Experimental Social Science Laboratory (Xlab)
Juliana Schroeder, Professor
Business, Haas School, Psychology
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2023 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2024.
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. Building and managing the monthly Xlab researcher newsletter. This will involve interviewing various faculty across Berkeley every month to build a researcher spotlight, collecting and compiling data from and about the SONA subject pool, gathering facts and news about the Xlab, and pulling all these aspects into one newsletter monthly.
2. Managing the Xlab website. This will involve updating the website with the latest and the most relevant information and completing revamping projects based on instructions from managers, in addition to other tasks to help maintain the website in its best possible shape.
3. Running quality control studies for subject pools. This will involve building and running a monthly survey on the SONA, MTurk, and Prolific subject pools to monitor the quality of data received from participants. You will also be responsible for analyzing the data and compiling it to be presented to other researchers in the Xflash newsletter.
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. Specific qualifications for projects are listed below:
Project 1: Experience with design, and students with good communication skills are preferred.
Project 2: Experience with website design, especially DreamWeaver platform, is preferred.
Project 3: 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: Sydney Tran, Staff Researcher
Hours: to be negotiated
Related website: http://xlab.berkeley.edu/
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology