Psy 222 Research Methods
Spring 2021
** Exam 2 moved to April 29 **
JASP homework 1 due April 9 (requires the memory.csv data file from our class experiment)
List of research groups
Sample consent form
JASP homework 1 due April 9 (requires the memory.csv data file from our class experiment)
List of research groups
Sample consent form
| memory.csv |
We will only meet in person for quizzes and exams:
Section A meets in Dunleavy 237 at 9:00
Section B meets in Dunleavy 330 at 12:00.
Section A meets in Dunleavy 237 at 9:00
Section B meets in Dunleavy 330 at 12:00.
Group project timetable:
- April 6, written project proposal approved by Dr. Thompson
- April 6-19, write majority of the poster (must be in APA format)
- April 19, begin data collection
- April 26, finish data collection
- May 6, group poster due
Major Due Dates for Spring 2021:
- February 23, quiz 1 over chapters 1-2
- March 11, exam 1 over chapters 1-5 and other additional information we covered
- April 6, quiz 2 over chapters 6-7
- UPDATE: April 29, exam 2 over chapters 6-8, 10-11 and other additional information we covered
- May 6, group research poster due
- UPDATE: May 17, Poster session (virtual), 12:10-2:00
Course Material
- Sample results section for memory study
- Syllabus for spring 2021
- Exam 1 study guide
- Exam 2 study guide
- Morling (3rd) Chapter 1 (in case you don't have the book yet)
- Morling text website
- How to study for quizzes and exams
- Willingham (2016) Study tips for college students
- Additional readings:
- odds and probability conversion chart
General research information
- APS open science badges
- AsPredicted research study preregistration site
- Preregistration is becoming the norm (Nosek & Lindsay, March 2018)
- The Preregistration Challenge
- Psychotherapy's Image Problem
- Whatever happened to actual behavior? (Baumeister et al. 2007)
- Homeopathy: There's nothing in it
- James Randi on dowsing and the ideomotor effect (YouTube)
- Do IRBs actually protect research participants? (Grady, 2010)
- Write results that make sense
- PsycINFO information on the APA web site
- APA style blog
- Checklist for APA research papers
- Basics of APA style
- How to avoid term paper procrastination
- APA paper templates: Pages Word
- Poster templates: Keynote PowerPoint
- Checklist for posters
- What is BF and p-value? PDF graphic for posters
- NU Psychology research guide
- Designing Conference Posters (by Colin Purrington)
JASP and R for data analysis Other information on data analysis
- American Statistical Association statement on p values
- p values are misunderstood (Goodman 2008)
- When Turing met Bayes (Matthews)
- Make use of what you already know (Matthews)
- Bayes Factor calculators (U of Missouri, Perception and Cog. lab)
- Bayesian estimation for two groups (online version by Bååth)
- Activity: Alpha is not the false alarm rate
- Activity: Bayes factors and prior by posterior graphs
- Activity: Graphs for factorial designs
- Visual introduction to probability and statistics (Brown Univ)
- Interactive visualizations of statistical concepts from Magnusson