Research Methods
for the digitally inclined
by 
Stephen R. Schmidt

Stephen R. Schmidt, Ph. D.

sschmidt@mtsu.edu

PSYCHOLOGY  3070
Fall 2008

Syllabus, Notes, and Projects

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Date	Topic/Lab	Notes	Readings
8/25 8/27	Introduction  to Course  Philosophy of Science Lab:  Organizational Meeting	Philosophy.pdf	Ch 1
9/01 9/03	Labor day Basic Methods I: Causality Lab -  Project 1:  Stroop Effect	Causality.pdf	Ch 2
9/08 9/10	Theory and Measurement of Behavior Lab - Introduction to SPSS	Measurement.pdf	Ch 5, 6
9/15 9/17	How to do a literature review Lab - PsycInfo Literature Reviews	LiteratureReview.pdf	Ch 3
9/22 9/24	Rival Hypotheses (M.I.S.S.M.I.T.H) Test # 1 (Objectives) No Lab	RivalHypotheses.pdf	Ch 7
9/29 10/1	Preparing a Research Report Lab - APA style workshop	ResearchReporting.pdf	Ch 15 Appendix C
10/6 10/8	Correlational Research Lab - Project 2:  Archieval Correlational Studies:  An Example	CorrelationalResearch.pdf	Ch 12
10/13 10/15	Fall Break Alternative Research Designs (Quasi-Experiments Small n Designs, Case Studies) Project 2 continued	AlternativeDesigns.pdf	Ch 12,13
10/20 10/22	Survey Research Lab - Project 3:  Quasi-Experiment	SurveyResearch.pdf	Ch 14
10/27 10/29	Experimental Control Work on Project 3	ExperimentalControl.pdf	Ch 8
11/03 11/05	Test # 2 (Objectives) Subject Variables Work on Project 3	SubjectVariables.pdf	Ch 9
11/10 11/12	Developing Hypotheses Lab -  Research Flowchart  &   Research Proposal	DevelopingHypotheses.pdf	Ch 3
11/17 11/19	Experimental Design Lab:  Informed Consent	ExperimentalDesign.pdf	Ch 10
11/24 11/26	Ethics No Lab: Thanksgiving break 11/27 - 11/30	Ethics.pdf	Ch 4
12/01 12/03	The Ecology of Experimentation Loose ends	Ecology.pdf	Ch 11
12/08	Final Examination (Objectives)  12:30 - 2:30

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