Research Methods in Psychology

Chuck Huff x3169 huff@stolaf.edu Office Hours: Wednesday & Thursday, 3-5 PM Contact Darla Frandrup (x3142) to make appointment w/ Huff	MWF 10:45-11:40 Holland Hall 307 & 322	Jim Dickson x3352 dickson@stolaf.edu MWF 8 - 10 AM and by appointment
Holland Hall 314, (507) 646-3169		Mail to both sections

Class Schedule

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How class will work

Class will be a mixture of formal lecture (very few), labs, time for projects, and discussions. We have put together a real blend of ways of learning that we know will involve you (and make you work a great deal).

Tests

There will be 2 exams: a midterm and a final. These will be mostly problems in research that we will ask you to solve with the knowledge you have gained from the reading and the class exercises. Each exam will have a review session before it with sample problems to help you get ready. The exams will be open book. This will help you mostly with citations to the gender literature to support your proposed solutions.

Research Groups

You will be assigned research groups on a random basis. Your groups will choose a research topic from the area of gender and personal relationships. You will design, execute data collecton, and analyze results for 2 empirical projects, one observational in nature, the other a questionnaire. Your group's final project will be to plan an experimental study based on the reseach program you have already begun with your first two studies.

In-Class Experiments

We will conduct 3 in-class experiments. For each of these, you will analyze the data and turn in your own methods, results, and discussion writeup.

Grading

Your final grade is approximately 43% based on the grade your group receives. Individual items account for approximately 57% of your grade.

Group Work:	Topic(s):	Points	%
	Observation Project Method	20	4.55%
	REC for Observation Project	10	2.27%
	Observation StatView Results	10	2.27%
	Survey Project Intro	40	9.09%
	REC for Survey Project	10	2.27%
	Survey StatView Results	10	2.27%
	Experiment Proposal Presentation	10	2.27%
	Experiment Proposal	80	18.18%
Individual Work:
	Two Coins Lab (Results & Discussion)	20	4.55%
	Bransford & Johnson Lab (Results & Discussion)	30	6.82%
	Life Savers Lab (Results & Discussion)	40	9.09%
	Best/Worst 1	10	2.27%
	Best/Worst Revisited	10	2.27%
	Horgan 2 (Undiscovered Mind)	10	2.27%
	Statistics Quiz	10	2.27%
	Exam 1	60	13.64%
	Exam 2	60	13.64%
Total		440	100%

Late Policy

This is the standard late policy for all items that are turned in late without prior negotiation. Some emergencies may allow for negotiation of the late policy even though there is no prior notice.

Late items will be reduced in their grade according to the following schedule. An item is late if any portion of it is late. Thus, groups should make sure all the pieces of their group projects (including the individual drafts) are turned in on time.
up to 24 hrs late	-05%
between 1 & 3 days late	-10%
1 week late	-20%
more than 1 week late	-50%

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