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LAB 2
GROUP NUMBER: _________________
Group members: FIRST NAME LAST NAME BRUIN ID EMAIL 1 2 3 4 5
CHECKLIST FOR TODAY:
1) Exchange contact information with your group and establish how you will communicate with your group. 2) Share a google folder with group members and the TA account psych10TAsMW@gmail.com. Make sure your folder is titled with your breakout room number 3) Put one copy of this worksheet into your group’s shared google drive folder 4) Pick someone to share their screen 5) Complete the worksheet with your group 6) Before you leave make sure a TA has approved your group’s survey questions
Read through the list of techniques to be more productive:
1. Reduce screen clutter. Close all other tabs besides the ones needed for the activity 2. Reduce external distractions. Put your phone away or put your phone on “do not disturb mode” 3. Read first. Look through the whole assignment before beginning to work on it and note parts of the activity that may take more time or effort 4. Delegate tasks. Delegate tasks (“divide and conquer”) when appropriate 5. Set a time limit. Set an approximate time limit for each important task or question 6. Monitor your progress. Periodically assess how many major tasks/questions you have completed and how many more you have to complete.
In your group, give each group member the opportunity to share (out loud) how they intend to use one of techniques above to help the group be more productive during today’s meeting. Write down the technique number that each person is using (it’s fine if group members select the same technique) Group member 1: Group member 2: Group member 3: Group member 4: Group member 5: Your goal is to design a survey-based study. Make sure that your survey is measuring either a categorical predictor and continuous outcome or a continuous predictor and continuous outcome. Your survey should have two questions total. You should avoid the following 4 variables: Stem vs. Humanities Hours slept GPA Hours studied
1. In your group brainstorm a couple of research questions that you are interested in investigating. Make sure you could address these research questions by surveying a sample of people in your class or social network. For instance, do STEM majors vs. Humanities majors spend more time studying? Do people with more social media followers spend more time at the gym?
Write down the best research question that your group came up with:
2. What is your predictor variable?
a) How will you operationalize (define) it? b) Is your predictor categorical or continuous? c) What survey question will let you measure your predictor variable? d) Is this question multiple-choice or an open-ended response? If it is a multiple- choice question make sure you have written out all of the options (i.e., a,b,c,d) above
3. What is your outcome variable?
a) How will you operationalize (define) it? b) What survey question will let you measure your continuous outcome variable? c) Is this question multiple-choice or an open-ended response?
4. Refine your survey questions.
Did you make sure to: Label the endpoints of your scales Avoid double negatives Avoid double-barreled questions Provide mutually exclusive options Design questions so that everyone can provide an answer Precisely define your variables 5. Develop a hypothesis (prediction) about the relationship between your predictor and outcome variable. Write your hypothesis below.
6. Write your hypothesis and final set of 2 survey questions below. Press the “ask for help” button to alert the instructor that you are ready to have your TA approve your survey questions. You will not set up your survey until later in the quarter.
7. Now imagine that you asked a group of people to respond to your 2 survey questions. If your hypothesis is TRUE what would a graph of your data look like? Create a bar graph or scatterplot of your predicted results below.
You can draw the bar graph or scatter plot on a piece of paper and insert a picture or you can use excel/google sheets. The graph does not need to be pretty (but your axes should be labeled). Sometimes, different members of a group may have different hypotheses! That's fine. You can include more than one bar graph/scatter plot below if you would like.
8. Identify 1 potential 3rd variable that might influence your results.
