Evaluating experiments: Instructor notes
Interactive version
The timings below are from the 2020 session, which was run entirely on Zoom. Some thoughts/reflections on the 2021 session, which was blended (2/3rds students in lecture hall, 1/3rd on Zoom)
Timings
| time | activity |
|---|---|
| 0:00 | session start |
| 0:05 | Rstudio reminder, recap purpose of lectures, last lecture |
| 0:07 | Poll of Lecture 1 … did it replicate? |
| 0:17 | topic intro - designing experiments. housekeeping |
| 0:19 | spurious correlations, examples |
| 0:25 | depression and memory |
| 0:31 | longitudinal data, night lights |
| 0:37 | Correlation does not imply .. |
| 0:39 | Spell out session structure from here |
| 0:40 | The experimental method |
| 0:42 | Testing a treatment for depression |
| 0:45 | Pre-existing differences |
| 0:47 | Detection |
| 0:48 | Prevention |
| 0:54 | Our therapy experiment |
| 0:56 | INTERMISSION |
| 1:06 | Attrition |
| 1:16 | Placebo effect |
| 1:21 | Placebo effect in psychological therapy |
| 1:28 | Data analysis |
| 1:32 | Objective measures immune? |
| 1:36 | Blind testing |
| 1:39 | Feynmann, preregistration |
| 1:43 | Difference versus no difference designs |
| 1:47 | Better alternatives 1 |
| 1:49 | Better alternatives 2 |
| 1:51 | Evaluating an experiment - set up activity (this individual activity reports back in Week 3) |
| 1:56 | Teach end |
| 2:00 | Session end |