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 |
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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 |