Week 1

M: 9/1

No class; Labor Day

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W: 9/3

Course introduction

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F: 9/5

Overview of research methods in psychology

P&B 1; P&B 2 pp. 26-50

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M lab:

No Monday lab (Labor Day)

F lab:

Intro to lab; The process of research

Week 2

M: 9/8

Threats to valid inference making

P&B 3

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W: 9/10

Threats to valid inference making

P&B 5

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F: 9/12

Basics of research designs

P&B 6-8

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M lab:

Intro to lab; The process of research

F lab:

Brainstorming the questionnaire study

Week 3

M: 9/15

Research ethics

P&B 2, pp. 50-57

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W: 9/17

Measurement

P&B 4

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F: 9/19

Descriptive statistics

G&W 1-2

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M lab:

Brainstorming the questionnaire study

F lab:

Work on questionnaire study

Week 4

M: 9/22

Central tendency

G&W 3

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W: 9/24

Variability

P&B 10, G&W 4

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F: 9/26

Z-scores

G&W 5

Problem Set #1 due

M lab:

Work on questionnaire study

F lab:

Intro to SPSS; frequencies and descriptives (Activity #1)

Week 5

M: 9/29

Probability and sampling

G&W 6-7

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W: 10/1

Hypothesis testing

G&W 8

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F: 10/3

One-sample t-test

G&W 9

Problem Set #2 due

M lab:

Intro to SPSS; frequencies and descriptives (Activity #1)

F lab:

Manipulating data in SPSS (Activity #2)

Week 6

M: 10/6

TBA

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W: 10/8

Review for exam

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F: 10/10

EXAM 1

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M lab:

Manipulating data in SPSS (Activity #2)

F lab:

Histograms, one-sample t-test in SPSS (Activity #3)

Week 7

Week 8

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M: 10/20

Correlation and regression

G&W 15

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W: 10/22

Correlation and regression

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F: 10/24

Correlation and regression

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M lab:

Histograms, one-sample t-test in SPSS (Activity #3)

F lab:

Brainstorm experiment

Week 9

M: 10/27

Comparing two means

G&W 10

Problem Set #3 due

W: 10/29

Comparing two means

G&W 11

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F: 10/31

Comparing two means

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M lab:

Brainstorm experiment

F lab:

Correlation in SPSS (Activity #4); Work on experiment

Week 10

M: 11/3

Analysis of variance (ANOVA)

G&W 13

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W: 11/5

ANOVA

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F: 11/7

ANOVA

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Problem Set #4 due

M lab:

Correlation in SPSS (Activity #4); Work on experiment

F lab:

Independent samples and paired samples t-test in SPSS (Activity #5)

Week 11

M: 11/10

Factorial ANOVA

G&W 14

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W: 11/12

Factorial ANOVA

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F: 11/14

Factorial ANOVA

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M lab:

Independent samples and paired samples t-test in SPSS (Activity #5)

F lab:

One-way ANOVA in SPSS (Activity #6)

Week 12

M: 11/17

Repeated measures in ANOVA

P&B 9

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W: 11/19

Repeated measures in ANOVA

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F: 11/21

Mixed ANOVA designs

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M lab:

One-way ANOVA in SPSS (Activity #6)

F lab:

Factorial ANOVA in SPSS (Activity #7)

Week 13

M: 11/24

TBA

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Problem Set #5 due

W: 11/26

TBA

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F: 11/28

No class; Thanksgiving Break

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M lab:

Factorial ANOVA in SPSS (Activity #7)

F lab:

No Friday lab (Thanksgiving)

Week 14

M: 12/1

Non-parametric tests

G&W 16

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W: 12/3

Non-parametric tests

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F: 12/5

Meta-analysis

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MF Labs:

Analyze experiment data in SPSS

Week 15

M: 12/8

How to write a good lab report

P&B 11, Appendix 3

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W: 12/10

Review for Exam

P&B 12

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F: 12/12

Exam 2

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MF Labs:

Analyze experiment data in SPSS

Week 16

Finals week

Final Paper due at the end of Finals week: Friday, December 19th, 5pm