Dr. Gass
Fall 2008
Schedule,
Note: All assigned readings should be completed on or = before the dates listed. Chapters 7,= 12, 21, and 22 are not assigned
Week 1
Aug 26: &n= bsp; introduction to the course
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Aug 28: &nb= sp; three “pillars” of experimental research
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; typical experiment
anatomy of an experiment
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 1, Chapter 2
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Week 2
Sep 2: &nb= sp; independent variables
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&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Ch. 4 (skim), Chapter 5 (skim), Chapter 6
Sep 4: &nb= sp; dependent variables
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 9
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Week 3
Sep 9: &nb= sp; hypotheses and research questions
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 5 (pp. 89-93)
Sep 11: &n= bsp; design class experiment
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Week 4
Sep 16: &n= bsp; pitfalls in experimental research
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 13 (pp. 266-267, 270-272)
Sep 18: &nb= sp; ethics in social science research
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 3
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nbsp; due: research prospectus
Week 5
Sep 23: &n= bsp; conduct class experiment
Sep 25: &nb= sp; data analysis for class experiment
review for test 1
Week 6
Sep 30: &nb= sp; Test 1
Oct 2: &nbs= p; validity and reliability
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 10
Week 7
Oct 7: &nbs= p; survey research
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter11
Oct 9: &nbs= p; samples and sampling
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; replication
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 14
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Week 8
Oct 14: &n= bsp; experimental designs
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 13
Oct 16: &n= bsp; descriptive statistics
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; measures of central tendency
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; measures of dispersion
read Chapter 8
Week 9
Oct 21: &n= bsp; significance tests—the big picture
Oct 23: &n= bsp; the standard normal distribution =
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Week 10
Oct. 28: &n= bsp; review for test 2
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; due: rationale and literature review
Oct 30: &n= bsp; Test 2
Week 11
Nov 4: &nbs= p; hypot= hesis testing
Type I and= Type II errors
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 15
Nov 6: &nbs= p; testi= ng for differences
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; Chi-square, crosstabs
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 16
Week 12
Nov 11: &n= bsp; Veteran’s Day
Nov 13: &nb= sp; testing for differences
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; t-test, one-way ANOVA
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 17, Chapter 18
Week 13
Nov 18: &nb= sp; practice at difference testing
Nov 20: &nb= sp; testing for correlations
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rho,
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due:
rationale, literature review, and methods
Week 14
Nov 25: &n= bsp; Fall Recess
Nov 27: &n= bsp; Fall Recess
Week 15
Dec 2: &nbs= p; facto= rial ANOVA
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 21 (pp. 414-417)
Dec 4: &nbs= p; simple linear regression
&nbs= p; &= nbsp; read Chapter 20
Week 16
Dec 9: &nbs= p; more practice at significance tests
Dec 11: &nb= sp; review for exam 3
Week 17
Dec 16: &n= bsp; Test 3, 9:30-11:20am
Note: You must take the f=
inal
exam on the day and time scheduled.
Sorry, no exceptions.