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assignment groups and retaker informationWritten on 21.10.25 (last change on 21.10.25) by Emilia Ellsiepen We have finished the team groupings and everybody, who created a team for themselves should now be joined to an existing one (most grops have 3 members, but some have 2). If you are not yet part of a team, but do want to take the course for credit, please get in touch immediately. Students have to… Read more We have finished the team groupings and everybody, who created a team for themselves should now be joined to an existing one (most grops have 3 members, but some have 2). If you are not yet part of a team, but do want to take the course for credit, please get in touch immediately. Students have to submit in teams, you are not allowed to work on your own, unless you are retaking the course. And some information for students from previous years, that already obtained admission to the exam: Your cms profile for this year will not show your admission status until shortly before the exam registration deadline. You can check on your profile in last year's course. If you have not yet notified me that you are retaking the course, please do so. If you would like to submit assignments and get feedback, you may do so, but you are only allowed to work together with other retakers or you can work on your own. Reminder: you do not have to do the exercises again!
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Datacamp downWritten on 21.10.25 (last change on 21.10.25) by Emilia Ellsiepen The datacamp server seems to be down since yesterday evening. I have contacted support and will wait for their reply. The deadline for intermediate R will be extended to Wednesday, Oct 22 23:55 at least. I hope this issue will be resolved quickly! |
Assignment groupsWritten on 18.10.25 (last change on 18.10.25) by Emilia Ellsiepen Some of you already found team partners in the first week's tutorial. To get started on the first obligatory class sheet right away next week, we will group everybody who remains before that. For us to know, who actually wants to be grouped (=wants to take the course for credit), we would ask you to… Read more Some of you already found team partners in the first week's tutorial. To get started on the first obligatory class sheet right away next week, we will group everybody who remains before that. For us to know, who actually wants to be grouped (=wants to take the course for credit), we would ask you to please create an assignment team for yourself. We will merge then existing assignment teams within tutorials such that they all have 3 members. Important: you have to create an assignment team for yourself until Monday night! On a separate note: we are still thankfull for information from those students that do not want to take the course for credit, as we can than reassign their tutorial spots to other students. |
tutorial assignment completeWritten on 15.10.25 (last change on 15.10.25) by Emilia Ellsiepen We have assigned the tutorials. If you were assigned the "no tutorial" group, but intend to take the class for credit, please get in touch immediately. If you were assigned to a tutorial group, but don't plan on attending, please also let us know. |
*IMPORTANT* Tutorial optionsWritten on 14.10.25 (last change on 14.10.25) by Emilia Ellsiepen Tomorrow morning, we will distribute all students that registered to the tutorials. You might have noticed that there is a "no tutorial" option. This is strictly only meant for students that either have exam admission from previous years (please notify me, if you have not done so) or do not plan to… Read more Tomorrow morning, we will distribute all students that registered to the tutorials. You might have noticed that there is a "no tutorial" option. This is strictly only meant for students that either have exam admission from previous years (please notify me, if you have not done so) or do not plan to take the course for credit. Everybody, who needs exam admission still and wants to take the course for credit has to attend a tutorial to be able to fulfill the requirements, as class sheets are only counted of they are solved in person. If you marked the "no tutorial" option as ok, this means that you can't take the course for credit. Please modify your choice today if needed. |
Lecture with tutorials
held by: Dr. Emilia Ellsiepen and Dr. Laura Pissani
Location: Geb. E2 2 - Hörsaal 0.01 (Günter-Hotz-Hörsaal)
Lecture: Tuesdays, starting on 14.10.2024 at 08.30 -10.00 a.m.
Tutorials: Thursdays 8:30-10:00, Thursdays 10:15-11:45 OR Fridays 10:15-11:45
Exam: February 24, between 9-12 (exact time tbd, 90 minutes)
Re-sit exam: March 30, between 10-13 (exact time tbd, 90 minutes)
suitable for: B.Sc. / M.Sc.
There are 3 kinds of exercises: datacamp courses, class sheets and homework sheets.
DataCamp exercises will be given each week, access will be available for you after signing up (see Materials section for details). Only few of them are obligatory, the rest is an offer to you to get additional practise.
The first obligatory datacamp assignment is due already by the end of the first week! Make sure to register on datacamp and download and install R on your computer as indicated under materials before the first tutorial session.
For the class sheets and the homework sheets you will work together in assignment groups of 3 students. The students have to be in the same tutorial, as class sheets are worked on in the tutorials. You can form assignment groups in the first tutorial session, so make sure to attend the tutorial in the first week (we will assign your tutorial Wednesday morning)
The class sheets have to be solved within the first part of each tutorial session in your assignment group. Only group members that were present will receive credit for it. When solving the class sheet, you will be able to ask questions and get feedback from the tutor. Class sheets can involve programming exercises (please bring a computer to the tutorial!) or pen-and-paper exercises.
The homework sheets will be available on this site each week after the lecture. They are always due on Saturday night. You have to solve them in the same assignment group as the class sheet.
To be admitted to the exam:
- DataCamp: you need to do all obligatory DataCamp exercises on time.
- class sheets (PDFs or R files): you can miss or fail 2 complete sheets without excuses. If you are ill and have to miss more sheets, please contact us.
- homework sheets (PDFs or R files): you can miss or fail 1 complete sheet without excuses. If you are ill and have to miss more sheets, please contact us.
A whole sheet is counted as completed only if you made a good attempt to solve each question or if you at least formulated why you couldn't solve it and what you have tried.
We are following two books:
- Learning statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners by Danielle Navarro
- Statistical Methods for Psychology by David C. Howell
If you are retaking the course and have admission to writing the exam already, you do not need to enrol in a tutorial (choose "no tutorial" option). You also do not need to hand in class or homework sheets or complete datacamp courses. You are welcome to attend tutorials.
This class is supported by DataCamp, which allows students to take online classes with automatic code correction for learning R, Python and SQL.
The courses combine short expert videos and hands-on-the-keyboard exercises.