Mandatory assignments
Please note that these assignments will not be graded but delivery is mandatory in order to qualify for submission of the final (graded) project assignment.
| # | Description |
Required word count |
Submission |
Files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | Practical exercises | / | February 9 | PDF, latex |
| II |
Tentative science question and project plan, reading list; Introduction and background |
1500 - 3000 |
March 3 |
latex |
| III | Description of data and method(s) | 1500 - 3000 |
March 24 |
latex |
| IV | Analysis and results | 2000 - 3500 |
April 21 |
latex |
| V | Discussion and conclusion | 2000 - 3500 |
May 16 |
latex |
* Submission of the required documents by the end of the stated day.
- Additional slides with feedback and guidance for assignments 1+2 (PDF)
- The evaluation matrix that will be used for grading the final assignment is provided in this PDF.
Final project assignment
As a starting point, you can copy the text from the mandatory assignments into the template for the final project assignment. You should then revise the document and make it consistent and coherent. The final document must include the following parts/sections:
- Title
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Data & Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- Bibliography/References
- Figures (and tables)
| # | Description |
Required word count |
Submission |
Files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | Complete revised and consistent article describing the conducted scientific study | 8000 - 12000 | June 2 | latex |
* Submission of the required documents by the end of the stated day.
Further information
Please see this PDF with further information and details regarding the assignments, the available data sets and tips for how to get started with the data analysis. The document is continuously updated and improved. You can find the version/date of the document on page 2.