By a psychology professor, for psychology students
Psychology, made simple.
Where psychology students come to actually understand what they’re studying. A statistical test selector, research blogs, and articles that explain psychology like a human, with a gamified stats course on the way.
No sign-up needed · 3 full analyses free
- ✓ Statistical test selector
- ✓ Research blog & articles
- ✓ Stats course (coming soon)
each dot is a participant · red = p < .05
- tests covered
- 20+
- tests covered
- quick questions
- 5
- quick questions
- write-ups included
- APA 7
- write-ups included
- to start
- ₹0
- to start
- APA 7th edition guidelines
- Field (2018) methodology
- Made by a psychology professor
- Built for students in India
What you'll find here
Right now, we’re fixing statistics.
Statistics is chapter one, not the whole book, but it’s the chapter every dissertation gets graded on, so that’s where PsychSimplified starts.
The flagship
StatTest Selector
Your study design in, the exact test out, with the APA 7 write-up and a justification your supervisor will accept. Five questions, no statistics jargon.
Try it free →Coming soon
The Stats Course
Short, gamified lessons that make you viva-ready. Earn XP, keep a streak, and learn to defend every statistical choice out loud. Still in the works.
See what's coming →Read
Blog & Articles
Research worth knowing, psychology explained like a human, and notes from the teaching trenches, updated as dissertation season demands.
Read the blog →Sound familiar?
Choosing the test is the part nobody teaches properly.
You collected the data. You can run SPSS. But one decision sits between you and your results chapter, and most students make it by anxious guesswork.
“Is my data normal enough for a t-test?”
Asked at 1 a.m., three days before the proposal deadline.
“My supervisor says justify the test choice.”
The textbook chapter assumes you already know the answer.
“ChatGPT gave me two different answers.”
Generic advice can't see your design, your scales, or your sample.
The fix
Five plain-language questions. One exact recommendation. A justification you can paste into your proposal.
How it works
From research question to results chapter, in five steps.
No textbooks. No second-guessing. Every analysis walks the same guided path.
- 1
Describe your study
Simple questions about your goal, design, and data. No stats knowledge required.
- 2
Get your test
The exact test for your design, with the why, the pitfalls, and the backup if assumptions fail.
- 3
Copy the APA write-up
A fill-in-the-blanks APA 7 results template, ready to paste into your dissertation.
- 4
Run it in your software
Exact SPSS and jamovi click-paths (JASP works too). Click what it says, done.
- 5
Check power & assumptions
A G*Power walkthrough for sample size, plus a numbered assumption checklist.
Try it live
Play with the decision tree. Right here.
This is a small slice of the real selector, three of the five questions. The full app also handles repeated measures, factorial designs, categorical outcomes, and assumption checks.
Open the full selectorYour test
Independent-samples t-test
Two independent groups, a continuous dependent variable, and approximately normal distributions in each group point to the t-test.
APA 7 template
t(58) = 2.31, p = .024, d = 0.60
If assumptions fail
Mann–Whitney U (if normality or outliers are a concern)
Free vs Pro
Everything you need, nothing you don’t.
Every analysis is complete, the recommendation, the reasoning, the APA template, the software steps, and the power analysis. Free gives you 3 full analyses; Pro simply removes the limit.
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Analyses included | 3 | Unlimited |
| Test selector, all 20+ tests | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guided questions mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Start from your own variables | ✓ | ✓ |
| “Why this test?” explanation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Result Interpreter: your numbers to APA | ✓ | ✓ |
| APA 7th-edition write-up template | ✓ | ✓ |
| Alternative test comparison | ✓ | ✓ |
| SPSS & jamovi step-by-step guide | ✓ | ✓ |
| G*Power path & settings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full assumption checklist | ✓ | ✓ |
Pricing
Honest pricing. No annual trap.
Start free with 3 full analyses. Pro is prepaid for 3 months, with no auto-renewal and nothing to cancel. The course is on the way.
Free
₹0
Always free. No card required.
- StatTest Selector: 3 full analyses
- "Why this test?" explanation
- APA write-up template
- SPSS & jamovi steps
- Unlimited analyses
- Course units (coming soon)
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Pro
₹99 / 3 months
Prepaid for 3 months. No auto-renewal, nothing to cancel.
- Unlimited Selector analyses
- Start from your own variables
- Result Interpreter: your numbers to APA
- Plain-English test explanations
- G*Power walkthrough
- Full assumption checklist
coming soon
Dissertation Pack
₹499 once
The course your dissertation needs. Pay once, keep it.
- Everything in Free
- Foundations Sprint: 5 mini-units
- Any 3 test units (jamovi screencasts)
- Unit 13: How to Choose the Right Test
- Viva Mastery unit
- About 6.5 hrs, one focused weekend
coming soon
Full Course
₹999 once
Everything, for the viva that won't stop at your 3 tests.
- Everything in the Pack
- All 7 test units
- Capstone: mistakes + final review
- APA 7 write-up templates (every test)
- Mastery Drills bank (all units)
- Doubt Support + signed certificate
How the Dissertation Pack will work
Run your study through the StatTest Selector. It tells you exactly which tests your research needs. Then pick those 3 test units and learn only what your dissertation and viva demand. (Each test unit covers a parametric and non-parametric test, so 3 units = 6 tests.)
Why the Full Course will go further
Your viva examiner will not limit questions to your three tests. “Why didn’t you use Kruskal-Wallis instead?” is a real question externals ask. The Full Course is the safer viva preparation, and it adds the APA write-up templates you’ll paste straight into your results chapter, plus direct doubt support from your instructor.
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I’m Stephen Christie, Assistant Professor of Psychology at St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Ahmedabad, PhD researcher in psychology, and the person behind PsychSimplified. I am passionate about teaching, research, and making psychology more accessible. Everything on this site exists because I watched real students need it.
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FAQ
Questions you’re probably thinking.
Can't I just ask ChatGPT which test to use?
You can, but StatTest Selector is built specifically for psychology dissertations. It knows your exact design constraints, checks your normality assumptions, gives you the APA template, the G*Power path, and a supervisor-ready justification. ChatGPT gives you a generic answer. This gives you a defensible one.
Is the free tier actually useful or just a teaser?
Genuinely useful. Every free analysis is complete: the test recommendation, the full explanation, the APA write-up template, SPSS/jamovi steps, and the G*Power guide. You get 3 full analyses free. Pro doesn't unlock hidden features. It simply removes the limit, which matters once you're iterating on your design or helping coursemates.
What if I'm on JASP, not SPSS or jamovi?
JASP and jamovi share an almost identical interface and menu structure, so the jamovi steps work for JASP with minimal adaptation. Both are free, and we note this inside the app.
I'm an undergraduate. Is this suitable for me?
Absolutely. The tool is designed for UG dissertation projects as much as postgrad ones. The explanations avoid unnecessary jargon, and the free tier covers everything a standard UG project needs.
Will I get charged again automatically?
Never. There's nothing to cancel because there's no subscription. Pro is a prepaid pass: ₹99 buys 3 months. When the time runs out you simply drop back to the free tier. We don't store any payment method, so we couldn't auto-charge you even if we wanted to.
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