Schedule
January 9 - 13
Tuesday, January 10
- Introduction to the course
- Read
- Feynman (1974).
- (Harris 2017), Chapter 1, Begley’s Bombshell. PDF on Canvas.
- Optional Begley and Ellis (2012)
- Class notes
Thursday, January 12
- How science works (or should)
- Read
- (Ritchie 2020), Chapter 1. Alternate link to PDF on Canvas.
- Brian A. Nosek and Bar-Anan (2012). Alternate link to PDF on Canvas.
- Optional (Sagan 1996), Chapter 12, The Fine Art of Baloney Detection. PDF on Canvas
- Class notes
January 16 - 20
Tuesday, January 17
- Scientific norms and counter-norms
- Read
- Assignment
- Complete (anonymous) survey on scientific norms and counter-norms. No write-up.
- Class notes
January 23 - 27
Tuesday, January 24
- A replication crisis (or not)
- Read
- (Ritchie 2020), Chapter 2. PDF on Canvas.
- Begley and Ellis (2012)
- (Optional) (Oreskes 2019), Chapter 7, pp. 228-244.
- Class notes
January 30 - February 3
Tuesday, January 31
- Replication failure: Priming effect
- Read
- Class notes
February 13 - 17
Tuesday, February 14
- Retraction and scientific integrity
- Read
- Explore
- Assignment
- Class notes
February 20 - 24
Tuesday, February 21
- Bias
- Read
- (Ritchie 2020), Chapter 4
- Due
- Class notes
Thursday, February 23
- File drawer effect
- Read
- Work session on final project proposals, due Thursday, March 2.
- Class notes
February 27 - March 3
Tuesday, February 28
- Negligence
- Read
- Work session
- proposals, due Thursday, March 2.
- Assignment
- Class notes
Thursday, March 2
- Hype
- Read
- (Ritchie 2020), Chapter 6
- Carney, Cuddy, and Yap (2010)
- (Optional) Ranehill et al. (2015)
- Watch
- Due
- Final project proposal
- Class notes
March 20 - 24
Tuesday, March 21
- Large-scale replication studies
- Read
- Collaboration (2015)
- (Optional) Camerer et al. (2018)
- For 5 extra credit points, write a paragraph that summarizes the main findings of this paper. Due Tuesday, March 28.
- Class notes
- Assignment
March 27 - 31
April 3 - 7
Thursday, April 6
- Data sharing
- Read
- Class notes
- Assignment distributed
- Final project survey
- Please complete the final project survey.
April 10 - 14
Tuesday, April 11
- Materials, code, & protocol sharing
- Read
- Explore
- Class notes
April 24 - 28
Tuesday, April 25
- Project presentations
- Schedule
May 1-5
Wednesday, May 3
- Due
- Final project write-ups due 5:00 PM.
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