Tracer's work «highlights how narrowly we view
normal infant development,» she remarks, «and calls into question the
tendency to judge all
human infants on the basis of Western infants.»
It both parodies the
human tendency to seek out conspiracies as an explanation for all that is off about the world and gives us a monkey - paw - like wish look at how distressing it would be for one to actually have their
normal, humdrum life upended completely.
Topics include (1) elements of the research process; (2) types of designs, program evaluation; (3) ethical considerations of research: informed consent, research with diverse and vulnerable populations, research with children,
human subjects review; (4) basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability, norms, score interpretation; and (5) basic statistical concepts: frequency distributions, central
tendency, measures of variability, correlation,
normal curve, hypothesis testing, significance tests.