| Course Part |
Class Date |
Topic |
Readings |
Things Due |
| Part 1: Producing Data |
Jan 12 |
Intro & Syllabus Review |
Syllabus
Tutorial
1 |
Lab
1 |
| Jan 14 |
Data Basics |
Chapter 1
Tutorial
2 |
Lab
2 |
| Jan 21 |
Measurement |
Reading Packet: Section I: A-C
Tutorial
3 |
Lab
3
HW 1 (Ch 1 # 7 & 10; and click
here for Web problems) |
| Jan 26 |
Sampling Basics |
Chapter 11 (pp. 400-409)
Reading Packet Section I: D-E
Tutorial
4 |
Lab
4 |
| Jan 28 |
How to do experiments |
Reading Packet Section I: F-G
Tutorial
5 |
Lab
5
HW 2 (Ch 1: # 3, 4, 8, 9; Ch 11: # 2, 4)
Quiz 1 |
| Feb 2 |
Tutorial
6 |
Lab
6
HW3
(all web problems, click here) |
| Feb 4 |
Review Producing Data |
Tutorial
7 |
Lab
7
Quiz 2 |
| |
Feb 9 |
EXAM
1 |
| Part 2: Describing Data |
Feb 11 |
Frequency Distributions & Graphs |
Chapter 2, 3
Tutorial
8 |
Lab
8 |
| Feb 16 |
Central Tendency |
Chapter 4
Tutorial
9 |
Lab
9
HW 4 (Ch 2 #1, 6, 10, 13 and
Ch 2 SPSS problems 1 (all parts) & 3 (a&b only)).
Note - need GSS98PFP-A data for SPSS problems (from book CD-rom
or see Dr. Schneider) |
| Feb 18 |
Variability |
Chapter 5 (skip pp. 151-162)
Tutorial
10 |
Lab
10 |
| Feb 23 |
Normal Distribution & Standard Scores |
Chapter 10
Tutorial
11 |
Lab
11
HW 5 (Ch 3 #3, 4, 10; Ch 4 # 5, 6, 14)
Quiz 3 (by 11:59 p) |
| Feb 25 |
Describing Relationships & Regression |
Chapter 8
Tutorials
12 and 13 |
Labs
12 and 13
HW 6 (Ch 5 #7, 8, 14; Ch 10 #1, 4, 9)
and Project 1 (see reading packet) |
| Mar 1 |
Review Describing Data |
Descriptives
Tree |
Review
Lab
HW 7 (Ch 8 # 1 and 4)
Quiz 4 (by March 3) |
| |
Mar 3 |
EXAM
2 |
| Part 3: Conclusions from Data |
Mar 15 |
Basic Probability |
Reading Packet - Section II
Tutorial
14 |
Lab
14 |
| Mar 17 |
Chapter 11 (pp. 410 to end)
Tutorial
15 |
Lab
15 |
| Mar 22 |
Confidence Intervals |
Chapter 12
Tutorial
16 |
Lab
16
HW 8 (Ch 11: #6 and #10; and additional
problems) |
| Mar 24 |
Significance Testing |
Chapter 12 & 13 (pp. 462-472)
Tutorial
17 |
Lab
17 |
| Mar 29 |
Statistical Power |
Reading Packet - Section III
Tutorial
18 |
Lab
18
HW 9 (Ch 12: #6 and #12; Ch 13: # 2, 3, and 4) |
| Mar 31 |
Which test to use |
Which
test? |
Lab
19 |
| Apr 5 |
One Sample t-tests |
Chapter 13 (pp. 472-477)
Tutorial
20 |
Lab
20
HW 10 (Click
here for problems) |
| Apr 7 |
Related Samples t-test |
Reading Packet - Section IV
Tutorial
21 |
Lab
21 |
| Apr 12 |
Independent Samples t-test |
Chapter 13 (pp. 477-end)
Tutorial
22 |
Lab
22
HW 11 (Ch 13: #1 and #5; and additional
problems - only # 1,3,4 - skip #2)
Quiz 5 |
| Apr 14 |
Review t-tests |
Which
test? |
Lab
23 |
| Apr 19 |
Chi-square |
Chapter 6 &14
Tutorial
24 |
Lab
24
HW 12 (Ch 13: #8 and #13) |
| Apr 21 |
Work on Final Project |
| Apr 26 |
Review Conclusions from Data |
|
Review
Lab (skip #9)
HW 13 (Ch 14: #1 and 6)
Quiz 6 |
| |
Apr 28 |
EXAM 3 and
HW 14 (in-class end of semester feedback!) |
| LAST DAY of classes (Fri. Apr 30th)... |
FINAL PROJECT DUE 4/30 - Friday
- by 1:00 PM
(turn in to secretary in main Psych office, Deg 435,
with my name on it)
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