# **People & Numbers:** #
## **Using Data to Answer Questions in Psychology** ##
### ***Chesick Program - Summer 2018*** ###
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## **Quick Links** ##
- [Contact Ben][1] (email and/or schedule a meeting)
- [Email Allie][2] (class TA)
- [Syllabus][3] (PDF)
- [PsycInfo][4] (to search for articles)
- [Qualtrics][5] (online survey software)
- [Haverford IITS Virtual Lab][6] (to use SPSS on your own computer)
- [Chesick Program Info][7]
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## **Course Schedule** ##
**Monday/Wednesday** sessions are 3 hours each, from 1-4pm
**Tuesday/Thursday** sessions are 1 hour each, from 10-11am, unless otherwise noted (e.g., Th. August 2)
Chapters in Pelham & Blanton are listed below as "P&B #"; other readings are linked
### **Week 1** ###
**MONDAY July 2** (3 hours)
- ***Activity:*** [Course Overview & Introductions][8]
- ***Lecture:*** [The Science of Psychology][9]
**TUESDAY July 3** (1 hour)
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read [Diener & Lucas (2018)][10], [Watson (2018)][11]
- ***Lecture:*** [Personality & Traits][12]
**WEDNESDAY July 4**
- ***Holiday:*** No class meeting
**THURSDAY July 5** (1 hour)
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read P&B 1, P&B 2
- ***Activity:*** [Brainstorming Research Ideas][13]
### **Week 2** ###
**MONDAY July 9** (3 hours)
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read [Gosling et al. (2011)][14] and [complete the associated assignment][15] by 9am
- ***Activity 1:*** Accessing Scientific Literatures
- ***Activity 2:*** [Brainstorming (continued) and Literature Searches; Generate Hypotheses][16]
**TUESDAY July 10 (1 hour)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read P&B 3
- ***Lecture:*** [Reliability, Validity, & Measurement][17]
**WEDNESDAY July 11 (3 hours)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read P&B 4, P&B 5
- ***Activity 1:*** [Write Hypotheses][18]
- ***Activity 2:*** [Scale Construction][19]
**THURSDAY July 12 (1 hour)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read P&B 11
- ***Lecture:*** [Writing Research Reports][20]
### **Week 3** ###
**MONDAY July 16** (3 hours)
- ***Do this prior to class:*** [Write introduction to paper ("Research Proposal" = literature review + hypotheses); see assignment here][21]
- ***Activity:*** [Constructing Online Surveys Using Qualtrics][22]
**TUESDAY July 17 (1 hour)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read [Diener & Biswas-Diener (2018)][23]
- ***Lecture:*** [Introduction to Open Science][24]
**WEDNESDAY July 18 (3 hours)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read P&B 6
- ***Activity:*** Assemble Study Materials
**THURSDAY July 19** (1 hour)
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read [Spellman (2015)][25]
- ***Lecture/Activity:*** Open Science (continued); Orientation to the Open Science Framework [you don't have to read this ahead of time, but [here's a resource on how to use the OSF\]
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**SATURDAY July 21**
- [EXAM #1 due by midnight][27]
### **Week 4** ###
**MONDAY July 23** (3 hours)
- ***Activity:*** [Data Management & Preparation; Codebooks][28]
**TUESDAY July 24 (1 hour)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Read P&B 10
- ***Activity:*** [Data Transformations; Using Syntax][29]
**WEDNESDAY July 25 (3 hours)**
- ***Activity:*** [Reliability Analyses; Creating Composite Variables; Frequencies & Descriptives][30]
**THURSDAY July 26 (1 hour)**
- ***Lecture/Activity:*** Histograms; [Introduction to Correlation][31]
### **Week 5** ###
[**Checklist of all your remaining tasks**][32]
**MONDAY July 30 (3 hours)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Revise Introduction to your paper; [draft Methods (participants, measures)][33]
- ***Activity 1:*** [Correlation; Hypothesis Testing; Exploratory Analyses][34]
- ***Activity 2:*** Prepare Read_Me file
- ***Activity 3:*** Data Copilot
**TUESDAY July 31 (1 hour)**
- ***Activity:*** Writing Lab
**WEDNESDAY August 1 (3 hours)**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** [Lab Report Due][35]
- ***Activity 1:*** Archive Materials
- ***Activity 2:*** [Create Posters][36] ([get Poster Template here][37])
**THURSDAY August 2**
- ***Do this prior to class:*** Send your poster, as a .PDF file, to be printed to kinsc@haverford.edu by 9am this morning.
- **POSTER SESSION** 1:30-3:30pm in Zubrow Commons
**FRIDAY August 3**
- [EXAM #2 10-11am][38]
[1]: http://www.benjaminle.com/contact/
[2]: http://agibbons1@haverford.edu
[3]: https://osf.io/5mvpn/
[4]: https://catalog.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/find/Record/.b2382739
[5]: http://haverford.qualtrics.com/
[6]: http://iits.haverford.edu/services/virtuallab/
[7]: https://www.haverford.edu/chesick-scholars-program
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[23]: http://nobaproject.com/modules/the-replication-crisis-in-psychology
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[26]: http://help.osf.io/#projects
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[28]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wj6II0RETNl8s4a4MXGlWXGnP01UKAkAt6eV2sRQWS0/edit
[29]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wj6II0RETNl8s4a4MXGlWXGnP01UKAkAt6eV2sRQWS0/edit
[30]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wj6II0RETNl8s4a4MXGlWXGnP01UKAkAt6eV2sRQWS0/edit
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[34]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wj6II0RETNl8s4a4MXGlWXGnP01UKAkAt6eV2sRQWS0/edit
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