Likely Schedule of Topics, Activities & Assignments

Psyc350 Laboratory

 

Lab Meeting Times – All Labs meet in 233/234 Burnett Hall

 

Tues 11:30-1:50

Wed 8:30-10:50

Wed 11:00-1:20

Thur 8:30-10:50

Thur 11:00-1:20

Thur 1:30-3:50

Fri 11:00-1:20

 

 

Copy of Laboratory Syllabus

 

350 TA Office Hour Schedule

 

Psyc350 Lecture Webpage

Laboratory Materials Color Code

 Laboratory Handouts

Lab Assignments & Related Materials

On-Line Pink Things

Research Project Handouts & Assignments

Lab Final Preparation Materials

SPSS Handouts & Helpful Stuff from Cal

 

 

 

Date & Lab #

 

 

Topics, Laboratory Activities^ & Handouts#

 

 

Take-Home Assignment(s)+

 

 

Aug 25-28

Lab 1

 

Introduction to Psyc350 Lab & why we do it this way!!!

Introduction to 350 Lab Slide Show

APA Format & Style

APA Research Report,  APA Literature Review

APA Format Guide,  APA Style Citations,  APA Style References

Practice with APA References

 

 

Laboratory Syllabus

Lab - APA Format

Lab - APA Citations

Lab - APA References

APA Reference Assignment

 

Sep 1-4

Lab 2

Bibliographic Research

Assembling Articles for a Literature Review (pdf)

Encyclopedias,  Handbooks etc.

 

 

Lit Review Assignment^^

 

Sep 8-11

Lab 3

 

 

Writing Basic Literature Reviews

Reading and Writing Research Reports, pdf

Contents of an APA Report: What Information is Where?

How to Improve Your Writing Slide Show, pdf

Research Critique #1^^  Review & Proposal Example

 

 

Literature Review & Proposal Assignment

Grading Sheet for Review & Proposal Assignment

Articles for Review & Proposal Assignment

 

 

Sep 15-18

Lab 4

 

Critically Reading Research Reports

Random Assignment Expose'

Practice w/ “All The Words”  answers

Elements of a Critical Reading  

Research Critique #2^^

 

 

Research Critique #3^^

 

Sep 22-25

Lab 5

 

Introduction to Research Project

Cal’s Project Suggestions

Report Grading Form    Proposal Grading Form

Self-Description Survey        Personal Success Survey

Interpersonal Relationships Survey

Designing Research

Best Research Design Exercise

 

 

 

Research Project Pre-proposal^^

 

 

Sep 28-Oct 2

Lab 6

 

Preparation to Write Proposal Method Section

Selecting Variables for Research Project

Cal’s Project Suggestions

Example Research Project Proposal

Computer Data Entry, Transformations & Univariate Stats

Data Entry   Data Transformation

Frequencies & Univariate Statistics

 

 

Research Project Variable Proposal

Research Project Method Section Proposal Draft*

 

Data Entry & Univariate Stats SPSS Hw^^

 

 

Oct 6-9

Lab 7

 

Preparation to Propose Research Project Analyses

Practice Choosing Statistical Analyses

Example Research Project Proposal

Correlation & X˛

Pearson's Correlation, Scatterplots   2x2 Pearson's X˛

colsurv_new.sav   

 

Research Project Analysis Proposal

 

r & X˛ SPSS Hw^^

 

 

Oct  13-16

Lab 8

 

Peer Review of Proposed Analyses & Preparation to Write a Complete Research Project Proposal

Project Analysis Peer Review Form

Proposal Grading Form

BG & WG ANOVA

BG ANOVA on SPSS  WG ANOVA on SPSS

bg1.sav bg2.sav wg1.sav wg2.sav  colsurv_new.sav

 

Complete Research Project Proposal***

 

ANOVA SPSS Hw^^

 

Oct 21-26

Lab 9

Preparation to Write Research  Project Report

APA Research Report,  APA Format Guide

Example Project Report        Example Project Poster

Stats Reporting Help from Cal

 

Data Analysis for Research Project

Self-description Data      Personal Success Data

Interpersonal Data

Research Project Report & Poster Grading Form

 

 

Complete Draft of Research Project Report**

Bring 3 copies of this Draft Research Project Report and 1 copy of Draft Poster to lab next week **

 

 

 

Oct 27-Nov 3

Lab 10

 

Peer Review of the Research Project Report & Preparation to Compose Poster

Research Project Report Peer Review Form

 

 

Final Draft or Research Project Report & Poster***

Nov 4-10

Non-Experimental k-Group Analyses

k-group BG ANOVA   k-group WG  ANOVA 

k-group X˛ on SPSS     LSD-HSD computator

Interpersonal data     Personal Success data

Self-description data

 

 

Non-Experimental Data Analysis Hw^^

 

Nov 11-17

Experimental k-group Study

Data Collection Sheet

Related Literature & Worksheet

Experimental Data Analysis       

 goggle.sav      demographic data

Example Research PowerPoint, pdf

Research PowerPoint Grading Form

 

 

Research PowerPoint

 

Nov 18-24

Preparation for Laboratory Final Exam

Mistakes To Avoid on the Laboratory Final Exam – Help from Cal

Preparation for Laboratory Final Exam – Stats Part

A Practice for Stats Final  answers

Another Practice for Stats Final  answers

Preparation for Laboratory Final Exam –  Research Critique Part

A Practice for Research Critique Final     answers

Another Practice for Research Critique Final   answers

 

 

 

Dec 1-4

Laboratory Final Exam

Remember that the Exam is “open book” & “open web” !!

Organize & bring you handouts, examples, how-tos, notes, etc. !!!!

Mistakes To Avoid on the Laboratory Final Exam – Help from Cal

 

 

Dec 8-11

Multivariate Research & Analysis:  Factorial ANOVA & Multiple Regression

 

Multivariate HW ^^

 

Below are reminders of Laboratory Policies – please see the Psyc350 Laboratory Syllabus for complete details

# You are expected to attend all portions of all laboratory meetings. You are responsible for all laboratory assignments and any changes in those assignments that appear on the webpage or are announced in lecture or laboratory meetings.

^ In-Laboratory Assignments might not be completed during the laboratory meeting.  If not, you are expected to complete the remaining portions and return it to your TA at the beginning of the next lab meeting.

^^Download these assignments, complete them using Word, WordPerfect, etc. (do not handwrite your answers) and send them to your TA (ask them if you should print them out or email them). 

+ Take-Home Assignments are due at the beginning of the next lab meeting.  You will lose 10% of the point value of the assignment it is turned in later than day and 10% more for each week day that it is late.

* Write these drafts and turn them in at the start of the next lab meeting. Not completing a “good faith effort” of these drafts will limit your ability to improve your grade by re-writing your research report.

** Bring three copies of this draft with you so that may participate in the peer review exercise. Check the syllabus for details, but you really, really want to have this done well and on-time!

***Late Penalties:  After the beginning of class on the day it is due, -10%, with an additional -10% for each additional day late.  If you must miss or be late for you lab, email your work to your TA before the scheduled beginning of the class.