Training

Misinformation Lab Training

The misinformation lab offers two parallel programs of training in modern research skills for social psychology. These programs are:

Specialist training for 4th year students in the Misinformation lab.
A 140-hour internship program for advanced undergraduate students in psychology.

Schedule of Training

Individuals who participate in the Misinformation Training program are expected to complete tasks within the following domains.

Lab operations

Induction
Meetings
4th Year posters or presentations
Conference preparation

Workshops / Training

R
Systematic Review
Qualitative methods
Open Sciences

Sys. Review

Dual coding
Presentation

Qual project

Transcription
Coding
Poster

Quant project

Data management and analysis
Measure Selection
Poster / Presentation

Programs

The 4th year program includes:

Involvement in Lab operations
Completion of structured training in:
- R
- Systematic Reviews
- Qualitative Methods
- Completion of ecologically-valid tasks in:
- Systematic Reviewing
- Qualitative research
- Open and Reproducible Quantitative research

While internships in the Misinformation Lab will involve realistic research experiences, they do not entail involvement in any active research projects to ensure compliance with ethical approval and the Fair Work Act (2009).

As part of a 140 hour internship, interns will:

Attend lab meetings
Conduct a quasi-systematic literature search
Build a qualtrics survey
Code some qual data
Do some quant data analysis
Present a summary of their work