Course Schedule
CHDV 133 (7)
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Course Schedule CHDV 133 (7) |
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Topic
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Reading assignment
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Assignment due
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| Jan. 26 | Introduction; course overview |
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Jan. 28 |
Introduction to scientific method; Origins of scientific inquiry | Chapter 1; Chapter 2 (pp. 14- 30) |
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Feb. 2 |
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Feb. 4 |
Variables, operational definitions; relations between variables | Chapter 4; (pp. 56-61; 203-207) |
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Feb. 9 |
APA writing style | Szuchman (pp. 1-37; 89-96); Text (pp. 267 - 282) | |
| Feb. 11 | Meet in Library 2023 | Article outline#1 | |
| Feb. 16 | Experimental vs. Nonexperimental methods | Text (pp. 61-75) | |
| Feb. 18 | Measurement concepts; Reliability and validity | Chapter 5 | |
| Feb. 23 | Review for exam | Article outline#2 | |
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Feb. 25 |
Exam #1 | ||
| Mar. 1 | Descriptive methods | Chapter 6 | |
| Mar. 3 | Survey methods | Chapter 7 | Literature review/research proposal |
| Mar. 8 | Threats to internal validity | Text (pp. 179-185) | |
| Mar. 10 | Independent groups vs. Repeated Measures designs | Chapter 9 (pp. 137-145) | |
| Mar. 15 | Setting up an experiment; Methods section | Szuchman (pp. 39 - 54) | |
| Mar. 17 | Ethical considerations | Chapter 3 | |
| Mar. 22 | Factorial designs | Chapter 10 | Methods section |
| Mar. 24 | Developmental designs | Text (pp. 189-193) | |
| Mar. 29 | Exam #2 | Exam 2 | |
| Apr. 12 | CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS | ||
| Apr. 13 | CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS | ||
| Apr. 19 | Reporting/scoring data | Text (pp. 196-203) |
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| Apr. 21 | Descriptive statistics | Text (pp. 309 - 312) | |
| Apr. 26 | Hypothesis testing | Text (pp. 217- 221; 226 - 232) | |
| Apr. 28 | Inferential statistics | Text (pp. 222- 225; 312- 315; 328-330) | |
| May 3 | Practice statistics; Results section | Szuchman (pp. 55-68) | |
| May 5 | Writing the discussion section | Szuchman (pp. 69-87) | |
| May 10 | Review and work in groups | ||
| May 12 | Exam #3 | ||
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Wed. Dec. 18 |
Poster presentations | 3:00 - 5:00pm | Research paper |