| WEEK OF: | TUESDAY | THURSDAY | READING | DUE |
| 9/2 | Course overview | A visit to Honnold Library | Schweigert 1 Horvat&Davis 1 |
----- |
| 9/9 | An introduction to the research endeavor | Types of research | Schweigert 3 Horvat&Davis 2 |
Project topic & hypotheses |
| 9/16 | Variables and causation | Issues of measurement: Validity and reliability |
Schweigert 4 Horvat&Davis 3 |
Library assignment: Find & critique a review on your chosen topic |
| 9/23 | Confounds and control | Experimental design I: Between subjects |
Schweigert 5 Horvat&Davis 5 |
Tentative method |
| 9/30 | NO CLASS (Rosh Hashanah) |
Experimental design II: Within subjects |
Schweigert 5 Horvat&Davis 5 |
----- |
| 10/7 | Experimental design III: Factorial designs |
NO CLASS (Yom Kippur) |
Schweigert 7 Horvat&Davis 7 |
First draft of introduction (due to both me & your thesis reader(s) by 5:00 p.m., Oct. 10) |
| 10/14 | Review for midterm | MIDTERM | Horvat&Davis 9 | ----- |
| 10/21 | NO CLASS (Fall Break) |
Experimental design IV: Mixed designs |
Schweigert 8 | ----- |
| 10/28 | Surveys and questionnaires | Quasi-experimental designs | Schweigert 9 | Design |
| 11/4 | In-class presentations (peer consultation) |
In-class presentations (peer consultation) |
Schweigert 10 | Informed consent & IRB forms (one month for data collection) |
| 11/11 | In-class presentations (peer consultation) |
NO CLASS (ISDP) |
Schweigert 12 | Second draft: Intro & method (due to both me & your thesis reader(s) by 5:00 p.m., Nov. 14) |
| 11/18 | Ethical conduct of psychological research | From blank page to published article: Writing scientific research reports |
Schweigert 2 | ----- |
| 11/25 | Cultural and gender issues | NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break) |
Matsumoto and/or Caplan&Caplan | Dirty data |
| 12/2 | Data analysis: Correlations, t-tests, and ANOVA |
Interpreting multi-factorial results: Main effects and interactions |
----- | ----- |
| 12/9 | In-class presentations (peer consultation) |
In-class presentations (peer consultation) |
----- | Final research proposal (due to both me and your thesis reader(s) by 5:00 p.m., Dec. 12) |