Her research focuses on the impact of statistics apprehensions; that is, the mindset, anxieties, attitudes and other motivational factors that impact student learning in statistics. She has created and tested various interventions and measurement techniques to help dissect and influence the relationship between such apprehensions and learning. Her work has implications for the classroom in general; however, given her specific focus on statistics, it also has large implications for the current concerns regarding the quality of research methods in STEM fields such as psychology.