Lab Manual of the Differential and Personality Psychology group (AG.DPP) at TU Dresden
2022-04-13
This LabManual bundles together all the knowledge we as the AG.DPP team have acquired over the years (including knowledge acquired by former team members). It is intended as a knowledge base for all of us who happen to have to go to where others of us (sometimes boldly) have gone before. One may simply browse through the folders of this manual, look up manuals on certain issues via the Wiki, or search this repository via the Search field top left.
So far, this manual is still under development and some of its contents have not yet been finally discussed and agreed upon by all team members. Still, it may already now be used for informing ourselves about new routines at the lab not commonly used by all team members or for instructing new team members (e.g., master students) on how to use certain tools or perform certain routines.
This LabManual is structured along our three main tasks:
- Research (ranging from very general information on how to perform a research project to very specific information on how to handle outliers etc.)
- Teaching (e.g., how to set up an OPAL course, how to have your seminars evaluated etc.)
- Administration (e.g., what to do if one hires a student assistant, how to handle work-related travel etc.; this is a private repository, though)
So if you are a team member and know something about a certain work process, feel free to describe it here! And if your aren't a team member but want to comment on what is written here, please contact Alexander Strobel.
Disclaimer: What is written in this LabManual reflects the (most probably incomplete) understanding of its contributors. Often enough, the routines/suggestions/workflows described here may be idiosyncratic or the result of our reading of some procedure or another or may only apply to certain issues we came across, and sometimes (or in fact, most of the time), rules and regulations and even the usage of terms may have changed since we wrote this, either unbeknowst of or neglected by us. So please, do not rely on what is written here as it was written by some kind of authority. We all fail (some or most of the time). Rather, use the procedures outlined here as some recommendation amongst others, so in any case check back!
License: CC 0 (although we are always happy when we get acknowledged)