Topic: Mixed Models

Use R to answer research questions through descriptive and inferential statistics. Guided practicals begin with importing, checking, cleaning and visualizing data, then develop estimates, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests. Participants fit and interpret linear models, interactions, generalized linear models and mixed models, learning how to connect analytical choices to data structure and report results clearly. 2027-01-18–2027-01-21, 14:00–19:00 daily, Europe/Berlin (CET, UTC+01:00). Online course; fee €480. Suitable for beginners and early-career researchers; no prior statistics, pr

The World Economic Forum in its latest report elects disinformation as the most significant short-term global risk to tackle in modern society. This report more specifically mentions that misinformation is capable of disrupting elections and exacerbating societal polarization. Since photojournalistic images are treated as a proof, as a self-contained piece of evidence that an event has happened (Garry et al., 2007), finding out which factors influence the perception of the authenticity of a picture is crucial. We collected authenticity perception, political views, and emotional response to im