Ph.D. School Schedule Aarhus 2003

 

PhD-School schedule

Aarhus 12 March 2003, 9-12.30h, 14-18h

09.00 - 10.30	Session I - Making Claims, formulating hypotheses (Topic 2)
10.30 - 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30	Session II - The principles of statistical inferencing in research (Topic 5)
12.30 - 14.00	Lunch Break
14.00 - 14.30	Complementary Discussion/Suggestions
14.30 - 16.00	Session III - The role of critical analysis in research: concepts (Topic 12)
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 - 18.00	Session IV - Exercises in critical reading (Topic 3)

after 18.00 Informal Get-Together

Participants are invited to indicvate preferences among the following or other topics, so that the program can be adapted to their needs.

1	Tips for research designs - Various types of research design
2	Making claims, formulating hypotheses
3	Exercises in critical reading - Workshop format: A paper will have been read in advance by participants, and will be discussed collectively. Suggestion: Tymoczko 2002. To prepare for the session, read the relevant article in Gile et al. 2001. (p. 23-38)
4	Data analysis
5	The principles of statistical inferencing: what are all these tests? What is statistical significance? What are the underlying principles, and how are they applied in research, in connection with the problems caused by behavior variability ? A soft approach.
6	The writing process
7	Theoretical models
8	Philosophical issues on research methodology
9	Research ethics
10	Causality and explanation
11	Getting published
12	The role of critical analysis in research: concepts