Writing Hints
a list of common problems in writing psychology papers
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HERE for a sample debrief/explanation. Your text has a sample consent
form on p. 47, but keep in mind that your consent form should contain all the
elements we talked about in class.
Click HERE to see a sample consent form
from a study conducted at the U of O.
10/5 & 10/6 All labs meet in the library this week.
10/19 & 10/20 Here's the SPSS Guide you'll receive in lab this week.
10/21 Quiz 2 grades (out of 25 points max)
10/28 The project worksheet is now due no later than Nov. 5, at 4 pm. Please turn these sheets into your GTF. BE SURE TO BRING THESE SHEETS WITH YOU WHEN YOU MEET WITH YOUR GTF NEXT WEEK!
11/4 Quiz 3 grades (out of 25)
11/11 The bonus for turning your HM4 in by 4 pm the Weds before Thanksgiving is 10% of whatever you earn on the assignment. Please note you cannot use your "late bonus" for HM4.
11/28 Test grades
11/29 Here's an example of how to report a correlation:
As predicted, there was a significant negative correlation between the number of hours of football watched over Thanksgiving and the number of hours spent in meaningful conversation over the same weekend, r = -.45, p < .05. The mean number of hours of football watched was 5.3 (s.d. = 1.37) and the mean number of hours spent in meaningful conversation was 2.1 (s.d. = 1.22). A scatter plot of the data can be seen in Figure 1.
12/5 Quiz 4 grades (out of 25)
12/13 Poster grades and final letter grades