Graduate students enrolled in 458/558 will write a final paper that will be due in class Monday, May 24. This paper will take the form of a proposal for an empirical study in the field of judgment and decision making that you would like to conduct. Thus, your paper will include an introduction and methods section, as if you were submitting the study for publication, but possibly with a greater emphasis on the literature review component of the introduction than you would normally include in a paper you were submitting for publication. If it is not explicitly clear in the introduction, you should also provide what results you would expect from your study. The paper make take the more applied form of a program you would like to implement, but you must elaborate on the theoretical explanation of why you think the program will work, and how you will conclusively test the effectiveness of the program. Of course, the program must also make use of principles covered in the course.

An outline of what you plan to do for your paper (approximately 1-3 pages) is due Friday, May 7.

A sample paper will be put on reserve in the Knight Library.