# **People & Numbers:** # ## **Using Data to Answer Questions in Psychology** ## ### ***Chesick Program - Summer 2018*** ### ---------- ## **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] ---------- ## **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\] ][26] **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 [8]: https://osf.io/u278f/ [9]: https://osf.io/28z7y/ [10]: http://noba.to/96u8ecgw [11]: http://noba.to/eac2pyv7 [12]: https://osf.io/9d763/ [13]: https://osf.io/xqw7s/ [14]: https://osf.io/8vd37/ [15]: https://osf.io/eub6h/ [16]: https://osf.io/srbgz/ [17]: https://osf.io/rvqau/ [18]: https://osf.io/6bsnp/ [19]: https://osf.io/qavnk/ [20]: https://osf.io/vgkb5/ [21]: https://osf.io/cbxeg/ [22]: https://osf.io/kf8xv/ [23]: http://nobaproject.com/modules/the-replication-crisis-in-psychology [24]: https://osf.io/xer3m/ [25]: https://osf.io/5a2zx/ [26]: http://help.osf.io/#projects [27]: https://osf.io/ur2j6/ [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 [31]: https://osf.io/k5896/ [32]: https://osf.io/ax4uv/ [33]: https://osf.io/f43pz/ [34]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wj6II0RETNl8s4a4MXGlWXGnP01UKAkAt6eV2sRQWS0/edit [35]: https://osf.io/jxzab/ [36]: https://osf.io/32aub/ [37]: https://osf.io/dx6bn/ [38]: https://osf.io/j7htw/