Psych
30 Schedule
Sections 3 & 4, Spring 2001
I: Exploratory & Descriptive Stats
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Dates
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Topics & Notes
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Readings, Labwork,
& Homework
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| Jan
9,11
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Introduction
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Class
Survey Form and data.
Read: Truth and Consequences
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| Jan
16,18
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Basic
Statistical Concepts,
Descriptive
Stat Reports,
Statistical Visualizations
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ViSta
course at IRSS TTh12:30-1:30
G&W: Chapters 1& 2
Hmwk
1 Due Friday
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Jan 23,25
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Central
Tendency,Variability
Z-Scores and
Transforming
Data
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G&W:
Chapters 3, 4 & 5
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| Jan
30- Feb 1
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Probability
& Distributions
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G&W:
Chapter 6
Hmwk 2 Due Friday
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| Feb 6,8
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Interpreting
Graphics
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Help Files from ViSta
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| Feb
13, 15
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Sample
Distributions and
Sampling
Distributions
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G&W: Chapter
7
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| Feb
20
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Review
Lecture Notes
Thought
Questions
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G&W:
Chapters 1-7
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| Feb
22
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Exam
1: Exploratory & Descriptive Stats
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II:
Inference and Estimation
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| Feb
27-Mar 1
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Hypothesis
Testing
Significance and Meaningfulness
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1)
G&W: Chapter 8
2) APA
Taskforce on Statistical Inference
3)Jones
& Tukey: A reasonable Significance Test
4) Project teams and topic due Fri.
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| March 6,8
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One
Sample Hypothesis Tests
T-Tests for Two Related Samples
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1)
G&W: Chapters 9 & 1
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March
13,15
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Spring
Break
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| March
27,29
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T-tests
and non-parametric tests for two Independent Samples
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1) G&W: Chapter 10, 12
2) Rough Draft of survey form due.
3)
Project Assignment Due Fri.
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| April 3, 5
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One-Way Analysis of Variance
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G&W:
Chapter 13, 15
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| April 10, 12
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Two-Way
Analysis of Variance
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G&W:
Chapter 16
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| April 17
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Review
for Exam 2:
Review
Lecture Notes
Thought
Questions
Interpreting
Graphics
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| April
19
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Exam
2: Inference & Estimation
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Part III: Project
Lecture sessions will be for analyzing data.
Bring laptops to do the analysis.
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Fri April
20
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Project:
Bring Laptops to Lab to begin analyzing project data.
Paper:
Rough draft of sections 1-5 |
| Tue April 24
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Mini-lecture on Correlation.
Project: Bring Laptops to class
to continue analyzing project data.
Paper:
Final rough draft of sections 1-5, preliminary draft of sections
6-7 |
| Thur
April 26
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Project: Bring Laptops
to class to finish analyzing project data.
Paper:
Polished draft of sections 1-5. Rough draft of sections 6-7
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| Fri April 27
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Project:
Bring Laptops to class to do final polishing of data analysis.
Paper:
Final version of sections 1-5. Complete draft of sections 6-7
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| Tue May 1st
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Last Class
Day: Paper complete. Sections 6-7 may need polishing.
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| May nth?
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Nathan's
review for final.
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| May
5th
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Final.
The Project
Paper is due at start of final!
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