Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU LEUVEN)

Lecture notes from the Psychology of Social Media course at KU Leuven (Master in Communication Sciences), covering Class 1 and foundational concepts. Topics include defining social media through communication frameworks, the Lasswell model, social media characteristics, social media influencers (SMIs), attainability versus celebrity status, and opinion leadership theory. Essential for understanding the interdisciplinary approach to social media research and the core conceptual definitions used t...

Study notes for Political Philosophy at KU Leuven covering core theories from Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Bentham, Arendt, Fanon, Rawls, Kymlicka, Young, and Anderson. The document includes detailed assessment guidelines for the final exam (essay questions and short answers) and essay writing requirements, with worked examples of exam questions on topics like the state of nature, totalitarianism, and justice as fairness. Essential preparation material that breaks down exam expectations, essay...

Study guide for the Continental Philosophy course at KU Leuven featuring exam preparation strategies and course structure overview. Covers six major sections including 20th century philosophy, modernity and post-modernism, language theory, alterity and the Other, critiques of capitalism, and gender identity, with key philosophers from Marx to Butler. Includes exam instructions, sample questions, and practical study methods (conceptual overviews, timelines, thematic tables) to help students under...

Lecture notes from the Continental Philosophy course at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The document covers Section 1 on 20th-century philosophy, the continental/analytical divide, and major philosophical currents including phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, and critical theory, with focus on philosophers like Heidegger, Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud. Essential for understanding the foundational concepts and theoretical frameworks tested in the final exam and seminar assignments.

Study lab notes from Ethics course at KU Leuven. Covers the genealogical history of ethics, key concepts like personal identity and joint intentionality, and how to approach the course's narrative-driven methodology. Essential for understanding the exam structure, identifying recurring conceptual frameworks, and developing critical perspectives on the historical evolution of ethical philosophy.

Comprehensive lecture notes for the Ethics course at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The notes cover the historical development of ethics from Plato through Nietzsche, including detailed introductions on conceptual frameworks, the relationship between thought and language, and foundational ethical concepts.

Reading notes for the European Integration course at KU Leuven covering the historical-philosophical foundations and development of European federalism. The document traces key thinkers from Kant through Proudhon, Mazzini, and Cattaneo, then focuses extensively on the Ventotene Manifesto (1944) and its protagonists Spinelli, Rossi, Hirschmann, and Colorni. Essential for understanding how anti-fascist federalism shaped modern European institutions, with clear summaries of each section's main a...

Comprehensive lecture notes from the European Integration course at KU Leuven (10 ECTS). The notes cover all five course blocks: historical-philosophical perspectives, post-WWII context, legal-political foundations, key theories, and EU institutions/policy dynamics, plus Winter School materials on the Future of Europe.

All notes on European and International law

These lecture notes cover chapter 8 on logistic regression from the Statistics for Educational Science course: part 3 at KU Leuven. The material covers the theoretical basis of logistic regression versus ordinary linear regression, when you use logistic regression (binary outcomes), data structure and notation, and why linear regression is inappropriate for binary dependent variables. The document is ideal for exam preparation because it clearly explains the core concepts with practical examples...

Lecture annotations for Chapter 7 of Statistics for Educational Science: part 3 at KU Leuven, focusing on special predictors in multiple linear regression. The document covers categorical predictors (dummy coding), quadratic terms for non-linear relationships, and product predictors for interactions, with detailed examples and exercises. Ideal for exam preparation for this part of regression analysis - all core concepts clearly explained with practical applications.

Comprehensive lecture notes for Chapter 6 on multiple linear regression from Statistics for Educational Science: part 3 at KU Leuven. The notes cover the purpose of MLR, the difference with simple linear regression, regression weights controlled by other predictors, part correlations, and practical examples such as the “pace of life” study. Ideal for exam preparation and understanding how to analyse multifactorial relationships and filter out false correlations.

Lecture notes and exercises covering Repeated Measures ANOVA (Part 1) from the Statistics for Educational Science course at KU Leuven. Topics include within-subject designs, the conceptual foundation for repeated measures analysis, split-plot designs combining within-subject and between-subject factors, paired t-tests, and contrast coding with worked examples on e-cigarette craving studies and computer interface performance. Essential for understanding how to analyze dependent observations and a...

Lecture notes from HS5 on simple linear regression, part of the Statistics for Educational Science: part 3 course at KU Leuven. Covers the fundamentals of linear regression modeling, including research question formulation, independent and dependent variables, data notation, descriptive statistics, correlation interpretation, regression model assumptions, and the concept of the regression line as a conditional mean. Includes worked exercises and solutions demonstrating how to apply regression fo...

Comprehensive lecture notes for Chapter 4 of Statistics for Educational Science: part 3 at KU Leuven, focusing on two-way ANOVA and multifactorial designs. The document covers the analysis of two-factor variance, main effects, interaction effects, balanced models, and degrees of freedom calculations with practical examples (such as heart rate research with gender and training behavior). Ideal for exam preparation thanks to clear explanations of core concepts, step-by-step calculations, and visua...

These lecture notes cover Chapter 3 on Contrasts from the Statistics for Educational Science course: part 3 at KU Leuven. The material includes contrast notation, types, sampling distributions, planned contrasts (one and more), and post hoc contrasts, with an emphasis on translating research questions into targeted mean comparisons after ANOVA. Ideal for exam preparation for Educational Sciences, with a clear explanation of contrast coefficients, assumption testing, and correction methods such a...

Comprehensive notes from the One-way ANOVA (Chapter 2) lecture for Statistics for Educational Science: part 3 at KU Leuven. The document covers the core concepts of one-way ANOVA, including hypothesis testing, multi-group research design, residue analysis, and model testing, with practical examples such as the eye color experiment and brand attitude. These notes are ideal for exam preparation because all steps of data analysis work schedule are clearly explained and the ANOVA assumptions are dis...

These notes cover Statistics for Educational Science (part 3) at KU Leuven. The core of the material includes the data analysis workflow, formulation of null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis, z-tests and t-tests, p-values, one-tailed and two-tailed tests, Type 1 and Type 2 errors, and inference for comparing two population means. The document contains practical examples (such as the social skills test between two schools) with full effects and JASP output, making it ideal for exam preparati...

Summary of Statistics for Educational Scientists, Part 3 (taught by Prof. G. Lafit) in the Bachelor of Speech Therapy and Audiological Sciences at KU Leuven. The document is based on the slides and notes from the lessons, supplemented with the course recordings by Prof. E. Ceulemans. I only learned this summary before the exam and this gave me a 13/20. Summary of Statistics for Educational Scientists Part 3 at KU Leuven, covering 10 lessons from data analysis workflows through advanced regres...

Includes all chapters of the Policy Analysis course in English. It is explained in an easy human way and always with an example.