Week 6 laboratory

Find, cite, and file a paper

Locate one methods paper, write a complete reference, store a PDF or a stable URL in papers/, and write a half-page annotation. Use the library. Do not accept a chatbot bibliography you have not opened.

Suggested starting points

One paper is enough

  • Donders, F. C. (1868/1969). On the speed of mental processes. Acta Psychologica, 30, 412–431. (translation often reprinted)
  • A short primer on the Big Five or on writing self-report items, assigned in class.

Copy lab-notes/ANNOTATION.md to lab-notes/week06.md. File the source in papers/.

What the annotation must contain

Question, method, limit

Five to eight sentences. Name the dependent measure. State one thing the paper cannot support. A complete reference is required; a hanging-indent polish is not.

Remix

Arts and Science

Arts: clarity of the note. A classmate should be able to say what the paper measured after one reading.

Science: name the dependent measure in the paper (a time, a score, a count). If you cannot name it, you have not opened the methods.

Weekly report

What to submit

A complete reference, plus the question the paper asked, the method in a sentence, and one limit. Path: lab-notes/week06.md and a file or URL in papers/. Due Tuesday 20 October.

Class night

Agenda

18:00 Introduction
What belongs in a citation. Library search, not a chatbot bibliography.
18:25 Demonstration
Instructor finds one paper and files the PDF or link in a repo folder.
18:40 Exercise
Students locate one assigned or approved paper and write five to eight sentences.
19:25 Results
Read your annotation: question, method, one limit. No exchange of drafts.
20:05 Modification
Arts: clarity of the note. Science: name the dependent measure in the paper.
Preparation
Library access. No extra article beyond the one you file.

Report: lab-notes/ANNOTATION.md (complete reference + question / method / one limit) and a file or URL in papers/.