Teaching Assistant Nikolina Vukšić Attends Summer Methodological School in Lugano, Switzerland

Teaching Assistant Nikolina Vukšić, M.Sc. Psych., a PhD student working on a Croatian Science Foundation project from the University Department of Psychology, attended the summer methodological school held from August 17 to 21, 2026, in the Swiss city of Lugano at Università della Svizzera italiana.

The topic of this summer school was Creating Groups from Data: Cluster Analysis and Latent Class Analysis. Throughout the five days of lectures and practical sessions, early-career researchers had the opportunity to learn about various methods of cluster analysis and latent profile analysis, applying them in practice using the R programming language. On Friday, the participants presented the results of their research projects and received valuable feedback.