This spring I took an online course from Coursera, Irrational Behavior, as taught by Dr. Dan Ariely. It was a fascinating course, one that I enjoyed immensely.
See my comments on the course from my previous post on Irrational Behavior and Hoarding.
The other writing assignment in the course, was to “Design An Experiment”. In this course, “experiment” refers to a psychological experiment. Not a physics, chemistry, or computer science experiment.
From the guidelines – “Design An Experiment” – Please include the following in your paper:
A brief summary of previous (relevant) research. Be sure to use and cite at least one piece of research or theory that your experiment builds on.
Research question. What do you want to find out?
Your hypothesis. What do you think you will find?
A brief overview of the proposed design including identification of your independent and dependent variables. For more details, check out this guide.
Implications. If your study turns out the way you expect it to, what does that mean?
I’ve often thought of the shortcomings of resumes. As so, in many ways, using resumes is rather irrational. So, I designed an experiment to test the variability of resumes. Read the rest of this entry »
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