In the course Practical III: Advanced Research Methods in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology students will learn how to make methodological decisions in empirical research.
Course Description
Empirical researchers make many assumptions and choices during the empirical research process. The validity of research outcomes crucially depend on the validity of these assumptions and choices. This course will focus on effect studies and predictive modeling.
The course chooses a philosophical approach, in that it focuses mainly on the underlying assumptions of estimation models. In other words, it focuses on the decisions that researchers (should) make during the research process. Some of the topics that will be dealt with are causal inference, RCTs, quasi-experimental studies (effect studies), over-identification, out-of-sample estimation, functional form choices and machine learning (predictive modeling).
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Psychology
- Type of education: Lectures
- Academic skill: N/A
- Graduate School: N/A
- Start date: TBD
- End date: TBD
- Minimum number of students: N/A
- Maximum number of students: N/A
- Admission criteria: Contact the course coordinator for information on admission criteria
- Concluding assessment: Yes
- Assessment type: assignment and presentation
- With Certificate: N/A
- Schedule info: N/A
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: N/A
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: PhD students VU (and VU RMA students)
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Course Description & Study Characteristics
Course Description
Empirical researchers make many assumptions and choices during the empirical research process. The validity of research outcomes crucially depend on the validity of these assumptions and choices. This course will focus on effect studies and predictive modeling.
The course chooses a philosophical approach, in that it focuses mainly on the underlying assumptions of estimation models. In other words, it focuses on the decisions that researchers (should) make during the research process. Some of the topics that will be dealt with are causal inference, RCTs, quasi-experimental studies (effect studies), over-identification, out-of-sample estimation, functional form choices and machine learning (predictive modeling).
Study Characteristics
- Discipline: Psychology
- Type of education: Lectures
- Academic skill: N/A
- Graduate School: N/A
- Start date: TBD
- End date: TBD
- Minimum number of students: N/A
- Maximum number of students: N/A
- Admission criteria: Contact the course coordinator for information on admission criteria
- Concluding assessment: Yes
- Assessment type: assignment and presentation
- With Certificate: N/A
- Schedule info: N/A
- Number of lessons: N/A
- Total course duration in hrs.: N/A
- Sign up period: N/A
- Anticipated hrs of study: N/A
- Available to: PhD students VU (and VU RMA students)
Contact the course coordinator for registration
Dr. C.P.B.J. van Klaveren