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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 08/26/2024 Pre-course materials
1 08/26/2024 Course introduction
2 09/09/2024 Qualitative and mixed-methods research - General process and data collection Plagiarisms test
3 09/16/2024 Quantitative research - Data management and measures Learning plan proposal (draft)
4 09/23/2024 Descriptive statistics Learning plan proposal (final)
5 09/30/2024 Probability and sampling
6 10/07/2024 Inferential statistics I - Hypothesis testing
7 10/14/2024 Inferential statistics II - Testing difference
8 10/21/2024 Concept recap and hands-on practice Quali. Group Project (plan draft)
9 10/28/2024 Regression I - Testing relation between two variables
10 11/04/2024 Regression II - Testing relation between multiple variables Quali. group project - Proposal (final)
11 11/11/2024 Regression recap and applications
12 11/18/2024 Key elements in research design and computational methods Complete customized learning
13 12/02/2024 Consultation session (no class)
14 12/09/2024 Final exam week Standard Test-Quant. (final) | Quali. group project (final report)