Courses Offered in Summer Semester 2024
The course “Data Analysis in R: Advanced Applications” is part of the module “Doing Research with the Statistical Software R””. It aims to offer advanced knowledge about research methods and workflows in Teaching and Learning science through the open source statistical software R.
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to conduct complex data preparation, interpret and calculate effect sizes, and apply these skills to various real-world data sets. Students will acquire methodological competence in relation to the skills and abilities that are relevant to the area of empirical educational research. Spesifically, the course have the following goals:
-Students are familiar with the advanced functionalities of the statistical software R as well as its integrated development environment RStudio and with R Markdown.
-Students are able to prepare and visualize data for analysis using advanced R functionalities.
-Students can conduct multiple linear and logistic regressions using R.
-Students have a basic understanding of factor analysis and structural equation modeling in R
-Students can utilize the aforementioned skills on various data sets to answer scientific questions
Developmental Psychology is more of an approach to the study of psychology than it is a topic area. Developmental psychologists examine many of the same topics studied by cognitive, social, clinical, neuro- and other types of psychologists, but they do so from a unique perspective: change over time. In this class, we will learn about milestones in human development in the areas of language, cognition, emotion, socialization, and personality. We will also examine the processes by which developmental changes occur in these areas.