Admission requirements
Succesful completion 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 (including E-Prime, PsychoPy, Experiment Builder and R)
Consolidating practical skills by carrying out an individual project
Timetable
Mode of instruction
Seminars, independent study and practical assignments.
Course Load
Total course load = 140 hours
Seminars: 18
Study of compulsory literature: 18
Assignments: 40
Preparation for assessments: 60
Exams: 4
Assessment method
For successful completion of the course, the student is required to upload three completed assignments on Blackboard 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
Each assignment counts for 15% of the final grade. 50% of the final grade will be determined on the basis of the practical project and poster presentation; the remaining 5% will reflect the peer review.
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%).
Blackboard
Blackboard will be used to inform students during the course and to offer study materials.
Reading list
Syllabus will be made available via Blackboard
Registration
Enrolment through uSis is mandatory.
General information about uSis is available in English and Dutch
Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs
Registration Contractonderwijs
Contact
lucl-labs@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Administrations Office van Wijkplaats: osz-oa-wijkplaats@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Coordinator of Studies: Else van Dijk
Remarks
Class attendance and active participation is required.