| 205, Fall, 2007 Outline
Version of November 14, 2007 (with handout about experiment that was inadvertently dropped.) |
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| Week 1
Sept 26 |
Introduction and Overview Statistical and Experimental Inference |
review statistics from 201 Take home statistical quiz (try to do all the problems) Leary: Chapter 1, 2 Data collection (in class) |
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Week 2 October 1 |
Reasoning in Research Review of statistical concepts |
Roediger and McDermott (1995) Madsen and McGaugh (1961) |
Leary Chapter 3
a short introduction to R Descriptive statistics using R simulating distributions (optional) Why you should not use Excel for statistics or how to fight spreadsheet addiction. (optional) |
| October 3 | Overview of Design (includes preliminary results)
the t.test |
Revelle (2007)
stats home work solutions |
Chapter 8 |
| Week 3 October 8 |
Theory Testing in Experimentation Writing a research paper |
using LaTeX to format an APA style 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 |
| October 10 | Variables in Experimentation Within Subject designs | Leary Chapter 4
Using Endnote for references |
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| Week 4 October 15 |
Experimental Control and
Between subject designs ) |
Some preliminary analyses | Leary Chapter 9, 10 |
| October 17 | Artifacts in Experimentation
Class experiment analysis - overview |
R & M study results (as of 11:50 am, Oct 17) materials used in R & M study Possible figures to include Updated to include foils |
Bem (2003), Writing the empirical journal article |
| Week 5 October 22 |
Design in Experimentation
Measurement Issues |
Paper 1 is DUE! Appointments for paper grading |
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| October 24 | Correlational designs (reliability) | Correlation and regression - an overview | Leary Chapter 11 |
| Week 6 October 28 |
Correlational designs (continued)
Interaction designs and analysis subject variables |
experiments versus field studies: the example of health Random assignment in field trials (Born et al., 2002) |
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| October 31 | Mid Term 1 Sample test |
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| Week 7 Nov 5 |
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) |
Experiment-2 You get to choose what to do within the constraints of this web based experiment. Simulation experiment handout describing the experiment. |
| November 7 | Exploratory and Confirmatory data analysis |
Long guide to R
Shorter guide to R An even simpler guide to R |
Using the library research tools or alternatively Using Endnote for references |
| Week 8 Nov 12 | 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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Nov 14 |
Ethics in Research Alternatives to Experimentation |
Simulation experiment -- handout that somehow was dropped On Being a Scientist (NAS) Ethical Standards of APA (2002) |
Leary Chapter 14
Leary Chapter 12 , 13 |
| Week 9 Nov 19 |
Advanced statistical procedures | Experiment 2 results | Paper 2 is DUE! Research Proposals due |
| Nov 21 | sources of error
other kinds of designs |
Week 10 Nov 26 |
Summary |
| Nov 28 | Midterm 2 | ||
| Week 11: Reading Week Dec 3 |
Analyze study 3 | appointments for analysis help | |
| Finals Week
Dec 10 |
course evaluation (CTEC) | Paper 3 due Optional Final Exam |
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