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Audio 1: Basic Research Design
Description: A nice overview of experimental design using a fun example.
LO: 8-1: Identify an independent variable in an experiment.

Audio 2: Personality Politics
Description: An example of a neurobiological study.
LO: 8-3: Design a simple one-factor experiment.

Video 1: Levels of an Independent Variable
Description: Explanation of the levels of an independent variable.
LO: 8-1: Identify an independent variable in an experiment.

Video 2: Matched-Pairs Design
Description: Examines the matched-pairs design as a way to control extraneous and confounding variables.
LO: 8-2: Understand how independent variables allow for tests of causal relationships.

Web 1: Research Designs
Description: A review of the various types of experiments and their designs.
LO: 8-1: Identify an independent variable in an experiment.

Web 2: Within- and Between-Subjects Designs
Description: Contrasts within- and between-subjects designs in the context of testing users’ experience with a hypothetical car-rental website.
LO: 8-2: Understand how independent variables allow for tests of causal relationships.