Psyc941 Lecture Files

Lecture Topic	Quiz 1 Lecture Audio Files
Welcome to Psyc941	Tour
Intro to Psyc941	Common sense, Representation & Inference, and Quantification Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics Pedagogical Structure of the Course
Research Hypotheses	Intent & Reality of Research – It’s all about Validity Kinds of Knowledge Research Hypotheses Research Loop, Replication & Convergent Research
External Validity	Intro to kinds of validity External validity & Examples Intro to Sampling & Participant Sampling Sampling -- details & examples
Internal Validity	Some Review Kinds of Characteristics & Behaviors Controls & Confounds Roles of Variables in a Study & Examples Components of Internal Validity (& Relationship to External Validity) Participant Assignment for Initial Equivalence Controlling Ongoing Equivalence
Research Designs	Designs as comparisons -- IVs & DVs Not all causal RH: can be tested Types of Designs & Some Challenges Design Details and Procedures
Research Process & Data Collection	Decisions a Researcher Makes Research Loop Types of Validity – no audio (review “Kind of Validity” audio from the External Validity lecture Research Process Steps & Validity Involved Design Attributes that Do (and Don’t) Influence Causal Interpretability Observational Data Collection Self-Report Data Collection Trace Data Collection Data Collection Setting Primary vs Secondary Data “Named” Designs and the Attribute that Influence Causal Interpretability Attrition & Counterbalancing Participant & Experimenter Expectancies & “Blind Procedures”