SDS 290 Research Design and Analysis

Prof Randi Garcia

2024-09-04

Welcome to SDS 290!

Please complete the course questionnaire:

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Introductions

Who am I?

• Prof. Randi Garcia
• She/her pronouns
• My goals for this course
• Favorite animal: Hamsters!

Guinea Pigs

Tia and Tamera

RIP Tia 2014-2024

Dog and Baby and Teenagers

Come to my office hours if you want to see pics of Naomi, Amelia, Devyn, and Roux!

Goals

Now it is your turn. But first, let’s do a 2-minute free write

• On a piece of paper (or blank word-processing file)
• For 2 minutes, write about:
  • Your goals for this course,
  • What you hope to learn, and
  • Some fun things you’re looking forward to this semester
• PollEverywhere!

Introductions

In groups of three introduce yourselves…

• Name
• Pronouns
• One goal for this course
• Favorite animal

Introduction to SDS 290

• Course website at randilgarcia.github.io/sds290fall24/
• Let’s go through the syllabus

Our First Experiment

• Get in breakout groups of ~8 we will discuss.
• As you participate in the experiment remember:
  • what you saw
  • what you did
  • the order in which it happened.
• To participate, find the experiment link in the course schedule!!

Our First Experiment

• In your groups:
  • Take turns describing what you saw/did.
  • Your objective, as a group, is to describe the FULL experimental design.
• Discussion questions:
  • What were all of the possibilities? How do you think that was determined?
  • Which conditions were distributed across people, and which within people?
  • What do you think are the possible research questions answered by this study?