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| Semester | fall semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Dorothee Bentz (dorothee.bentz@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The workshop will be given by Dr. Dirk Wulff, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. Modern open-source software packages offer ever more powerful tools for a critical step in any data analytic project: creating and communicating data visualizations. However, only when these tools are applied with psychological and design principles in mind do they produce effective visualizations that achieve their purposes. In this workshop, participants learn how to employ state-of-the-art data visualization tools within the programming language R to create stunning, publication-ready data visualizations that communicate critical insights about data. Furthermore, participants learn to apply fundamental principles of data visualization design to their own work. Each participant will bring a data visualization problem and work on its design during the workshop. After the workshop, participants are expected to work on implementing their visualization and, ultimately, share it with the workshop presenter for a final round of feedback. The course assumes a working knowledge of R and RStudio. Prior experience with the R tidyverse will be advantageous and can be acquired from https://posit.cloud/learn/primers. |
| Bibliography | Knaflic, C. N. (2015). Storytelling with data: A data visualization guide for business professionals. John Wiley & Sons. |
| Comments | Max. students: 12. Priority will be given to PhD students from the doctoral program HI-PSY. Places will be given according to this selection criteria: 1) PhD students from the doctoral program HI-PSY 2) PhD students of other specializations of the Faculty of Psychology 3) PhD students of other faculties of the University of Basel HI-PSY rules for withdrawal, absence, or partial course attendance: If you cannot attend a workshop that you have signed up for, please cancel your course registration as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to dorothee.bentz@unibas.ch. This will allow other PhD students interested in the course to move up from the waiting list. After the university’s official registration period has ended, cancelled course will be assessed with NE. Course registrations can be cancelled until one week before the workshops begins. In the case of late cancellations, participants will not be considered for course registration in the next three months of the lecture periods and will be removed from the registration list of any course they have signed up during these three upcoming months of the lecture periods. If an urgent, unforeseeable, or inevitable event before or during the course prevents a participant from attending, a written and substantiated withdrawal request that includes appropriate documentation (e.g. a doctor’s note) must be submitted to dorothee.bentz@unibas.ch within two days of the workshop and without being prompted. The program director decides on the approval of the withdrawal request. ECTS-points are awarded only for 100% course attendance. |
| Admission requirements | The workshop is offered by the doctoral program HI-PSY. PhD students who are not part of the doctoral program HI-PSY please apply for admission to the workshop before course registration by send-ing an e-mail to the program dicrector Prof. Dr. Jens Gaab (jens.gaab@unibas.ch). |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | See individual dates | ||
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 13.11.2023 | 09.15-18.15 | Missionsstrasse 64a, Seminarraum 00.002 |
| Modules |
Doctorate Psychology: Recommendations (PhD subject: Psychology) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Psychology, studiendekanat-psychologie@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Faculty of Psychology |