Applying Decoding Methodology to Psychological Statistics and Other Applications

This article summarizes a recent study of Decoding the Disciplines applied to psychological statistics and explores the methodology behind the scenes that facilitated the project. The first part of the paper will summarize the study. The second part will highlight aspects of the Decoding methodology that enhanced the research project, a non-interview form of Decoding and the advantage of cross-disciplinary collaboration. The third part of the paper points to other applications of the methodology and discusses numerous ways instructors have used Decoding methodology and theory in their SoTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning).