Session 1: Introduction to LLMs as Tools for Linguistic Data Analysis

Day 1 · Introduction & First Experience (1-1)

🚧 Being prepared

This page is being finalized ahead of the course (Aug 3–7, 2026) and may be incomplete or change before your session. The syllabus and readings are ready now.

Learning objectives

Reading

Skim (see all course readings):

Abdurahman, S., Ziabari, A. S., Moore, A. K., Bartels, D. M., & Dehghani, M. (2025). A primer for evaluating large language models in social-science research. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251325174

Slides & Colab

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## 🚧 Being prepared
This page is being finalized ahead of the course (**Aug 3–7, 2026**) and may be incomplete or change before your session. The [syllabus](/syllabus/index.md) and [readings](/syllabus/readings.md) are ready now.
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## Learning objectives
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## Reading

**Skim** (see all [course readings](../../syllabus/readings.md)):

- Abdurahman, S., Ziabari, A. S., Moore, A. K., Bartels, D. M., & Dehghani, M. (2025). A primer for evaluating large language models in social-science research. *Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8*(2). <https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459251325174>

## Slides & Colab
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