Applied Research in Psychology

Psychology 497
Applied Research in Psychology

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LAST DAY FOR INTRO DRAFTS: Thursday, October 16th (I will begin looking at Method section drafts on Oct 20th.)
I AM NO LONGER ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT APA STYLE. LOOK IT UP! Or use one of the resources in the links below!
DATA COLLECTION SHOULD BE COMPLETE NO LATER THAN: Friday, October 31st
Lecture outlines. Experimentation and Experimental Design Quasi-Experimental Designs Statistics Helper
Protocols for use of Psych Dept. subject pool. (These are all MS Word docs.) Call for subjects protocol Call for subjects protocol--form B Subject sign-up sheet Subject sign-up sheet (revised)

Course Materials

Official Syllabus for Fall 2008
writing resources on-line
- The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., the classic little handbook on using the English language!
- Grammar Handbook at the Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A sample manuscript in APA style (Now posted!)
- Here are some additional external links to good sites...
- APA Style Crib Sheet Check out this site. It is excellent!
- Introduction to APA Style This site is also good but requires more "wading".
- Psychology With Style Another good site on APA style with sample pages (although be careful with this one as the author includes some idiosyncracies intended to be used in his course only).
Here are some sample forms. Modify them to fit the needs of your study...
- Sample informed consent form This is a plain text file.
- Sample instructions Also a plain text file.
Statement on Plagiarism Read this CAREFULLY!!
A checklist for APA style (HTML - view it in your browser.)
Cookbook for simple statistical procedures (in case you don't remember what you learned in Psyc 225). These are plain text files, so use your browser's back button to get back here. Instructions for other procedures can be found in the Bruning and Kintz cookbook, available in my office.
You can also go here for statistical help and computations (external links)...
- Vassarstats
How to prepare a poster for a scientific presentation (External link to Swarthmore Biology dept.)