NB The language of instruction will be Dutch unless English-speaking students participate.
Co-ordinator
Prof. dr. P.M. Kroonenberg.
Aim and contents
The course aims to get students acquainted with the practice of empirical research. Articles are examined in detail to assess their organisation and execution both with respect to the methodological design and the statistical analysis of their results. Students will have to write a methodological review of a paper and write a research paper based on an existing data set.
Achievement levels: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17.
Instruction
Seven lectures
Six tutorial sessions in which empirical research papers are examined (attendance obligatory)
Seven computer lab sessions (attendance obligatory)
Study materials
A detailed Student Manual will be available in August. Additional materials will be available on the Blackboard site of the course.
Examination
Grades are based on the research paper.
Course schedule
Course schedule Practice of empirical research
Enrolment
Enrolment via U-Twist is obligatory This is possible until two weeks before the start of the first lecture. Only properly enrolled students can take part in the course. Correct enrolment automatically gives access to the Blackboard site. Allow one week for processing the enrolment.
Blackboard
- All documents are in English – All discussion boards are in Dutch, except those for the Research Master students