The concept of what constitutes a sound scientific experiment is something I learned this year In Psychology that I will be most likely to remember in 5 years.
I had a general idea of what made an experiment accurate, but now I feel that I understand completely. Now, whenever a read an article or listen to a news story, I approach the information being given to me differently. I'm now curious about whether an experiment being reported has been replicated by someone else, and how the group of participants in the study were randomly chosen and randomly assigned. I'm also more aware of people possible biases.
In this world we are constantly being bombarded with information, and after taking this course I feel I am better able to sort through that information and decide for myself what to believe, instead of just accepting everything at face value.
I agree with this post. I think this class has had a major effect on how most of us will approach and think about experiments that we learn about from here on out. I definitely feel that now I am able to fully understand an experiment and get out what I think researches intend for people to get out of them. This is one major positive outcome of this because I think everyone has learned the ability to think deeper about scientific experiments.