Week 11 Topic Suggestions by Advanced Statistics

Reproducible coding

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-09 12:02:41 UTC

How to ensure the code you're writing is useful for others and stands the test of time. Including how to run R and RStudio on your own computer.

Machine Learning and AI

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-09 12:03:12 UTC

Using what we've covered so far to get into machine learning. How Large Language Models like ChatGPT work. We don't have the computational resources to build one in the class but we can build a tiny language model so you understand the principles. I will almost certainly share my opinions about how modern AI bots are a plague upon humanity.

Building Interactive Apps

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-09 12:07:17 UTC

How to use R to build interactive applications

Dealing with missing data

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-09 12:08:08 UTC

Including multiple imputation by chained equations.

Using RMarkdown and Quarto to write papers

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-09 12:15:25 UTC

How to use various R tools to prepare publication ready manuscripts.

Spotting BS in papers

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-09 12:46:48 UTC

What to look for when critically evaluating papers.

Nothing!

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-14 18:22:47 UTC

Let's use the time to revise, catch up on other modules, read, work on dissertations, or just relax.

Introduction to Meta-Science

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-01-22 21:19:40 UTC

Meta-research or meta-science is the "science of science" - a discipline concerned with understanding the mechanisms behind the processes that make science work, or the one that break it.

Multilevel Mediation Analysis

2026-02-03 13:51:16 UTC

How to run mediations when you have data that is nested.

Longitudinal Data Analysis

2026-02-03 13:52:27 UTC

Options for analysing longitudinal data, e.g. growth models, lagged effects, mediations over time.

Building personal websites with R and Quarto

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-02-06 14:28:22 UTC

Websites can be a useful tool for showcasing what kind of things you're working on (or collating your publications), which can help other people find you and identify you as a collaborator or a conference contributor. Quarto and R allow you to build websites for free (assuming you're willing to deal with a bit of technical faff)

Mediation analysis

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-02-12 11:14:38 UTC

May also include moderation analysis (as a comparison) and multilevel mediation as suggested above.

Stats/Methods/Meta-research talk watch-party

advancedstatisticssussex — 2026-03-09 10:36:12 UTC

We'll pick an interesting methodological talk to watch and discuss the issues introduced in it. Optional craft-along.