Instructions for Advanced Training Institute Application


Please complete this application if you would like to attend the next Advanced Training Institute in Social Psychology: Using the Internet to Conduct Experiments, which will be held July 10-13, 2003 at California State University, Fullerton. You should plan to travel on July 9, and to check out on July 14. Applicants from Social Psychologists and Psychologists who teach Computer Methods in Social Psychology are Encouraged to Apply. It is expected that participants will reflect the full diversity of the nation's social psychological researchers. We intend to provide fair and open access to these advanced training opportunities for all participants across the entire geographic and institutional diversity of the U.S., and we encourage the participation of people regardless of gender, race, age, religion, ethnicity, disability, or other such irrelevant characteristics.

Review of Application Materials will begin March 25 and continue until all 15 funded openings have been filled. Every attempt will be made to accomodate applicants. Those who previously applied for earlier sessions will receive priority, all other factors being equal.

If you have applied previously, we ask that you complete the entire application AGAIN, but please remind us that you have previously applied in item 43.

In addition to completing this form online, if you have not done so already, please send a copy of your Vita and 2 recent reprints by postal mail to:

Advanced Training Institute in Social Psychology
c/o Prof. Michael H. Birnbaum
Department of Psychology
CSUF H-803M
P.O. Box 6846
Fullerton, CA 92834-6846

Your Position and Institutional Affiliation (e.g., Assoc. Prof. of Psychology, University of Anytown):

1. Last Name:

2. First Name:

3. Email Address:

4. Mailing Address Line 1:

5. Mailing Address Line 2:

6. City:

7. State (Abbreviate):

8. Zip Code:

9. Telephone Number (Area)-(Number):

10. Year of your Ph.D. Degree:

11. Number of Reviewed Articles Published in the Last 5 years:

12. Number of Scholarly Books Published:

Please rate yourself on the following descriptions.

13. I have good level of knowledge and skill on computers.
strongly disagree strongly agree

14. I have learned how to program in one or more of the following languages: FORTRAN, BASIC, PL1, COBOL, ALGOL, Pascal, C, C+, C++.
strongly disagree strongly agree

15. I know how to write a Web page in HTML.
strongly disagree strongly agree

16. I know how to write a Web Form in HTML with CGI script to save data.
strongly disagree strongly agree

17. I know how to program in one or more of the following languages: Java, JavaScript, VBScript, Jscript, Perl.
strongly disagree strongly agree

18. I have created a Web page using a Word processor or Page Editor such as MS Word, Powerpoint, FrontPage, etc.
strongly disagree strongly agree

19. I have taught experimental methods courses.
strongly disagree strongly agree

20. I have taught a course including computers in psychology material.
strongly disagree strongly agree

21. I plan to teach a course on computers in psychology.
strongly disagree strongly agree

22. I plan to teach a course on Internet Research Methods.
strongly disagree strongly agree

Please rate your interest in learning each of the following topics:

23. Learning How to Compose a Web Page in HTML.
little interest great interest

24. Learning How to Make a Web Form to Run Surveys.
little interest great interest

25. Learning How to Make Within-Subjects Factorial Experiments.
little interest great interest

26. Learning Data Analysis Methods for Handling Web Data
little interest great interest

27. Techniques for Constructing and Maintaining a Web Site.
little interest great interest

28. Data Analysis Tricks for Cleaning and Filtering Data.
little interest great interest

29. Methodological Issues in On-Line Research
little interest great interest

30. Timing Control and Measurement.
little interest great interest

31. Recruitment Methods in WWW Research.
little interest great interest

32. Random Assignment to Conditions.
little interest great interest

33. Authorware and other Programs that Make Experiments and Surveys
little interest great interest

34. JavaScript Basics
little interest great interest

35. Advanced JavaScript
little interest great interest

36. Java Applets.
little interest great interest

37. Advanced Java.
little interest great interest

38. Server-Side Programming
little interest great interest

39. Perl Programming
little interest great interest

40. Running and Maintaining a Server.
little interest great interest

41. Other Interests and other comments:

42. Please describe your proposed research via the WWW.:

43. Have you applied previously? If no, leave this blank.

Please check your answers. When you are done, push the button below.

Thank You!