| 205, Fall, 2011 Outline
Version of 11/7/11 Remember to check for revisions |
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| For readings on the personality-project server, use name=psych, pw=psych |
Readings to be done before class |
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| Week 1
Sept 21 |
Introduction and Overview Statistical and Experimental Inference |
A study on memory: data collection | review statistics from 201 Take home statistical quiz (try to do all the problems) Leary: Chapter 1, 2 Turn in data sheets to Cresap 109 by Friday 5 pm. |
| Week 2
Sept 26 |
Reasoning in Research Review of statistical concepts the basic t.test |
Data cleaning and entry preliminary results are not yet available. |
review statistics from 201 Leary: Chapter 1, 2 Turn in stats quiz |
| Sept 28 | Examples of experimental reasoning
Research design as solving a puzzle Embracing the power of randomness |
A short introduction to R
Descriptive statistics using R Optional readings for your enjoyment simulating distributions Why you should not use Excel for statistics (from Jeffrey S. Simonof) or how to fight spreadsheet addiction.(Patrick Burns) (optional) |
Leary Chapter 3
Madsen and McGaugh (1961) Roediger and McDermott (1995) stats home work solutions |
| Week 3 October 3 | Overview of Design | Experimental approaches to personality Revelle (2007)
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Leary: Chapters 8, 9, 10
Notes on using R for statistics (slides) |
October 5 | Variables in Experimentation Within Subject designs | Modality effects on false memory results | |
| Week 4 October 10 | Variables in Experimentation Within Subject designs (includes partial RM results) Writing a research paper |
Bem (2003), Writing the empirical journal article using LaTeX to format an APA style paper Three output styles: journal, document, manuscript But one tex file (with an accompanying boxplot and another graphic file as pdfs and an examplebib file to save with the tex file.) |
APA Manual of Style see also the APA style FAQ as well as the APA tutorial of the basics of APA style Web based style guides by Dewey or by Plonsky as well as the U.W. writing center's guide |
| October 12 |
Experimental Control and
Between subject designs | Leary Chapter 4, 15
Using Endnote for references or using BibTex for references |
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| Week 5 October 17 |
Theory Testing | materials used in R & M study
R & M results and analysis Possible figures to include in your paper may be taken from the results handout. |
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| October 19 |
Mid Term 1 Sample test Another sample test with key |
Leary Chapter , 10 |
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| Week 6 October 24 |
Artifacts in Experimentation
The use of ANOVA and Linear Regression in interaction designs |
R & M results and analysis -- Final update OCTOBER 24RD 11 am
Possible figures to include in your paper may be taken from the results handout. Remember the instructions for writing a research paper |
Leary Chapter 11
midterm analysis Midterm 1 key |
| October 26 | Design in Experimentation
Measurement Issues Correlational designs (reliability) |
Correlation and regression - an overview |
Paper 1 is DUE! Appointments for paper grading |
| Week 7 October 31 |
Correlational designs (continued)
Interaction designs and analysis subject variables Simulations as theory testing |
Anderson and Revelle, 1994
see also Revelle, (1993) which reviews Thayer's results and discusses performance arousal theories Revelle, Humphreys, Simon and Gilliland, 1980 (this gives some of the EPI items to measure impulsivity and Revelle, Anderson, and Humphreys, 1987 (very large file) |
A simulation experiment handout describing the experiment. Block randomization using R Experiment-2 You get to choose what to do within the constraints of this web based experiment. |
| Nov 2 | experiments versus field studies: the example of health Random assignment in field trials (Born et al., 2002) |
Long guide to R
Shorter guide to R An even simpler guide to R |
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| Week 8 November 7 |
searching the literature Exploratory and Confirmatory data analysis |
Searching the literature using Google Scholar or Psych Lit
Using statistics in psychological research A short guide to R for 205 students Long guide to R Slightly revised and very detailed handout on how to do the data analysis for experiment 2 An even simpler guide to R written by a 205 student |
(use an NU account/VPN or a proxy server) Psych Lit and Google Scholar |
| November 9 | Methods in Differential Psychology
Pitfalls in scientific research |
Methods in differential psychology | Help on data analysis |
| Week 9 Nov 14 |
Ethics in Research | On Being a Scientist (NAS)
Ethical Standards of APA (2010) |
Paper 2 is DUE! |
| Nov 16 |
Alternatives to Experimentation Advanced statistical procedures other kinds of designs |
Advanced graphics for exploring data
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Leary Chapter 14
Leary Chapter 12 , 13 Research Proposals due |
| Week 10 Nov 21 |
telemetrics | Telemetrics -- collecting data a distance Course Review |
Midterm 2 |
| November 23 | Presentation of Research Proposals | November 28 |
Reading Week begins | appointments for analysis help | Analyze study 3
How to use R to score scales |
| Finals Week
December 5 |
course evaluation (CTEC) | Paper 3 due Optional Final Exam Key for Midterm 2 |
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