Experimental Social Psychology

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Designed to develop an understanding of the research process from formulating a testable hypothesis, to designing the study, to collecting and analyzing data, to publishing the results of the study. Examples are drawn primarily from social and cognitive psychology. Topics include reading and writing journal quality research reports; ethics; single and multifactor designs; small-n designs; quasi-experimental designs; survey research; laboratory and field research; observational techniques; correlational research. prereq: a graduate course in statistics 30 hrs lec, 30 hrs lab, 3 cr