Research

Design for Experimental Linguists Faculty of Humanities (UU)

This course is essential for experimental linguists. In this course you will learn about important aspects of a quantitative study design (research methodology), the basics of statistical (hypothesis) testing, and how methodology and statistics relate to each other. This discussion-based course will teach you to make funded decisions throughout the research process, and consequently conduct better research with valid and reliable outcomes.

•••••••••••••• course director Kirsten Schutter level Advanced Bachelor period 21 August 2023 - 25 August 2023 credits 0 ECTS course fee € 200 housing fee € 200

Sense Making of GPS Data in a GIS Environment Faculty of Geosciences (UU)

This course focuses on the application of GIS Tools to analyse outdoor movements of people or animals. The objective is to provide students with insight in the principles of sense making of GPS Data in a GIS environment. Collection of travel/movement data is nowadays made easy through the use of GPS-loggers and Smartphones. This course focusses to how to collect, clean and enrich these datasets with GIS by combining locational data with existing land use and transport datasets.

•••••••••••••• course director Dr. Tom de Jong level Master period 3 July 2023 – 7 July 2023 credits 1.5 ECTS course fee € 300 housing fee € 200