Experimental Social Science Laboratory (Xlab)
Juliana Schroeder, Professor
Business, Haas School, Psychology
Applications for Fall 2024 are closed for this project.
Founded in 2004, the Experimental Social Science Laboratory (Xlab) conducts experiment-based investigations of issues of interest to social scientists.
Xlab supports UC Berkeley’s world class research by providing resources such as access to participant pools, experiment coordination, payment support, access to softwares, grants, and more. It also provides technical and administrative support.
Role: Joining the Xlab, you will gain experience in a variety of different aspects of research that enable Xlab to continue providing social scientists exceptional resources to conduct research.
There are at least 3 major projects you can choose to be assigned to:
1. Provide Xlab administrative operations support. This includes recruiting Cal students and staff to join the subject pool, assist in checking in participants and distributing payments after each study.
2. Provide research assistance in conducting studies at Xlab. This includes running studies at the Xlab or via Zoom for researchers from different departments in campus.
3. Provide Auditing services to researchers. This would involve checking researchers papers prior to publication. performing a series of checks to makes sure all of the materials match what is reported on the paper, the results are reproducible and there are no typos on the paper.
Qualifications: For all projects, we seek students who are motivated, pay close attention to detail, and are eager to learn. We are especially interested in students who want to learn about what underlies running and managing research projects on the ground with participants. For Project 3, specific qualifications are: Experience with data or data analysis, or students who have taken statistics or research methods classes are preferred.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Rachel Tran, Staff Researcher
Hours: to be negotiated
Related website: http://xlab.berkeley.edu/
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology