Epistémologie et Esprit Critique

A hands-on Introduction to research_design for students of the Sciences Pour un Monde Durable (SMD) undergraduate program at Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL) University

Instructor

Jan Pfänder | Institut Jean Nicod, ENS-PSL | jan.pfander@psl.eu | Bluesky

Schedule

Date Time Place*
I Data Analysis
0 Welcome and Installation Party 30/01/2025 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
1 Introduction to R, RStudio and Quarto 06/02/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
2 Data Manipulation 13/02/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
3 Variables, Distributions and Summary Statistics 20/02/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
4 Data Visualization 06/03/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
II Statistics
5 Statistical Inference 13/03/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
6 Statistical Power 20/03/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
7 Linear Regression 27/03/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
III Causal Inference
8 Colliders and Confounders 02/04/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 5
9 RCTs and Validity 03/04/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
IV Science
10 Scientific Publishing and the Replication Crisis 10/04/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
11 Writing a Preregistration 17/04/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
12 Meta-Analyses 15/05/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
13 How to Read and Present a Scientific Paper 22/05/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
14 Presentations Group Project 05/06/25 10h15 - 12h15 Salle 3
Note:
* 48 blvd Jourdan, Paris 14ème