Course Schedule

** PART 1: General Issues **

Week 1: Sept. 1 Introduction to the course
Cozby, review pp 1-20
Eidelson, R. J. & Eidelson, J.I. Dangerous ideas: Five beliefs that propel groups toward conflict. American Psychologist, 58, 182-192.

Week 2: Sept. 8 Ethical issues
Cozby, Chapter 3
American Psychological Association (2003). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Available at http://www.apa.org/ethics
Brown, L. (1997). Ethics in Psychology: Cui Bono? In D. Fox and I. Prilleltensky (Eds.). Critical Psychology: An Introduction. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Week 3: Sept. 15 Writing a research report
Cozby, pp. 20-32, Appendix A
Baron, J. (1991). How to Write a Research Report in Psychology

** PART 2: Quantitative Methods **

Week 4: Sept. 22 Measurement Concepts
Cozby, Chapters 4 and 5

Week 5: Sept. 29 Survey Construction and Administration
Cozby, pp. 114-127

Week 6: Oct. 6 Survey Sampling
Cozby, pp. 128-137
** First critique due (Lyubansky & Eidelson article) **

Week 7: Oct. 13 Experimental Design
Cozby, Chapters 8 and 10

Week 8: Oct. 20 Conducting Experiments and Quasi-Experiments
Cozby, Chapters 9 and 11

Week 9: Oct. 27 Understanding Research Results
Cozby, Chapters 12 and 13

** PART 3: Qualitative Methods **

Week 10: Nov. 3 Introduction to Qualitative Methods
Connolly, P. (2001). Qualitative methods in the study of children's racial attitudes and identities. Infant and Child Development, 10, 219-223.

Week 11: Nov. 10 Structural observation and participant observation
Cozby, Chapter 6

Week 12: Nov. 17 Interviews, Focus Groups, and Discourse Analysis
Flick, U. (1998). Semistructured Interviews. In An Introduction to Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
** Qualitative research report due in class **

Week 13: Nov. 24 THANKSGIVING VACATION

Week 14: Dec. 1 Finish up...

Week 15: Dec. 8 ** Quantitative research reports due (formal presentations in class) **