47-375 Research III: Laboratory
Assignments
scroll down for final research report &
online exams &
updates
· Please complete one sheet collaboratively per study.
· Use class time on Friday 9/29 and Monday 10/2 to meet with your group.
· You may want to meet in the library
· We will discuss in class Wed 10/4
· Note resources
3. Annenberg Media and PBS Understanding Research
· You need to register with Annenberg but there is no cost
· Watch this video with particular attention to polygraph methods
· Note that all types of responses--report, behavior, and physiology--can be influenced by the situation and the individual's beliefs and intentions.
· NOTE: You will need a media player on your computer to play this videotape. It will play with Real Player which you can download for free at http://www.real.com/
4. Writing the final research paper
· Make sure to use this Research Report Checklist
· A sample results section
· Results for the Lindsay, Kelly, & Joe: Trauma Experiences revised!
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Results for
· Results for Laura, Lauren, Collin, & Jessica: Eating behavior, attitudes, & personality
o Re-revised results for Eating behavior, attitudes, & personality 12.19.06
· Purdue Online Writing Lab guide to APA Style
· Writing the Empirical Journal Article by Daryl Bem, Cornell
5. Online Exams (optional)
· Your final grades will be approximately equal parts (a) assignments and participation, (b) research study planning and execution, (c) optional exams below, and (d) final research project report. In order to gain credit for the exams, you must complete five of the workshops listed below. There is a quiz at the end of each workshop. E-mail the results of the quiz to me at Doreen_Arcus@uml.edu when you are satisfied with your grade. Note that you may re-take it as often as you like until you obtain a grade that is satisfactory. You may get extra credit for additional workshops. You have until the last day of finals, Friday 12/22 by 11:59 EST to get these to me.
· Go to your textbook website
· Click on the menu item under Course Resources: Cool Stuff
· Select Statistics and Research Methods Workshops
· From the Research Methods Workshops
Reliability
and Validity
Nonexperimental Approaches
True
Experiments
Between
Versus Within Designs
Confounds
- Threats to Validity
Sampling
Methods
Ethical
Issues
Manipulation
Checks
Evaluating
Published Research
Controls
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Standard
Error
Hypothesis
Testing
Independent
Versus Repeated t Tests
Two-Way
ANOVA
Correlation
Chi-Square