Transcript Document 7730187

Making presentations
Psych 231: Research Methods in
Psychology
Announcements
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Remember to bring your group project
materials (intro, methods, results, etc.) to lab
 Additional Presentation resources on you
syllabus page
– syllabus page
Presentations
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Presenting your research
– Posters
– Talks
– Papers
Why do presentations?
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To present your work/theory/research
– Get feedback
• It is an opportunity for peers to ask you questions about
your work
• For you to ask them questions
– You want your audience to walk away
remembering a few key points
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So your goal is to be as clear as possible
Rough sketch of a presentation
Introduction of the issue
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Hourglass
Broad
Background information
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Design
 Results
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shape
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Specific hypotheses
Specifics of your study
Interpret the results
General Conclusions
Broad
Preparation
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Consider your audience
- who are they, what do they want, what do they already know
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Start collecting the things that you think that you’ll
need
- graphs, tables, pictures, examples, data analyses, etc.
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Determine the key points that you want them to
remember
– focus your presentation on these points
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Camping trip analogy
– Your initial pack usually has too much stuff
– Need to figure out what to take out
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Practice, rehearse, and then practice again
Poster content
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Stick to the hourglass shape for content
 Balance of text and figures
– Use bullet points
– Give example stimuli
Use large enough font to read from 6
feet away
 End with 3 or 4 key “take home” points
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Title
Authors and affiliation
Introduction
Results
•Not a lot of detail
•Just the main points
•Hypotheses &
predictions
•Graphs/tables
•Bullet points of
main results
Methods
•Not a lot of detail
•just the main points
•Participants
•Design
•IVs & DVs
•Examples of stimuli
Conclusions
•3 or 4 take home
points
•Potential limitations
References
•If you cite something
give the full reference
Title
Authors and affiliation
Introduction
Conclusions
Methods
Results
References
Brief checklist for the poster
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Initial sketch/outline
 Rough layout
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Balance (text/pictures, data/conclusions)
Typography
Movement
Simplicity
Final layout
The pen is mightier than the brush.
Leon DaVinci and Bill Shakespear
Illinois State University
Introduction
Conclusions
•Remembering things is often a
challenge in everyday life.
“What was I supposed to
get at the grocery store?”
Results
(Cutting, 2000)
pictures
words
We examined two factors
We predicted:
• mnemonic devices will help
memory for both pictures and words
• effect larger for words than pictures
•Potential limitations
Percent recall
• stimulus type: pictures/words
• use of mnemonics
mnemonics
No
mnemonics
Methods
•900 native English speakers
•2 x 2 between groups design
•Measured the percent correctly recalled
items from a free recall procedure
• 24 pictures and words
words
books
frog
pictures
•Stimulus type matters:
participants remembered words
better than pictures
• Use of mnemonic devices helps
memory performance
• main effect of stimulus type
• main effect of mnemonic
• no interaction
References
Cutting J. C. (2000). Finding things in your house.
Journal of Memory and Stuff, 17, pg 1-230.
Presentation of the poster
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Arrive early and set up
Author(s) stand next to poster
Have a short “walk through” presentation
ready
Answer questions (also ask questions)
Handout copies of the poster available
(sometimes), or a request sign-up
Your posters (our checklist)
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Content
– Introduction
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Problem of interest
Very brief summary of past research
Basic purpose of experiment(s)
Hypotheses
– Method
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Brief but clear
Design
Materials
Procedure (brief)
Your posters (our checklist)
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Content cont.
– Results
• Descriptive statistics
• Inferential results
– Discussion
• Hypothesis rejected or supported
• Implication of results
• A few take home points
– References
– Tables and figures
• Useful info to reader
• Easy to understand
Your posters (our checklist)
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Format
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Overall clarity
Organization
Font size
Figure/text balance
Title
Authors
Different kinds of talks
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Research Presentations
– (typically 10 to 30 mins)
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Paper with respondent
 Panel Presentation
 Workshop
Talk Content
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Create a logical progression to the talk
– Hourglass shape
– Work on the transitions between slides
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Be brief, but include enough details so that
the audience can follow the arguments
– Use slides to help simplify/clarify points
• Include tables, graphs, pictures, etc.
• Don’t just read the slides
• but do “walk through” those that need it (e.g. graphs of
results)
– Be careful of jargon, explain terms (if in fact you
really need them)
Presentation of the talk
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Make it smooth (lots of practice will help)
 Watch your speaking rate (again, practice)
 Maintain eye contact with whole audience
 Emphasize the key points, make sure that the
audience can identify these
 Point to the slides if it helps
 Beware jokes, can be a double-edged sword
 Don’t go over your time
Dealing with questions
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Repeat the question in your own words
– so that the rest of the audience can hear it
– to make sure that you understood the question
– to buy yourself some time to think about the answer
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Try not to be nervous
– you know your study better than anyone else
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When preparing, try to think of likely questions and
prepare answers
Checklist for the talk
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Preparation
– Analyze the audience
– Choose your main points
– etc.
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Prepare the Final Outline
– fix any problems/loose ends
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Construct your “speaking” outline
– e.g., the note cards that you’ll read
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Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse
Next time
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Summarizing the research process
Preparation
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Consider your audience
- who are they, what do they want, what do they already know
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Start collecting the things that you think that
you’ll need
- graphs, tables, pictures, examples, data analyses, etc.

Determine the key points that you want them
to remember
– focus your presentation on these points
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Camping trip analogy
– Your initial pack usually has too much stuff
– Need to figure out what to take out
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Practice, rehearse, and then practice again