Advanced workshops of analysis methods - Introduction to graph theory and statistical network models for psychologists

Enseignants

Heeren Alexandre;

Langue
d'enseignement

Anglais

Thèmes abordés

Chaque année, une liste d'ateliers est proposée aux étudiants. Ces ateliers abordent de façon détaillée les outils, les méthodes et les analyses spécifiquement utilisés dans la recherche en Psychologie et Sciences de l'Education. Chaque atelier a une durée de 15 heures

Contenu

Graph theory and network analysis have started to infiltrate psychological sciences, especially in research agendas dealing with large datasets. Accordingly, this course will provide a general overview of the application of graph theory and network analysis in psychological sciences.  Applications on real data sets will be provided throughout the workshop. Given the audience's diversity, illustrations will range from social networks to brain networks and symptoms networks.
Through this course, participants will:
- become familiar with general notions of graph theory and network analysis
- learn how to model network data using R, to implement algorithms from the field of graph theory (e.g., community detection, small-wordness), and to use up-to-date tools from statistical network analysis (e.g., graphical Lasso, subset bootstrap, Bayesian modeling) to optimize network estimation and visualization
- understand the advantages, challenges, and limitations of network analysis in comparison to other analytical approaches
- and become able to critically assess papers dealing with network analysis and graph theory in psychological sciences. 

Méthodes d'enseignement

En raison de la crise du COVID-19, les informations de cette rubrique sont particulièrement susceptibles d’être modifiées.

Teaching and assessment will be delivered via a classroom setting, on the Louvain-la-Neuve campus, but could be carried out remotely (via Teams) should the health situation require to do so. 

Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants

En raison de la crise du COVID-19, les informations de cette rubrique sont particulièrement susceptibles d’être modifiées.

First session: Oral test (9 points /20 ) and oral presentation and discussion of a research paper (7 points / 20) + continuous assessment via homeworks (4 points / 20)
Second session: Oral test (20 points /20) 

Ressources
en ligne

Handouts, as well as examples of R programming codes, will be made available via Moodle.

Bibliographie

A list of reading articles will be provided at the end of each session. 

Faculté ou entité
en charge

EPSY