February

March

April

May

Week 1
Week of:

 Jan. 31

• 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.):
  1. To get some mentoring concerning Windows,  Library Resources, FTPing and your Web pages .  (Signup sheets on bulletin board outside Dr. Cannon's office)
  2. 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. 7

• Be sure you have already met with your TA mentor and had an individual TA meeting before your lab period this week.
• Submit your Sniffy proposal and 4 operational definitions as a Word document through  Drop Box by your lab period - we'll be discussing them. (Please refer to the  list of Dropbox  file names before  naming your dropbox submissions.)
  

• You must have your Research Methods Lab (RML) web page up by your lab period this week.  Name it RML.html (Capitalization is NOT important here.)  If it just says "Research Methods Lab" at this point, we'll be happy.

Friday

Feb. 11

• 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. 14

• Must pass Windows/FTP/Word Proficiency test by 1:00 pm the day of your lab period

Wednesday

Feb. 16

• APA    Typing Assignment: This is worth 2% of your total course grade. Submit via computer (by Assignments ).  (1 revision - date TBA - 1st draft worth 33% of final grade) by 12:00 pm.

Friday

Feb. 18

• 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. 21

• 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. 23

• Proposal:  Submit via computer (by Assignments) an updated broad proposal topic, list journal tally results, and indicate target journal by 12:00 pm.

Thursday

Feb. 24

• Article Compression: Submit paper via Assignments by 12:00 pm.

Friday

Feb. 25

• Proposal: Annotated citation/reaction for one article along with listed references for at least two other articles due linked off of your rml.html page 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.
  • Send your critiques via Assignments by 12:00 pm on Tuesday, March 1st.
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• APA Typing Assignment revision due in Assignments by 12:00 pm.
  

Week 5
Week of:

Feb. 28

• 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

Feb. 28

• 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 1

• Article Compression:  Critiques of your lab's Article Compressions due by 12:00 pm.   Send your critiques via Assignments.

Thursday

March 3

• Project 1: Data due by 9:00 pm via Assignments

Friday

March 4

• Proposal: References for three articles due linked off of your rml.html page (one with an annotated citation) with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm

March 2005

Week 6
Week of:

March 7

• 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 8

• 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 11

• Proposal: References for three articles due linked off of your rml.html page (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 via Assignments final version of article with references by 12:00 p

Week 7
Week of:

March 14

Friday

March 18

• 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 linked off of your rml.html page (one with an annotated citation)  with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 p
• Project 2: Data due via Assignments , by 12:00 pm

Week 9
Week of:

March 28

Thursday

March 31

• Project 1: Submit Project 1 paper  via Assignments by 12:00 pm.

Friday

April 1

• Project 1: 
  • Pick up in Blackboard your lab's combined papers after 10:00 am.
    
  • Critique in Word using comments.
  • Send your critiques to us by  12:00 pm on Tuesday, April 5 via Assignments
• Proposal: References for three articles due linked off of your rml.html page (one with an annotated citation)  with copies of first pages of all articles submitted into envelope on bulletin board by 12:00 pm.  

Week 10
Week of:

April 4

• Project 1:  Critiques of your lab's Project 1 Paper due by Assignments by 12:00 pm. 

 Wednesday

 April 6

• 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.  Your syntax file must be submitted through Assignments. (One revision--the first submission is worth 50% of your grade)  Get your data  file from blackboard in course documents.

Week 11
Week of:

April 11

Friday

April 15

• Proposal:By 12 today please link your running reference list off your RML webpage.

Week 14
Week of:

May 2

• Proposal: Meet with Dr. Cannon for comments on proposal methods by Friday (signup sheets posted on Dr. Cannon’s door).

• Computer: SPSS proficiency test must be completed by your lab period

Tuesday

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. Your syntax file must be submitted through Assignments. (ONE revision --the first draft is worth 75% of your grade.)

Thursday

May 5

• Proposal: Abstracts due via Assignments by 12:00 pm.  Abstracts should be written in Word and published on the Web at: http://academic.uofs.edu/student/ username/poster.htm

Links to the rest of your virtual poster should be on this page.  
*NOTE: The Disclaimer that you place on your abstract page should be placed at the BOTTOM of  every virtual poster page*

Week 15
Week of:

May 9

DEAD WEEK 

NO LAB

Poster Fest ’05! Friday, May 13th--
3:00-5:00 (Team Photo!)

Monday

May 9

• Any Data Set:  Submit 2 hypothesis tests by 1:00 pm. AT LEAST one of these must be an ANOVA, the other must be a test you haven't used before. 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. Your syntax file must be submitted through Assignments. No revisions.

Tuesday

May 10

• Proposal: Provide me with a narrative (APA style not important) that describes your data set and how you will use SPSS to get all the information you need for publication and normally inquisitive data analyses (Proposal Prospectus). Submit data file (Assignments), narrative, and syntax file (the latter two should be stapled together). Don't forget to have extensive comments (circle all comments) on the syntax that outline all analyses. Due by midnight. Click here to see some guidelines.

Wednesday

May 11

• Proposal: Full Poster linked off of your rml.html page by 1:00 pm
• Revision of Project 3 hypothesis tests due by noon.

Friday

May 13

• 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 16
Week of:

May 16

            Exam week - No Lab

Tuesday

May 17

• 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