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Course Syllabus

Graduate T.A.:
Kristin Jones email: joneskak@uni.edu
Office: available in 373 Baker.
Hours: Mon., Wed. 12:30-2:30 P.M. & by appointment.

Class Notes

• Article for Discussion in Class Wednesday
• Why do psychologists need statistics? (8/26; 8/31)
• Calculation of sample variance (8/28 lab)
• Descriptive statistics concepts (8/31)
• Descriptive statistics, pt. 2 (9/2)
• Intro to SPSS lab exercise (9/4)
• Descriptive statistics, pt. 3 (9/9)
• (In lab on 9/11 we used SPSS to create scores and examined skewness)
• Measurement & Sampling (9/9,9/14)
• Hypothesis testing (9/14, 9/16)
• 1-sample t-tests & Confidence Intervals (revised; 9/16,9/18)
• Monte Carlo Simulation Research (9/21)

  Unit II:

• Direct difference t & binomial sign test (9/28)
• Independent groups t-test (9/30)
• Power and Effect Sizes (10/5)
• Graphs with Excel (10/9, handout in class)
• Computer intensive approaches (10/12)
• Correlation & Regression (10/14)

  Unit III:

• Logical Basis of ANOVA (10/26)
• Computation of 1-Way ANOVA (10/28)
• Effect size and Power Calculations for ANOVA (11/2)
• 2-way Factorial ANOVA (11/4, 11/6)
• Random vs. Fixed Effects in ANOVA (11/9; Handout available in class)
• 1-Way Repeated Measures ANOVA (11/11, 11/13; Handout available in class)
• Transformations of Data (11/16)

Homework Assignments

1 Fri., Sept. 25 
2 Fri., Oct. 23
3 Fri., Nov. 20
4 10:00-11:50 A.M., Wed. Dec. 16 (in lieu of final; note day & time)