Methodology and Statistics focuses on the development, evaluation and application of statistical models for the analysis of psychological research data.

Social and Behavioural Sciences, Psychology

In the specialisation Methodology and Statistics, part of the Master in Psychology, you will focus on in-depth study of statistical theory and research methodology as well as on the acquisition of data analysis skills.

The Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in collaboration with the Department of Methodology and Statistics and researchers in the field of Methodology and/or Statistics of the other Institutes provides training courses for PhD candidates and other researchers.

CADS researchers give methodology their own unique signature through two parallel engagements: (a) teaching and researching the full range of social science methods, from audio-visual engagements, through global ethnography, to statistical analysis; and (b) interrogating these multiple modalities employing…

How does the cluster bootstrap procedure in combination with various types of linear models perform in the analysis of longitudinal data, compared to other methods.

Practical applications for the reconstruction of the past

Phosphorylation affects all four major biomolecules – proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids – and plays a pivotal role in the most fundamental cellular functions.

How to make a quantitative assessment of the relative contribution to toxicity of ions and particles? Is the toxicity of nanoparticles related to their size or shape? Which physicochemical property of nanoparticles is an appropriate dose metric of nanoparticles?

On February 15th 2018 former students in Methodology & Statistics (M&S) of Leiden University share their current and previous professional activities to provide M&S students an insight into their career perspectives.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Sonic Methodologies is now available. This more than 850-page book offers methods how to study sound as well as how through sound and listening (new) knowledge can be gained.

How to improve the method in quantifying the combined effects of metal-based chemicals?

Electoral Systems and Turnout: Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design. In this article, published on the website SAGE research methods, authors Jaroslaw Kantorowicz and Tobias M. Hlobil discuss how a Regression Discontinuity Design can be executed.

ACPA alumni Falk Hübner and Joost Vanmaele aim to put up a few signposts in the expansive field of artistic research with an article recently published on FORUM+ .

The main methodological aspects of the use of stepwise LCA estimators under different circumstances.

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Lecture, Research Seminar

This dissertation addresses the position of artistic research within academia.

Alumni Event

Contact details secretariat section Methodology & Statistics.

LeidenGlobal course ‘Methodologies in the Social Sciences and Humanities’

The programme group Research Methods and Statistics offers methodological support in many projects in the field of education and child studies.

The M&S unit has three central themes of research:

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PhD Defence

Lecture, Sociolinguistics Series

PhD Defence

PhD Defence

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The ReCiPe methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).

The staff members of the Methodology & Statistics unit are members of various boards and committees.

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Within the research area Intelligence and security, intelligence is studied from a political, historical, ethical, judicial, and methodological perspective. The main goal is to improve our understanding of how intelligence and security services operate, how they are and have been embedded in their broader…

... which focuses on the development and use of new multivariate statistical tools needed for analyses of data collected in the four other programs.