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# Introduction

In the first week of the course, we will set ourselves up for success in the remainder of the course!

**Our goals are to:**

- introduce ourselves, and our research interests, to each other

- review some fundamentals of perception and experimental design

- become familiar with the utility of git and GitHub


[Slides from this week are available here.](https://avenue.cllmcmaster.ca/d2l/le/content/668523/viewContent/5011198/View) NOTE: You need to log in to Avenue to access the slides.


::: {.callout-important title="Assignments and Exercises"}
**Before next class**

Please work through the [Environment Exercise (linked here).](exercise_environment.qmd)

Additionally, please read chapters 1-4 from Experimentology:

- [Chapter 1: Experiments  ](https://experimentology.io/001-experiments.html)

- [Chapter 2: Theory  ](https://experimentology.io/002-theories.html)

- [Chapter 3: Replication  ](https://experimentology.io/003-replication.html)

- [Chapter 4: Ethics  ](https://experimentology.io/004-ethics.html)

- [Appendix B: Git and GitHub  ](https://experimentology.io/101-github.html)
:::