3/21 Online forum: Discuss experimental design Method proposal Week 9 Class: Evaluating experiments For online: 3/26 Online: Naturalistic Research and text analysis (1)“How to do observations” 3/28 Online forum: Discuss naturalistic research or text analysis handout on Moodle (2) BB Part 3 Once I approve your method proposal, begin conducting field Intro (pp. 296-300) observations or other approved method. (3) Chapter 13 Week 10 Spring Break 4/2 4/4 Week 11 Class: Exam 2 This week: Continue/Finish conducting 4/9 field observations (or other method), and write your Method Report and Results. Week 12 Class: Text analysis: Practice and interpretation For class: BB Chapter 10 4/16 Online: Descriptive Statistics/Measures of Central Tendency For online: BB chapter 12, pp. 271-282 4/18 and Inferential Statistics - Testing Hypotheses Due (In class): Method Report and Online Forum: Discuss hypothesis testing Study Results Week 13 Class: Interpreting statistics For online: 4/23 Online: Testing and Analyzing Group Differences (t-test) BB pp. 283-286 4/25 Online forum: Optional discussion This week: Revise previous papers, and begin writing Discussion section Week 14 Class: Making sense of group difference statistics For online: BB pp. 290-292 4/30 Online: Associations Between Variables (Correlation) Due (By Thursday @ 4pm): 5/2 Online forum: Optional Discussion Full report, including discussion Week 15 Class: Making sense of correlations 5/7 Online: Course conclusion 5/9 Online forum: Optional Discussion Week 16 Final Exam: Tuesday, May 14, 8:00am - 10:00am
3/21 Online forum: Discuss experimental design Method proposal Week 9 3/26 3/28 Class: Evaluating experiments Online: Naturalistic Research and text analysis Online forum: Discuss naturalistic research or text analysis Once I approve your method proposal, begin conducting field observations or other approved method. For online: (1)“How to do observations” handout on Moodle (2) BB Part 3 Intro (pp. 296-300) (3) Chapter 13 Week 10 4/2 4/4 Spring Break Week 11 4/9 Class: Exam 2 This week: Continue/Finish conducting field observations (or other method), and write your Method Report and Results. Week 12 4/16 4/18 Class: Text analysis: Practice and interpretation Online: Descriptive Statistics/Measures of Central Tendency and Inferential Statistics - Testing Hypotheses Online Forum: Discuss hypothesis testing For class: BB Chapter 10 For online: BB chapter 12, pp. 271-282 Due (In class): Method Report and Study Results Week 13 4/23 4/25 Class: Interpreting statistics Online: Testing and Analyzing Group Differences (t-test) Online forum: Optional discussion For online: BB pp. 283-286 This week: Revise previous papers, and begin writing Discussion section Week 14 4/30 5/2 Class: Making sense of group difference statistics Online: Associations Between Variables (Correlation) Online forum: Optional Discussion For online: BB pp. 290-292 Due (By Thursday @ 4pm): Full report, including discussion Week 15 5/7 5/9 Class: Making sense of correlations Online: Course conclusion Online forum: Optional Discussion Week 16 Final Exam: Tuesday, May 14, 8:00am - 10:00am
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