Admission requirements
Not applicable.
Description
The course is build around three themes. First, we will discuss the methodology of scientific research involving human behavior, covering the following aspects: deriving a verifiable research idea, selecting data collection methods, and determining reliability and validity. In part two, we will introduce different statistical philosophies for analyzing behavioral data. The following topics will be addressed: descriptive statistics, frequentist hypothesis testing, Bayesian hypothesis testing, cross-validation, and design analyses. To this end, we will use the statistical programming language R. Finally, in part three, meta-scientific themes inclunding pre-registration, reproducibility, and replicability will be discussed.
Course objectives
Understanding key concepts regarding methods and techniques of behavioral data science.
Applying different statistical philosophies (i.e., frequentist hypothesis testing, Bayesian hypothesis testing, and cross-validation).
Analyzing data in R.
Understanding key meta-scientific concepts.
Timetable
Timetable Artificial Intelligence
Mode of instruction
A two-hour lecture and a two-hour work group session per week.
Assessment method
The assessment involves
A written, clossed-book exam consisting of 40 multiple choice questions with four alternatives each, covering both theoretical knowledge as well as statistical calculations discussed in the lectures, and work group sessions.
An R skills assignment covering the various aspects of students’ skills in working with R as well as in describing and interpreting statistical output.
The final grade is a weighted average of the examination grade (70%) and the grade for the R skills assignment (30%). However, in order to pass the course, students must get a grade of 5.5 or higher on both parts (henceforth partial grades). Students have the opportunity to retake the exam and/or the R skills assignment, if their respective partial grade(s) were below 5.5. If, after the resit, one or both partial grades are below 5.5, the student needs to retake the entire course.
The teacher will inform the students how the inspection of the exams will take place.
Reading list
Course material includes slides, exercises, and articles that will be made available via the online course platform.
Registration
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Contact
Dr. T.D.P. Heyman t.d.p.heyman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Dr. S.M.H. Huisman s.m.h.huisman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
Riet Derogee, coordinator