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Experimental Design Part I: What is an experiment and why does ittake so long?

Prof. Dr. habil Douglas W. Cunningham
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus
Talk
AG 1, AG 2, AG 3, AG 4, AG 5, SWS, RG1, MMCI  
Public Audience
English

Date, Time and Location

Wednesday, 22 August 2012
15:00
60 Minutes
E1 4
019
Saarbrücken

Abstract

For over 150 years, physiologists and psychologists have been performing
experiments to determine what signals in the world humans and animals
can extract, how those signals are converted into information, and how
the information is then represented and processed. Recently, there has
been an increasing trend of computer scientists performing similar
experiments, although often with quite different goals. While at first
glance such experiments seem to be easy to design, carry out, and
analyze, a century and a half of experience has taught psychologists
that there are numerous hidden traps which can waylay the unaware.

This talk series will cover some basic experimental methodology. In part
I, I will briefly examine all the basic elements of a single experiment
and will derive a mathematical description of experimental design. In
the process it will become clear why why precision must lie at the core
of any experiment

Contact

Karol Myszkowski
+49.681.9325.4029
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Sabine Budde, 08/21/2012 16:17
Sabine Budde, 08/21/2012 15:40 -- Created document.