Editing Thesis Design (section)

== Planning ==

=== Week 1:  Research questions and the literature ===
==== Class I:  Research questions (Feb 5) ====
'''''Preparation'':'''

* Familiarize yourself with the [https://osf.io/hfxmy master’s thesis assessment criteria].
* Select and acquaint yourself with a citation management system.
* Examine theses related to topics of interest.
* Read: The [https://authorservices.wiley.com/Reviewers/journal-reviewers/how-to-perform-a-peer-review/step-by-step-guide-to-reviewing-a-manuscript.html Wiley peer review guide] (optionally, watch the video).
* Read: [https://authorservices.wiley.com/Reviewers/journal-reviewers/how-to-perform-a-peer-review/step-by-step-guide-to-reviewing-a-manuscript.html How to write a rebuttal] from Nature Methagora blog.
* Fill out [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSex3PQ_SD845L81YoamLJwlo1exy0GUFXDi0DgCgYiX5vCffg/viewform?usp=sf_link this form]

==== Class II:  Lit review  (Feb 7) ====
'''''Preparation'''''

* Read: Verkhodanova, V. (2021). ''More than words: Recognizing speech of people with Parkinson's disease'' (Doctoral dissertation, University of Groningen). [https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/183425061/Chapter_3.pdf Chapter 3] -- no need to read cover-to-cover, just note structure of replicable lit review. See Fig 3.1 and Table 3.1
* Familiarize yourself with the Open Science Foundation:
** Check out [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X07mBq2tnMg this video] about the OSF tool
** Make an account at OSF.io and fork [https://osf.io/23pnj/ this repository]
** Review the research proposal [https://www.overleaf.com/read/jgmdgxvsbcfq LaTeX template]

=== Week 2:  Hypotheses and methodologies to answer your RQs ===

==== Class I: Hypotheses (Feb 12) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Keep working on your RQ and hypothesis. Read widely. Take notes.
* Familiarize yourself with Feedback Fruits.  See [https://help.feedbackfruits.com/en/articles/2942398-peer-review-student-perspective this FBF resource] for all peer review assignments.
* Watch the first 30 minutes of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QK2-udwoK8 this video] about pre-registration in OSF (start at the beginning)

==== Class II: Methodologies (Feb 14) ====
'''Preparation:'''

* Reflect on the methods you have seen in your readings. To what extent are they transparent and replicable?

=== Week 3:  Analyses ===

==== Class I: Experiment design (Feb 19) -- DUTCH SPEECH TECH DAY ====
'''''Preparation'':'''

* Reflect on the articles you've read. What makes for a good experiment design? How can we recruit participants?

==== Class II: Experiment analyses (Feb 21) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Reflect on the different ways results are analyzed in the articles you read. Qualitative, quantitative, and more... 

=== Week 4:  Risk mitigation + ethics ===

==== Class I: Ethical considerations  (Feb 26) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Reflect on how ethics fits into your research. All research proposals (and theses) require a section on ethics.

==== Class II: Risk mitigation (Feb 28) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Reflect on the risks that are inherent in your research. Enumerate them as best you can. 

=== Week 5:  Conducting a pilot experiment ===

==== Class I: Pilot experiment / feasibility study (Mar 4) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Reflect on how a pilot experiment or feasibility study could be conducted to e.g. validate questionnaire suitability, demonstrate basic assumptions, or similar. 

==== Class II: Experiment (Mar 6) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Keep working on your thesis proposal.
* On this day we will perform a fun in-class experiment. 

=== Week 6: Analyzing outcomes -- From research project to thesis [or: Writing week?] ===

==== Class I: Outcome analysis  (Mar 11) ====

* tbd

==== Class II: Prototypes (Mar 13) ====

* tbd

=== Week 7:  Communicating outcomes + dissemination ===

==== Class I:  Communication of outputs (Mar 18) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Reflect on how you would describe your research proposal to someone from another field. 
* Start search for academic posters: find good and bad examples.

==== Class II: Posters, elevator pitches, and more (Mar 20) ====
'''''Preparation:'''''

* Practice a brief description of your research. 

=== Week 8: ===

==== Class I: (Mar 25) ====

* Interactive session with Daan van Esch (Google) et al.

==== Class II: (Mar 27) ====

* Combo class with ASR2