Summer schools, supplementary courses, online courses
Online
Regular fees: 630 - 930 EUR
Meta-analysis is essential for developing theories. This course helps students get to grips with the basic and advanced skills required for analysing data in open-science software.
During the course students will learn how to formulate a problem and analyse it by conducting a meta-analysis in JASP, an open-science software package. We will cover the literature extensively, and students will learn how to report their findings following the PRISMA standards.
This online course will provide you with the basics of preparing and describing a meta-analytical study in a separate article. You will learn how to apply this technique to summarise studies found in a manuscript in order to improve cohesion and suitability for publication.
Course Overview
- Entry requirements
- Course days: 6-17 January 2025 (exact dates TBA)
- Attendance: online only
- Course level: master's students, PhD candidates and professionals from all disciplines
- See the course curriculum
- Coordinating lecturer: Dr. Jacek Buczny
- Forms of tuition: interactive online seminars (live tutorials, pre-recorded lecturers and Q&A sessions)
- Language of tuition: English
Please note: a student is expected to have a high level of English proficiency for this course (at least equivalent to IELTS 6.5 / Level B2) - Forms of assessment: written assignments
- Equivalent to 3 ECTS
- Contact hours: 30
- Self-study hours: approximately 54 and 8 before the course starts
Topics that will be discussed:
- The two types of systematic reviews.
- Open science and meta-analysis: multisite replications.
- The pros and cons of meta-analysis.
- Publication bias and the quality of publications.
- Effect size and how to calculate it.
- Literature search, exclusion, inclusion, and coding.
- Heterogeneity and its consequences.
- Available software, including JASP.
- The fixed- and random-effects model.
- Estimating overall effect size.
- Analysis of moderators.
Additionally, students will become familiar with examples of published research to learn more about how to analyse them.
Fees
Students, PhD students and employees of VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC or an Aurora Network Partner:
- €630
Students and PhD students:
- €730
Professionals:
- €930
Applications received before 15 October get a €50 Early Bird Discount!
What students say about this course
When asked about the best part of the course, students from the 2023 winter school edition answered:
“The teaching of Jacek was just brilliant. Many, many thanks to him for all his patient work and the huge amount of very useful information and tools he provided.”
“The course is well-structured and clear. I am new to the topic, but this course helped me understand meta-analysis in general and helped me to conduct a meta-analysis in the future.”
*If you choose to apply as an auditor participant, you will have access to all the lectures and workshops of your winter course for a discounted price (-€100). You will, however, not participate in assignments and will therefore not receive a transcript of records or study credits after completing the course.