Check-In Here : tinyurl.com/EARstudy

Please help everyone read by keeping a silent environment!

  • what’s the point / takeaway from the article?

  • reading a table of statistics?!!

  • OKAY NOT TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING!

Part 1 : Observing Words (Reading Research)

Check-In : Reading Research

  • how’s it feeling? (easier, harder, no change)

  • immediate comments or questions?

Check-In : We Love Data

supplemental materials : good measures?

Reading Review : Observational Methods

(Other) better methods of counting the number of words men & women speak?

Reading : evaluating the “three rules” (vision board)

  1. “…as selected from a collection of possible alternatives”
  2. “…as if written to follow a script”
  3. “…as if you were an actor”
    1. did these help you form valid observations? how / why?
    2. do you think they would (or could) lead to bias? how / why?

Reading : Observations (vs. Self-Reports)

If you look like you are smiling & brain activation says you are happy, but you feel miserable….

  • you are happy

  • you are not happy

Trust in Self-Reports Trust in Behavioral Data Trust in fMRI

Commercial Break.

What comes to mind when you think of the phrase “Cognitive Examination”?

Part 2 : Operationalization is an Eight Syllable Word

  • Say this word outloud.

  • What comes to mind when you see or hear this word?

DEFINITION : Operationalization

  • A fancy definition (like a rich doctor).
  • Technical and precise (like a doctor who operates).
  • A process (an operation).

“Cognitive Examination” Operationalized

Deep Breath. No Talking.

ACTIVITY : Count the Interruptions.

Count the Interruptions : tinyurl.com/researchinterruptions

  • Count the number of interruptions in the video (which professor will play soon).
  • Submit your answer, then wait for the letter of the day.

ACTIVITY : Count the Interruptions.

BUDDY DISCUSSION

  • How was watching the video?

  • How many INTERRUPTIONS did you count?

  • How did you OPERATIONALIZE an INTERRUPTION? What are some ways we could strengthen this OPERATIONALIZATION?

  • Can you say OPERATIONALIZATION three times fast?

CLASS & DISCUSSION.

  • Clap if you and your buddy got the exact same number.

  • This is an issue of…

    • inter-rater reliability
    • test-retest reliability
    • convergent validity
    • discriminant validity
    • face validity

DISCUSS : Behavioral Coding

  • SPAFF on the VISION BOARD

    • Function of an Interruption

    • Indicators of an Interruption

    • Physical Cues of an Interruption

    • Counter-Indicators of an Interruption

ACTIVITY : Consequences of Operationalization

SUBMIT AS PART OF DISCUSSION 6. We counted the number of interruptions in a video before and after operationalizing an interruption. Look over the data from the class activity (see the lecture recording if you missed!) Explain how our operationalization task influenced the responses in terms of the mean and standard deviation, and how this relates to the concepts of reliability and validity.

SPEAKING OF OBSERVATIONS…

  • Y’all observe me; department wants your feedback.
  • Why does college not trust professor’s self-reports of their own teaching (we are great).

Bye