Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences Utrecht University

Overview

The Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences programme at Utrecht University you are trained to solve real-world problems by applying, evaluating, and developing methodological and statistical approaches within an interdisciplinary setting. In pursuing this goal, you will learn to:

• Define a clear research question, and link this to a particular research design and statistical analysis.
• Understand how data collection, sampling, experimental design, and measurement impact data quality, which analyses you can do, and what conclusions you can draw.
• Work with a broad array of statistical and machine learning methods for description, explanation, prediction, and causal inference.
• Implement statistical and machine learning methods using various software packages.
• Write code and set up computer simulations to assess the performance of different analysis approaches and develop innovative methods that improve upon state-of-the-art techniques.
• Communicate and collaborate in multidisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners to plan, collect, explore, analyse, summarise, and present data products in a reproducible, accessible, and open way.

Career Prospects

This Methodology and Statistics for the Behavioural, Biomedical and Social Sciences programme at Utrecht University prepares you for an academic or professional career in a company or institute where methodological and statistical work occurs at an academic level.

The programme prepares you for a scientific career in fields such as:

• Academia
• Research institutes
• Government organisations
• NGOs
• Private enterprises

Accreditation

Accredited by the NVAO - Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders.