Laboratory in Psychological Science

PSYC 11 — Dartmouth College

MWF 10:10-11:15 AM
X-Hour: Thu 12:15-1:05 PM
Spring 2026
Moore B03
DOI

Instructor

Jeremy R. Manning

Office Hours

Teaching Assistants

Yifan Fang

Yuqi Zhang

Eunhye Choe

Rooms

Main: Moore B03

Breakout: Moore 302, 303, 150

Week 1

Survey Lab

Mar 30–Apr 3

Mon Mar 30

Intro + Survey Lab + Data collection

Slides
Assignment
Wed Apr 1

Statistical building blocks

Slides
Fri Apr 3

NO CLASS (instructor away)

Week 2

Pitch Lab

Apr 6–10

Mon Apr 6

Motivating science intro + Pitch lab starts

Slides
Wed Apr 8

Present pitches + fill out evals

Thu Apr 9 (X)

Vibe coding tips and tricks

Slides
Fri Apr 10

How far can you get with data and stats?

Slides
Week 3

Drawing Lab

Apr 13–17

Mon Apr 13

Effective explaining + Drawing lab starts

Slides
Assignment
Wed Apr 15

Data collection -- reproduce drawings

Thu Apr 16 (X)

Stats refresher

Slides
Fri Apr 17

Analyzing drawing lab data

Slides
Week 4

Data Sleuthing Lab

Apr 20–24

Mon Apr 20

Creating data + Data sleuthing lab starts

Slides
Wed Apr 22

NO CLASS (instructor away)

Thu Apr 23 (X)

Exploring and understanding data

Slides
Fri Apr 24

Quick start guide to digging into data

Slides
Week 5

Literature Review Lab

Apr 27–May 1

Mon Apr 27

Searching the literature + Lit review lab starts

Slides
Assignment
Wed Apr 29

Synthesizing across studies/findings

Slides
Thu Apr 30 (X)

Additional office hours (sign up)

Fri May 1

Logistics + group work on lit review lab wrap up

Slides
Week 6

Final Projects Begin

May 4–8

Mon May 4

Getting started: find a group, brainstorm idea

Slides
Wed May 6

Design your study

Slides
Thu May 7 (X)

Additional office hours (sign up)

Fri May 8

Experiment implementation tips + Human subjects training

Slides
Week 7

Data Collection

May 11–15

Mon May 11

Project work

Wed May 13

Project work

Thu May 14 (X)

Additional office hours (sign up)

Fri May 15

Project work

Week 8

Data Analysis

May 18–22

Mon May 18

Groups work on data analysis

Wed May 20

Intro to poster presentations + analysis work

Slides
Thu May 21 (X)

Poster creation workshop

Slides
Fri May 22

Interpretation + start working on posters

Week 9

Posters + Papers

May 25–29

Mon May 25

NO CLASS (Memorial Day)

Wed May 27

Effective scientific writing + work time

Slides
Thu May 28 (X)

No office hours (instructor away)

Fri May 29

NO CLASS (instructor away)

Week 10

Final Week

Jun 1–3

Mon Jun 1

Wrap up projects (TAs/instructor available)

Wed Jun 3

Public poster session + final deliverables due

Assignments

Assignment Points Due Date
Survey Lab 0 pts N/A
Pitch Session Lab 10 pts Apr 13
Picture Lab 10 pts Apr 20
Data Sleuthing Lab 10 pts Apr 27
Literature Lab 10 pts May 4
Weekly Snippets (5 × 1 pt) 5 pts Weekly
Poster Presentation 15 pts Jun 3
Final Paper 40 pts

Resources