DS-201 • Data Science & Research

Applied Data Science for Behavioural Research

Move from a behavioural question to a clean dataset, defensible analysis, visual findings and a compact research report.

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AFTER COMPLETING THIS COURSE

You will be able to

✓ Define measurable behavioural variables
✓ Clean and document a dataset
✓ Choose appropriate descriptive tests
✓ Create readable visualisations
✓ Interpret findings without overclaiming

FULL CURRICULUM

Lessons and practical work

Module 1 — Research Questions and Variables

Convert three broad claims into measurable questions.

LESSON 1.1 · ENGLISH LECTURE

From broad topic to testable question

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LESSON 1.2 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Operational definitions

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LESSON 1.3 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Outcome, predictor and control variables

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Practical exercise

Convert three broad claims into measurable questions.

Module 2 — Data Preparation

Clean the supplied behavioural-practice dataset.

LESSON 2.1 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Missing values and duplicates

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LESSON 2.2 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Category coding

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LESSON 2.3 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Creating a data dictionary

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Practical exercise

Clean the supplied behavioural-practice dataset.

Module 3 — Analysis and Visualisation

Produce three justified visualisations.

LESSON 3.1 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Distributions and group comparisons

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LESSON 3.2 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Correlation and its limits

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LESSON 3.3 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Choosing charts that answer the question

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Practical exercise

Produce three justified visualisations.

Module 4 — Interpretation and Reporting

Write findings from the supplied analysis output.

LESSON 4.1 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Finding versus inference

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LESSON 4.2 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Limitations and alternative explanations

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LESSON 4.3 · ENGLISH LECTURE

Writing a compact results section

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Practical exercise

Write findings from the supplied analysis output.

COURSE RESOURCES

Materials for completing the work

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ASSIGNMENTS

Submit assessed work

Variable Definition Sheet

Define the study population, variables, measures and expected relationship.

Deliverable: Completed variable-definition template.

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Dataset Cleaning Record

Clean the practice dataset and document every decision.

Deliverable: Clean CSV plus cleaning log.

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Mini Behavioural Research Project

Ask one question, analyse the data, visualise results and evaluate limitations.

Deliverable: 1,500-word report with dataset and figures.

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FINAL PROJECT

A reproducible mini behavioural research project with dataset, figures and written interpretation.

ASSESSMENT

Data preparation 25% · Analysis 30% · Report 35% · Reproducibility 10%