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Structure of weekly sessions: (1) Lecture on key concepts and group activities (<1h); (2) Explain "paper practice" (<20 mins); (3) Hands-on practice with Excel (<45 mins); (4) Group discussion and preparation for assignments (<30 mins).
Session# Date Topic Due
0 Before 08/25/2025 Pre-course materials
1 08/25/2025 Course introduction
2 09/08/2025 Qualitative and mixed-methods research - General process and data collection Plagiarisms test
3 09/15/2025 Quantitative research - Data management and measures Learning plan proposal (draft)
4 09/22/2025 Descriptive statistics Learning plan proposal (final)
5 09/29/2025 Probability and sampling
6 10/06/2025 Inferential statistics I - Hypothesis testing
7 10/13/2025 Inferential statistics II - Testing difference
8 10/20/2025 Concept recap and hands-on practice Quali. Group Project (plan draft)
9 10/27/2025 Regression I - Testing relation between two variables
10 11/03/2025 Regression II - Testing relation between multiple variables Quali. group project - Proposal (final)
11 11/10/2025 Regression recap and applications
12 11/17/2025 Key elements in research design and computational methods Complete customized learning
13 12/01/2025 Consultation session (no class)
14 12/08/2025 Final exam week Standard Test-Quant. (final) | Quali. group project (final report)