| 205, Fall, 2005 Outline
Version of November 2, 2005 (keep looking for updates!) |
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| Week 1
September 21 |
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 |
| Week 2 September 26 | Reasoning in Research (pdf) Review of statistical concepts |
Roediger and McDermott | Leary Chapter 3
introduction to R Descriptive statistics using R simulating distributions (optional) |
September 28 |
Overview of Design (pdf) (includes preliminary results)
Statistics Review (2) the t-test |
Chapter 8 | |
| Week 3
October 3 |
Theory Testing in Experimentation (pdf)
Variables in Experimentation Within Subject designs |
Leary Chapter 4 Stats homework, solutions using R |
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| October 5 |
Writing a research paper (pdf) |
Leary (Chapter 15) 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 |
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| Week 4 October 10 | Experimental Control
(see alsoBetween subject designs (pdf) ) |
Leary Chapter 9, 10 |
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| October 12 |
Artifacts in Experimentation | R & M study results materials used in R & M study |
lecture notes of results
writing a research paper Leary Chapter 5, 6 |
| Week 5 October 17 | Design in Experimentation
Measurement Issues measurement and scaling (pdf) |
Paper 1 Appointments for paper grading |
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| October 19 |
Mid Term 1 Sample test |
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| Week 6 October 24 | Correlational designs (reliability) pdf (revised) | ||
| October 26 |
Interaction designs and analysis
subject variables |
Anderson and Revelle, 1994 see also Revelle, 1993 arousal theories |
Leary Chapter 11 |
| Week 7 October 31 |
Subject variables Simulations as theory testing |
Supplementary readings: 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 |
| November 2 | Exploratory and Confirmatory data analysis |
Simple guide to R
even simpler guide to R Analysis of the simulation using R (revised) types of relationships |
Using the library research tools |
| Week 8 November 7 |
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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| November 9 | 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 |
| Week 9 November 14 |
Advanced statistical procedures | Experiment 2 results | Paper 2 Research Proposals due appointments for grading |
| November 16 | sources of error
other kinds of designs |
Summary (summary.pdf) | |
| Week 10 November 21 |
Midterm 2 | November 23 |
advanced statistical techniques | Report on experimental progress |
| Week 11 November 28 |
Reading Week | Analyze study 3 | |
| November 30 |
Analyze study 3 | appointments for analysis help | |
| Finals Week
December ? 7 |
course evaluation (CTEC) | Paper 3 due Optional Final Exam |
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