Methodology
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        The question directed respondents to one of two forms of the survey. The section they were directed to if they answered "yes" to this initial question consisted of 27 questions with 104 items. If they answered "no" to the initial question they were directed to a section consisting of 13 questions with 27 items. This considerably briefer section of the survey was intended to assess reasons why departments did not offer laboratory courses and if there was interest in offering such courses.

Questions on the survey were responded to by simple yes and no indications, open ended text responses, and selection of appropriate categories. The survey was written in html code and posted on the University of Mississippi network. The survey was accessible to anyone with access to the Internet who possessed the URL, http://www.olemiss.edu/projects/PsychExps/survey   For those individuals who requested a copy of the survey due to difficulties accessing the Web site, a copy was emailed to them. Two such requests were made. These two completed surveys were then emailed back and manually entered into the response data bank. After completing the survey each respondent submitted the completed survey and the data was automatically collected in a text file. This text file could then be directly imported into any standard statistical analysis or spreadsheet program for manipulation.