Day 2

Methods in Empirical Music Research A Workshop for Music Scholars

DAY 2

6. Review and Elaborations
   • Welcome; encourage mix-up seating/groups
   • Day 2 Program
   • Review slogans (first 16)
   • Group Task #7: From theory to conjecture
   • Formal observation: The taxi protocol
   • The Experiment
   • The Correlational Study
   • Correlation and causation
   • The third variable problem
     17. No causation without manipulation.
7. Sampling
   • Sampling
   • Group Task #8: Sampling Approaches (Answers)
   • WEIRD sampling (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic)
   • Data Independence
     18. Avoid sticky data.
   • Biased Sampling: Listening to Edith Boyd
   • Group Task #9: Sampling Issues (Discussion)
   • Group Task #10: What is Random?
   • Homework review: Review questions and answers for Lancashire & Hirst (2009)
   • Sampling - A Practical Problem [omit?]
   • Sample Size: Law of Big Numbers
   • Sample Size: Law of Small Numbers
     19. The law of large numbers does not apply to small numbers.
   • Effect Size
   • Regression-to-the-Mean
   • Regression-to-the-Mean in Music
   • Review (first 19) slogans
   • Group Task #11: Are dynamics asymmetrical? Data sheet
8. Behavioral Data
   • Dependent and independent measures
   • Types of behaviors (summary) The full text (or video) are left as homework. Types of behaviors (full) (video - 32 minutes)
   • Implicit vs. explicit responses
   • Reactivity
   • Demand characteristics Clever Hans
     20. Always debrief.
   • Measurement scales
   • Group Task #12: What kind of measurement scale? (Answers)
   • Designing questionnaires (powerpoint presentation #17)
   • Group Task #13: Questionnaire Design
   • Review (first 20) slogans