LFU:online

Expertise in the following areas: planning and analysis of experiments in cognitive psychology, analysis of event times, permutation methods, bootstrap, stochastic models, using R for data analysis, scientific writing

In this seminar we reconsider classical experiments from cognitive psychology with modern methodology. Can we analyse response times with methods from survival analysis? How do we handle incorrect responses? How can we derive predictions from specific models of information processing (e.g., serial, parallel processing) and test these in empirical data? The acquired knowledge is not only relevant for basic research in psychology, but also for diagnostics (e.g., car driving) and for clinical research (e.g., survival times in cancer patients, panic-free interval after treatment of anxiety).

For some of the analyses, the statistical programming language is used. The relevant basic skills will be taught in class (on request, this will be extended).

Written assignments in class, presentation of a problem from the literature (collaborative work), Planning and analysis of an own study and/or reanalysis of available data (collaborative), presentation of the own study (collaborative). Written report in manuscript form (individual).

The course will be in a normal classroom, that is, participants have to bring their own laptops. Online participation is possible from home (using the virtual classroom), but those students have to make sure that sound and video is working at their end of the connection. At individual dates, the seminar may be held online only (e.g. when COVID-19 incidence is high).

Manuscript (graded), incrementally written each week

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