Lab meetings

Fall 2024

For the Fall 2024 Semester, we will meet on Thursdays 8:00-8:50 am in room 444 Moore.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024 - 503 Moore

1. Visual Acuity Project - Paper analysis work session

• Visual Acuity Analysis Procedure
• Legacy Project Acuity Data: By Paper
• Legacy Project Data Analysis

Thursday, October 31, 2024 - 503 Moore

1. Visual Acuity Project - Paper analysis training session

Thursday, October 24, 2024

1. Discuss Franconeri, Padilla, Shah, Zacks, & Hullman (2021) and look at data visualizations provided by lab members.
2. Catch up on Training/Biography/Datacamp Status

Thursday, October 17, 2024

0. Attending

• Andrea, Brianna, Nicole, Julia, Lina, Hayley, Kassandra, Megan, Trinity

1. Watched and discussed some of Thinking with Data Visualizations, Fast and Slow
2. To Do

• Read (Franconeri et al., 2021) and be prepared to discuss on 10/24.
• Bring at least 2 data visualizations that you want to talk about.
• Create a Datacamp account with your psu email account and accept the invitation to the PSY 494 space if you have not already
• Continue working on required training: Instructions

Thursday, October 10, 2024

0. Attending
1. Data visualization paper journal club on (Franconeri et al., 2021).

• Bring at least 2 data visualizations that you want to talk about.
• Discussion notes from Spring 2024

2. Biography status

Thursday, October 3, 2024

0. Attending

• Andrea, Lina, Hayley, Gavin, Nicole, Brianna, Trinity, Megan, Bruna, Kassandra

1. Learn R using Datacamp

• First Assignment Introduction to R - Due 10/10

2. Training new/returning lab members Instructions

• CITI, Clery Act, Reporting Suspected Child Abuse, Compliance Training, Title IX

3. Write Biographies use Markdown Cheatsheet create links
4. ARS To Do

• send all lab members links to Datacamp

Thursday, September 26, 2024

0. Attending
1. Legacy Project discussion
2. Brief DataCamp Discussion

• was group approved?

3. Need volunteers for

• update text of BBD Lab Parent Page to reflect PLAY study

Thursday, September 19, 2024 - CANCELLED

Thursday, September 12, 2024

0. Attending

• Andrea, Brianna, Bruna, Hayley, Lina, Gavin, Nicole, Paige, Julia, Trinity

1. Project updates

• PLAY

2. Onboarding and Training and orientation (Andrea)
3. Need volunteers for

• Lab meeting scribe
• Lab blogger

4. Plans for next two weeks

Thursday, September 5, 2024

0. Attending

• Julia, Bruna, Hayley, Gavin, Brianna, Trinity, Nicole, Paige, Lina

1. Introductions
2. Orientation to Fall 2024 lab priorities (Rick)
   • Play & Learning Across a Year (PLAY) Project, PLAY site, Parent site, KoBoToolbox Surveys
     • Data Collection Update (Paige, Brianna)
   • Legacy Project, especially Visual Acuity
   • Databrary, especially the Databrary Guide, the databraryr package, and the Databrary Analytics.
   • Refreshing internal resources, especially the lab website and our lab protocols site.
3. Onboarding and Training and orientation (Andrea)
4. Schedule

References

Franconeri, S. L., Padilla, L. M., Shah, P., Zacks, J. M., & Hullman, J. (2021). The science of visual data communication: What works. Psychological Science in the Public Interest: A Journal of the American Psychological Society, 22(3), 110–161. https://doi.org/10.1177/15291006211051956