Our research:

• We investigate and develop statistical and machine learning models for psychological research
• When do they work well, when don't they, and how can they be developed further?

Who is the B.Sc. thesis suitable for?

• For students of the B.Sc. Psychology degree program who are
  • are interested in statistical models and would like to deepen their knowledge of them
  • want to learn more about programming in R, e.g. writing functions themselves

Contents and structure of the B.Sc. thesis

• Learning objectives:
  • Understand the basic principle of simulation studies
  • Plan, carry out and evaluate simple simulation studies yourself
  • Deepen statistical models from the bachelor's studies
• Methodology: Simulation study (also Monte Carlo study)
  • no analysis of empirical data
  • Data is systematically generated and analyzed in R
• Contents: statistical models from bachelor's studies
  • z-test, t-test, ANOVA, regression, contrast analysis, multilevel models
  • Effect size measures, type I error, power