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critical-thinking

A set of lectures on the basics of thinking critically, applied to the study of psychology as a science. In recent years, the material has expanded to include things that complement the RMINR materials.

Evaluating experiments: Instructor notes

Interactive version

The timings below are from the 2020 session, which was run entirely on Zoom. Some thoughts/reflections on the 2021 session, which was blended (2/3rds students in lecture hall, 1/3rd on Zoom)

Timings

time activity
0:00 session start
0:05 Rstudio reminder, recap purpose of lectures, last lecture
0:07 Poll of Lecture 1 … did it replicate?
0:17 topic intro - designing experiments. housekeeping
0:19 spurious correlations, examples
0:25 depression and memory
0:31 longitudinal data, night lights
0:37 Correlation does not imply ..
0:39 Spell out session structure from here
0:40 The experimental method
0:42 Testing a treatment for depression
0:45 Pre-existing differences
0:47 Detection
0:48 Prevention
0:54 Our therapy experiment
0:56 INTERMISSION
1:06 Attrition
1:16 Placebo effect
1:21 Placebo effect in psychological therapy
1:28 Data analysis
1:32 Objective measures immune?
1:36 Blind testing
1:39 Feynmann, preregistration
1:43 Difference versus no difference designs
1:47 Better alternatives 1
1:49 Better alternatives 2
1:51 Evaluating an experiment - set up activity (this individual activity reports back in Week 3)
1:56 Teach end
2:00 Session end