them to me so I can share them with the group. Created at memegenerator.co by Jess Hartnett Created at memegenerator.co by Jess Hartnett