General Information

Transparent research practices enable the research design, materials, analytic methods, and data to be thoroughly evaluated and potentially reproduced. This course presents current best practices and tools for increasing research transparency.

After the course, we expect the participants to be able to get started on improving their own research practices, assessing research transparency in articles they read and review. Toward these goals, we design this course with the following specific learning outcomes:

The course participants…

• aware of decisions made in the course of quantitative research and the importance of making them transparent,
• know a range of practices, methods, and tools to improve research transparency,
• can apply principles to evaluate and compare the transparency of statistical and visualization techniques, and
• can preregister and deposit their research artifacts in FAIR repositories.

Dates: 18, 20, 22, and 29 April 2022

Time: 9:00–10:15 (Pacific) = 11:00–12:15 (Central) = 12:00–13:15 (Eastern) = 18:00–19:15 (Europe)

Calendar entries:

• iCal (all)
• Google Calendar or Outlook: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4.
  (Note: World Time Buddy supports 30-minute chunks, so the calendar entries download from there will be 15 minutes longer than the actual time.)

Requirements

• Prior knowledge:
  • Participants must already have elementary knowledge in quantitative research design and statistical analysis. For example, they should already know the differences between the within-subjects and between-subjects design.
  • They should have performed statistical analysis on a few datasets.
  • They should also be familiar with how research articles report their method and results.
• Time commitment: Between 22 – 28 April, participants should plan at least 2 hours of time commitment on homework (application of transparent practices to own past papers). They will be expected to present their homework in lecture 4 on 29 April.

Contact: chat@ifi.uzh.ch

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Schedule

📅 Calendar entries for these dates are available in the General Information section above.

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Registration

Course fee: $100 (+ CHI registration fee—physical or virtual)

If you are not yet registered for CHI:

1. Go to CHI 2022 registration page
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select the Member or Non-Member button to begin your registration.
3. Fill in all of the required information needed for registration to attend CHI 2022.
4. Proceed to the Optional Items page – select the course CO7 from the list and click next at the bottom of the page.
5. Continue through registration to complete by making a payment and clicking “Finish”. A confirmation email is automatically generated.

If you are adding a course to your existing registration:

1. Go to CHI 2022 registration page
2. Scroll towards the bottom and click on the “Already Registered” option. Do not begin a new registration if you are already registered for CHI 2022.
3. Enter your email address and confirmation code – found in your confirmation email.
4. Click “Login” to proceed, then select “Modify Registration” towards the bottom on the next page.
5. Proceed through your registration (“Next” button until the Optional Items page) to add the desired course.
6. Select the course CO7 from the list and click “Next” at the bottom.
7. Follow through to complete the addition by making a payment and clicking “Finish”.

Support for the registration fee

• Gary Marsden Travel Awards (New deadline April 10th, 11:59pm AoE). This fund prioritizes first-time attendees and presenters (papers, posters/extended abstracts—including for workshops/symposia, works in progress, demos, case studies, etc.. )

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