Methodology and Statistics
Are you an excellent student interested in conducting scientific research in the area of Methodology and Statistics? Then, this is the master programme for you! During a two year programme in English, you will follow state-of-the-art courses and be involved hands-on in research of your teachers. Each student is assigned a personal adviser, a staff member who is involved in the programme. The personal adviser will supervise the student, and can offer help with respect to choosing internal traineeships, international traineeship, and topics of the first-year paper and the master's thesis.
Researchers from the Department Methodology and Statistics have great expertise across a broad range of topics ranging from research methods to mathematical statistics. They develop and apply new psychometric methods for constructing reliable and valid measurement scales, and statistical and data-analytic methods for analyzing categorical and continuous data from longitudinal or comparative research in relation to a causal model. Possible topics for students are latent class analysis in combination with linear and non-linear regression and factor models, scaling and dimensionality assessment, dynamic exchange networks, structural equation models, multilevel structures in cognitive models, modern item response theory, and test and questionnaire construction (see topics for traineeships, research skills, first-year paper, and master's thesis for an extensive list).
The staff of the department of Methodology and Statistics and current master's students are more than happy to inform you about the Methodology and Statistics Track. For questions about the content of the track or for an appointment with a staff member or a master's student, please, send an email to Dr. L. A. van der Ark.
