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Lectures

Lab Meetings

Reading

Work Due

1

September 7

History and Philosophy of Science

Lab #1

September 6, 8, & 9

Intro and Locating Scientific Research

Ray: Chapters 1 & 2

Lab Assignment #1:

Research Topic

Bring IBM disk to lab

2

September 12 and September 14 Scientific Thinking & Logic

Lab #2

September 13, 15, & 16

Research Questions and Constructs

Ray: Chapter 3

3

September 19 and September 21

Logical Thinking and Hypothesis Generation

Lab #3

September 20, 22, & 23

Evaluating and Generating Research

Ray: Chapter 4

Lab Assignment #2:

Class Research Critique

4

September 26:  EXAM 1

September 28

Intro to Experimental Designs

Lab #4

September 27, 29, & 30

Writing Research Reports; APA format

Before Lab Ray: Chapter 15;

Appendices A & C

Scott: Chapters 3 & 4

September 26: Exam 1

Lab Assignment #3:

Research Critique

5

October 3 and October 5
Experimental Designs I

Lab #5

October 4, 6, 7

Variability, Group Differences, & Graphing

Ray: Chapter 6  & 7

6

October 10

Experimental Designs

October 12: No Class

YOM KIPPUR

NO LABS – Friday, Oct. 14 STUDY DAY

Ray: Chapter 8

Paper #1: Lit Review

Due 1:25 p.m. W Oct 12

Room 130 Moore

7

October 17

Experimental Designs

October 19 EXAM 2

Lab #6

October 18, 20, & 21

Data Analysis in a Factorial Design

Ray: Chapter 5

October 19: EXAM 2

8

October 24 and October 26

Inferential Statistics;

Surveys and Sampling

Lab #7

October 25, 27, and 28

Data Analysis and the Presentation of Findings

Ray: Chapter 9 & 11

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Lectures

Lab Meetings

Reading

Work Due

9

October 31 and November 2

Causal Models and Scale Construction

Lab #8

November 1, 3, & 4

Survey Project Item Generation

Ray: Chapter 13

Lab Assignment #4:

Results Write-Up

10

November 7

Scale Construction & Analyses

November 9: EXAM 3

Lab #9

November 8, 10, & 11

Scale Construction and Expert Review

November 10: EXAM 3

Lab Assignment #5: Items

bring disk to labs

11

November 14 and November 16

Small N Designs

Lab #10

November 15, 17, & 18

Validity and Predictions

Ray: Chapter 12

12

November 21

Ecology of Experimentation

November 23: Thanksgiving

NO CLASS

Thanksgiving Break

No Labs

Ray: Chapter 10

Paper 2:

Research Proposal

Due Tuesday, Nov. 22

by 2:00 pm.

Room 130 Moore

13

November 28 and November 30

Ecology of the Experiment and Ethics

Lab #11

November 29, December 1, 2

Analyze Survey Data, Write up Results

Ray: Chapter 14 & 16

Lab Assignment #6 Data Collection and Entry

bring disk to labs

14

December 5

Ethics; Conclusions

December 7: EXAM 4

Lab #12

December 6, 8, & 9

Group Presentations; pick up graded

research proposals

Ray: Chapter 16 (continued)

December 7: Exam 4

Lab Assignments#7 & 8:

Data Analysis and

Presentation of Findings