Couples Study Instructions
Preparation for the Study
- Before you begin, you must generate a list of numbers
from the random number table you received.
- Only use numbers from 1 to 80.
- Make sure you cross off the numbers as you use
them, so you do not record data for the same face twice.
- Write down the numbers in the data sheet for trials
1 through 80.
- Randomly assign each of the 18 measures to one
of the 18 blanks on your data sheet. (Use a random number table.)
Running the Study
- Sign up on the "Couples Study" sign up sheet on
the bulletin board for three seperate 25
minute intervals. This study is tiresome, so any two time slots must
be at least 30 minutes apart.
- During the first two intervals, you must
complete the ratings for 30 faces exactly- no more, no less (you can take
a bit longer than 25 min, if you need it - this isn't being timed). During
the third and last interval, you must complete the ratings for 20
faces (again, you can take a bit longer than 25 minutes if needed).
- When you're ready to run and NOT BEFORE, click on the "Click here to
Run" link off of the Methods page. Remember, DO NOT open this
link until you begin the study and only open it in the Lab.
- When you open the link, you will see the same list
of 80 numbers that Dr. Cannon showed you in lab. Click on the numbers
in the order you should have already determined with a random number table.
- You will be rating the measures on a 7 point scale ranging
from (1) very strongly agree to (7) very strongly disagree.