| Fall '05 | Statistics and Research Methods Schedule | ||
| *readings are in Heiman text, unless otherwise specified | |||
| all SPSS manual chapters are tentative, pending arrival of the new version | |||
| Date: | Topic | Read | Due |
| Tue., 8/30 | Intro; | ch. 1 & 2; 6-9 | |
| diagnostic pretest, part 1 | |||
| 9/1 | Descriptive stats; | ||
| diagnostic pretest, part 2 | |||
| Tue., 9/6 | descriptive stats with SPSS | SPSS ch. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 | |
| 9/8 | probability and sampling | ch. 12 | hw 1 - pretest |
| distributions | |||
| Tue., 9/13 | hypothesis testing - z test | ch. 13 | hw. 2 - SPSS |
| 9/15 | hypothesis testing - t test | ch. 14 | |
| Pearson's r | |||
| Tue., 9/20 | 1-way chi square | p. 587-595 | hw 3 - ttest |
| 9/22 | hypothesis testing SPSS | SPSS ch. 11 & p. 217 | hw 4 - chi sq |
| review | |||
| Tue., 9/27 | Exam #1 | ||
| 9/29 | 2-way chi square | p. 596-601 | |
| Tue., 10/4 | Pepsi challenge; APA style | APA manual | |
| 10/6 | SPSS - analyze Pepsi | SPSS ch. 8 | |
| Tue., 10/11 | designing 2 sample studies | ch. 15 | hw 5 - Orne |
| 10/13 | independent samples t-test | SPSS ch. 11 | hw 6 - Pepsi |
| Tue., 10/18 | within-subjects designs | ch. 16 | hw 7 - indep t |
| 10/20 | paired t-test | SPSS ch. 11 | |
| Tue., 10/25 | conduct experiment; APA style | hw 8 - paired t | |
| 10/27 | analyze experiment | ||
| review session | |||
| Tue., 11/1 | Exam #2 | ||
| 11/3 | between-subjects ANOVA | ch. 17 | |
| Tue., 11/8 | between ANOVA cont'd | SPSS ch. 12 | paper version 1 |
| 11/10 | within-subjects ANOVA | SPSS ch. 24 | hw. 9(ANOVA) |
| Tue., 11/15 | advanced SPSS | ||
| 11/17 | video for hw. #10 | ||
| Tue., 11/22 | factorial designs | ch. 18 | hw. 10 (video) |
| 11/24 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tue., 11/29 | factorial designs. | SPSS ch. 13 | paper version 2 |
| 12/1 | factorial designs | ||
| Tue., 12/6 | quasi-experimental designs | ch. 20 | hw 11 SPSS |
| 12/8 | quasi-experimental | hw 12 - article | |
| review | |||