Schedule of Events - RM Lab - Cannon

2004

Week 1 - February 3	Week 2 - February 9	Week 3 - February 16	Week 4 - February 23	Week 5 - March 1	Week 6 - March 8	Week 7 - March 22	Week 8 - March 29
Week 9 - April 5	Week 10 - April 12	Week 11 - April 19	Week 12 - April 26	Week 13 - May 3	Week 14 - May 10	Week 15 - May 17

Physical Attractiveness

February 13

Article Compression

February 26
February 27
March 2
March 23

Proposal

February 2
February 13
February 20
February 27
March 1
March 5
March 12
March 26
April 2
April 16
April 22
April 30
April 26
May 6
May 11
May 12
May 14
May 18

APA-Typing Assignment

February 18
February 26

Project 1

February 23
March 4
March 9
April 1
April 2
April 13
April 21

Project 2

March 8
March 30
April 14
April 23
April 26

Project 3

April 19
April 28
May 3

February 2004

Week 1 Week of:	Feb. 2	Proposal: Overview textbooks (preferably beyond Intro) pertaining to your independent research proposal Get to know your friendly TAs; we’re here to help! Be sure to sign up for 2 TA sessions (Note: the sessions DO NOT have to be with the same TA.): To get some mentoring concerning Windows, Library Resources, FTPing and your Web pages . (Signup sheets on bulletin board outside Dr. Cannon's office) For your first regularly scheduled mentor group session. Please bring your two animal behavior articles to this session. BOTH of the above meetings must happen BEFORE your next scheduled lab period. One is an an individual and one is as part of a group.
Week 2 Week of:	Feb. 9	Be sure you have already met with your TA mentor before your lab period this week. Submit your Roomba proposals and operational definitions through Drop Box by your lab period - we'll be discussing them.
By the day of your lab period	By the day of your lab period	You must have your Research Methods Lab (RML) web page up by your lab period this week. Name it RML04.html (Capitalization is NOT important here.) If it just says "Research Methods Lab" at this point, we'll be happy.
Friday	Feb. 13	Proposal: On your RML web page, place a broad topic area along with textbook source(s) for this topic (Don't worry about APA style.) by 12:00 pm. Animal Behavior: Submit into your lab envelope, a copy of the first page of 2 articles that you’ve read relating to animal behavior (remember that humans are animals too). Linked off of your RML page, publish a separate page (you can pick your own file name) that lists both references (roughly APA style) and provide an annotated citation/reaction for your favorite one by 12:00 pm.
Week 3 Week of:	Feb. 16	Must pass Windows/FTP/Word Proficiency test by 1:00 pm the day of your lab period
Wednesday	Feb. 18	APA Typing Assignment: This is worth 2% of your total course grade. Submit via computer (by Drop Box ). (1 revision - date TBA - 1st draft worth 33% of final grade) by 12:00 pm.
Friday	Feb. 20	Proposal: Submit into your lab envelope, a copy of the first page of at least 3 articles that you’ve read relating to your proposal topic. Linked off of your RML page (you can pick your own file name), publish a separate page that lists all three references (roughly APA style) and provide an annotated citation/reaction for your favorite one by 12:00 pm
Week 4 Week of:	Feb. 23	Begin running Project 1 after lab this week Please make sure you have already read Section 8.05 in your APA manual on Ethics in Research and Writing before your lab period this week. Be sure you have already met with your TA mentor group before your lab period this week.
Wednesday	Feb. 25	Proposal: Submit via computer (by Drop Box) an updated broad proposal topic, list journal tally results, and indicate target journal by 12:00 pm.
Thursday	Feb. 26	Article Compression: Submit paper in Drop Box by 12:00 pm.
Friday	Feb. 27	Proposal: Annotated citation/reaction for one article along with listed references for at least two other articles due on the WWW with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm. Article Compression: Pick up, in Course Documents in Blackboard, your lab's combined papers after 10:00 am. Critique in Word using comments. Drop Box your critiques to us by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, March 2nd.

