| 205, Spring, 2005 Outline
Version of April 27, 2005 (keep looking for updates!) |
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| Week 1
March 29 |
Introduction and Overview (or pdf) Statistical and Experimental Inference |
Take home statistical quiz (do problems 1-2) | review statistics from 201 Leary: Chapter 1, 2 Data collection (in class) Data recording |
| March 30 | Reasoning in Research (pdf) Review of statistical concepts |
Roediger and McDermott | Leary Chapter 3
introduction to R Descriptive statistics using R simulating distributions (optional) |
| Week 2 April 4 |
Overview of Design (pdf) (includes preliminary results) | Chapter 8 | |
| April 6 | Theory Testing in Experimentation (pdf) Writing a research paper |
APA Manual of Style see also the APA style FAQ Web based style guides by Dewey or by Plonsky as well as the U.W. writing center's guide Leary Chapter 15 |
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| Week 3 April 11 |
Variables in Experimentation Within Subject designs | Stats homework, solutions using R better answer set coming soon |
Leary Chapter 4 |
| April 13 |
Experimental Control
(see alsoBetween subject designs (pdf) ) |
Leary Chapter 9, 10 |
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| Week 4 April 18 | Artifacts in Experimentation | R & M study results new! - | lecture notes of results (new)
more complete notes to be added soon./a>) Leary Chapter 5, 6 |
| April 20 |
Mid Term 1 Sample test |
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| Week 5 April 25 | Design in Experimentation
Measurement Issues measurement and scaling (pdf) |
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| April 27 |
Correlational designs (reliability) pdf (revised) | materials used in R & M study
writing a research paper |
Paper 1 Appointments for paper grading |
| Week 6 May 2 |
Interaction designs and analysis
subject variables |
Anderson and Revelle, 1994 see also Revelle, 1993 arousal theories |
Leary Chapter 11 |
| May 4 |
Subject variables Simulations as theory testing |
Supplementary readings are now available: 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) also see Revelle, 1993 (reviews Thayer's results and discusses performance) |
Experiment -2 For Mac users, you may down load this to run at home Data collection |
| Week 7 May 9 |
Exploratory and Confirmatory data analysis |
Systat Guide
Simple guide to R |
Using the library research tools |
| May 11 | Researching the literature using Social Science Citation Index Pitfalls in scientific research |
(use an NU account/VPN or a proxy server) Psych Lit and the Social Science Citation Index |
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| Week 8 May 16 |
Ethics in Research Alternatives to Experimentation |
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Ethical Standards of APA 2002 On Being a Scientist (NAS) Leary Chapter 14 Leary Chapter 12 , 13 Paper 2 |
| May 18 | Advanced statistical procedures | Experiment 2 results | Research Proposals due |
| Week 9 May 23 |
sources of error
other kinds of designs |
Summary (summary.pdf) | May 25 |
Midterm 2 |
| Week 10 May 30 |
No Class- memorial day | Analyze study 3 | |
| June 1 |
Analyze study 3 | appointments for analysis help | |
| Finals Week
June 7 |
course evaluation (CTEC) | Paper 3 due Optional Final Exam |
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