85-411/711 Cognitive Processes and Problem Solving
Homework #2
Handed out: 9/5/00	Due: 9/12/00

The modern theory of protocol analysis (Ericsson & Simon, 1980) holds that under many circumstances verbal reports can be used as valid data for investigating psychological processes.  This assignment goes over the basics of doing verbal protocol analysis.  The focus of the assignment is on the skill of protocol analysis (and it is indeed an acquired skill), rather than the details of the theory behind it.  O