Week Ten:  Experimental Research
The Experimental Methods Quiz may be taken three times as long as you start on time.  It is the same quiz each time. 
Your highest score on any of the three will count. 
  1. Early Bird  Closes 10 a.m.  Friday, Nov 14
  2. Saturday Special   Closes 5 p.m. Saturday Nov15
  3. Last Chance    Closes 10 a.m. Monday Nov 17


Reading: 
  1.     Babbie:  Chapter 8 - Experiments
  2.     Powerpoint Presentation on Experimental Research.  The narrated version in SAKAI/Resources is especially recommended.  A non-narrated version is available in Google Documents. 
  3.   "Experimental Macrosociology:  Predicting the Next Best Seller"  in Sakai/Resources/Week Ten.  This is an example of a sociological experimental study conducted on the Internet.    It is included as an example in the powerpoint on experimental research.