Week 5 Week of:	March 1	Computer: Electronic Resources proficiency test must be completed by lab this week Article Compression: Critiques of lab's Article Compressions will be discussed during this week's lab period.
Monday	March 1	Proposal: Link from your RML web page a list of the 20 topics from the survey of your target journal by 12:00 pm.
Tuesday	March 2	Article Compression: Critiques of your lab's Article Compressions due by 12:00 pm.
Thursday	March 4	Project 1: Drop Box data due by 9:00 pm
Friday	March 5	APA Typing Assignment revision due in Drop Box by 12:00 pm. Proposal: References for three articles due on the WWW (one with an annotated citation) with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm
March 2004
Week 6 Week of:	March 8	Run Project 2 after lab this week Be sure you have already met with your TA mentor group before your lab period this week.
Tuesday	March 9	Project 1: Submit hard copy (h.c.) of one hypothesis test on the data with attached printout and interpretation by 9:00 pm. Append a hand drawn figure depicting your results. (One revision--the first submission is worth 25% of your grade.)
Friday	March 12	Proposal: References for three articles due on the WWW (one with an annotated citation) with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm Article Compression: Submit by Drop Box final version of article with references by 12:00 pm
Week of:	March 15	Spring Break!!!!!!!
Week 7 Week of:	March 22
Friday	March 26	Project 1: REVISION - Submit h.c.of one hypothesis test on the data with attached printout and interpretation by 12:00 pm. Append a hand drawn figure depicting your results. (Final revision--this is worth 75% of your grade.) Proposal: References for three articles due on the WWW (one with an annotated citation) with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm
Week 8 Week of:	March 29	Be sure you have already met with your TA mentor group before your lab period this week.
Tuesday	March 30	Project 2: Data due by Drop Box , by 12:00 pm
Thursday	April 1	Project 1: Submit Project 1 paper by Drop Box by 12:00 pm.
Friday	April 2	Project 1: Pick up in Blackboard your lab's combined papers after 10:00 am. Critique in Word using comments. Drop Box your critiques to us by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, April 13 Proposal: References for three articles due on the WWW (one with an annotated citation) with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm.
Week 9 Week of:	April 5	No Labs This Week Happy Easter!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday	April 7	Project 2: Submit one hypothesis test using a different statistical procedure from your first one by 12:00 pm--include a hand drawn figure. You must calculate at least one variable that is used in this test. (One revision--the first submission is worth 50% of your grade) Get your data file from blackboard in course documents.
Week 10 Week of:	April 12
Tuesday	April 13	Project 1: Critiques of your lab's Project 1 Paper due by Drop Box by 12:00 pm.
Friday	April 16	Proposal: References for three articles due on the WWW (one with an annotated citation) with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm. This is the last set of articles to be handed in.

April 2004

Week 11 Week of:	April 19	Sign up to see Dr. Cannon for comments on proposal introduction by Wednesday of next week (signup sheets posted on Dr. Cannon’s door) Be sure you have already met with your TA mentor group before your lab period this week. Project 3: Begin Running Project 3 this week after lab period.
Wednesday	April 21	Project 1: Submit hard copy of final version of Project 1 Paper by 12:00 pm (don't forget the reference page.
Thursday	April 22	Proposal: Submit hard copy of full Intro (with cover sheet and reference pages) by 12:00 pm
Friday	April 23	Project 2: Submit Hypothesis 2 Revision by 12:00 pm. Don't forget to attach your original! By 12 today please link your running reference list off your RML webpage.
Week 12 Week of:	April 26	In Lab-- Proposal: You will be making an article presentation in lab this week. The articles are selected from those the first page of which are in your folder (you can put a big "X" on any first page in your folder that you won't be referencing--you won't be asked to talk about these). Remember, those articles that you are referencing should also be on your Running Reference List. The first pages of all articles on the Running Reference List, of course, should also be in your folder.
Monday	April 26	Project 2: Submit hard copy of Project 2 paper with references by 12:00 pm NOTE!! Hard copy - NOT Drop Box
Wednesday	April 28	Project 3: Data due by Drop Box by 5:00 pm.
Friday	April 30	Proposal: Submit hard copy of full Methods by 12:00 pm - if you have references in this section, include a reference section for them alone. There's no need for a title page.

May 2004

Week 13 Week of:	May 3	Remember to meet with Dr. Cannon by Wed. of this week.
Monday	May 3	Project 3: Submit 2 hypothesis tests by 1:00 pm. AT LEAST, one of these must be ANOVA, the other must be a test you have not yet run. The figures that accompanies this can be EITHER computer or hand generated. You must calculate at least one variable that is used in each of these tests-do not forget to include the syntax and related comment for these calculations. (ONE revision --the first draft is worth 75% of your grade.)
Wednesday	May 5	Computer: SPSS proficiency test must be completed by 3:00 pm.
Thursday	May 6	Proposal: Abstracts due via Drop Box by 12:00 pm. Abstracts should also be published on the web at: http://academic.uofs.edu/student/ username/poster.html Links to the rest of your virtual poster should be on this page.
Week 14 Week of:	May 10 DEAD WEEK NO LAB	Poster Fest ’04! Friday, May 14th-- 3:00-5:00 (Team Photo!)
Monday	May 10	Any Data Set: Submit 2 hypothesis tests by 1:00 pm. AT LEAST one of these must be an ANOVA, the other one can be ANY test you'd like. The figures that accompanies these can be EITHER computer or hand generated. You must calculate at least one variable that is used in each of these tests. No revisions.
Tuesday	May 11	Proposal: Provide me with a narrative (APA style not important) that describes how you will use SPSS to get all the information you need for publication and normally inquisitive data analyses. Submit data file (v.c. only), & narrative/syntax file (hard copy only) with extensive comments on the syntax that outline all analyses by 5:00 pm (circle all comments). Click here to see some guidelines.
Wednesday	May 12	Proposal: Full Poster on WWW by 1:00 pm Revision of Project 3 hypothesis tests due by noon.
Friday	May 14	Proposal Poster: You must have your poster up on the wall by noon (You can put them up the night before). The official "Fest" is 3:00-5:00 with the group photo taken around 4:30. If classes, or real life, preclude your attendance--post a note to that effect on Blackboard AND at your board in the department.
Week 15 Week of:	May 17	Exam week - No Lab
Tuesday	May 18	Proposal: Submit hard copy of final revisions of Introduction and Methods, as well as copies of previously unsubmitted abstract pages for all articles relating to proposal. Hand in one grand-glorious proposal document with all the paper (not poster) parts you've written (including Abstract, References, and Cover Page in APA order) . It'll warm your heart :)ALL DUE BY 12:00 PM