Admission requirements
The examination and, if indicated, the teaching of the following units of study can only be taken if the examinations of the preceding units of study have been passed of the course Experimental Methods I: Design & Techniques and Statistics for linguists.
Description
Experimental Methods I: Design & Techniques and Experimental Methods II: Practicals & Projects together form one course. Over the entire two-semester course, students will receive a comprehensive and practical introduction to the research methods used in the LUCL Labs and have a chance to implement one of these techniques in an independent research project.
The course will link coherently to other elements of the BA Taal & Cognitie – for example, in Experimental Methods I (semester 1 of year two) the students learn how the theory they have already learned relates to experimental work in the labs; while in Experimental Methods II (semester 1 of year three) they will analyse their own data using skills gained in the course Statistics for linguists in semester 2 of year two.
Experimental Methods II consists of the learning units “Workflow of data collection & analysis” and “Practical project”, after which students will have the necessary competence to individually design, carry out, analyse, and present a psycholinguistic experiment.
Course objectives
Gaining in-depth knowledge of psycholinguistic research methods and techniques, including lab hardware and software
Consolidating practical skills by carrying out an individual project
Timetable
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Mode of instruction
Seminars; independent study and practical assignments.
Assessment method
For successful completion of the course, the student is required to upload three completed assignments on Blackboard/ Brightspace during the first block. In the second block the student must carry out a practical project and present the results during the end-of-semester poster session. For the posters, students must also submit a peer review.
The final mark for the course is established by determining the weighted average.
Weighting
Attendance and active participation (10%); Homework assignments and practical project setup (30%); peer reviews of poster and papers (10%); poster, paper, and final poster presentation (50%).
Exam review
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Resit
Students may resit maximally one of the assessments, provided that they have adequately attended the seminars (>80%).
Reading list
The course will follow the reader, available for download here https://zenodo.org/record/1339358
A syllabus and suplementary material will be made available via Blackboard/ Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available on this website
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
not applicable
Contact
For questions related to the content of the course, please contact the lecturer, you can find their contact information by clicking on their name in the sidebar.
For questions regarding enrollment please contact the Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats
E-mail address Education Administration Office Reuvensplaats: osz-oa-reuvensplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
For questions regarding your studyprogress contact the Coordinator of Studies
Remarks
Attendance in all classes and active participation is required.