Psychology 341                                                  Fall, 1999
Lecture:     FR,  107 #43262                  Tues & Thurs, 3:30 - 4:50 PM
Laboratory:  HGH, 105 #43263                  Tues & Thurs, 1:00 - 1:50 PM
                  
                           Dr. John M. Morgan  

REQUIRED TEXT: Introductory Statisitcs for Behavioral Research
	       by Ronald H. Nowaczyk 
               Holt, Rinehart, and Winston;  1998
               ISBN #

	       A Simple Guide to SPSS for Windows, Version 8.0
               by Lee A. Kirkpatrick & Brooke C. Feeney
               Brooks/Cole Publishing Co.; 1999
               ISBN # 0-534-36460-8;        $13.95

During the first portion of the course we will review the concepts of
statistics that were previouly presented in the Introduction to 
Statistics.  Throughout the course we will analyze a data set based on
responses to a questionaire collected from all over the USA.  We will
use the SPSS computer based statistical routines to analyze the data
set throughout the course.  

There will be weekly homework projects and an end of the semester
individual project in which each student individually will write up and
turn in a report of the data analyzes we have pursued throughout the 
semester in a research report format typical of journals in the Psychology
field.


              * * * * *    VERY TENTATIVE AGENDA    * * * * *


Aug. 24 - Aug. 26		Ch. 1,2	Review of Descriptive Statistics

Aug. 29 - Sep.  2		Ch. 3	Variance and Estimation

Sep.  7 - Sep.  9		Ch. 4	Standard Scores and Normal Distribution

Sep. 14 - Sep. 16		Ch. 5	Scatterplots and Correlation

Sep. 21 - Sep. 23		Ch. 9	Review of Inferential Statistics

Sep. 28 - Sep. 30		Ch. 6	Linear Regression and Prediction

Oct.  5 - Oct.  7		Ch. 7	Multiple Regression and Prediction

Oct. 12 - Oct. 14		Ch. 7	Partitioning Variance

Oct. 19 - Oct. 21		Ch. 13	One-Way Analysis of Variance

Oct. 26 - Oct. 28		Ch. 13	Multiple Comparison Tests

Nov.  2 - Nov.  4		Ch. 14	Factorial Analysis of Variance

Nov.  9 - Nov. 11		Ch. 14	Main Effects and Interactions

Nov. 16 - Nov. 18		Ch. 15	Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance

Nov. 23 - Nov. 25				Thanksgiving Vacation

Nov. 30 - Dec.  2		Ch. 15	Other ANOVA, ANCOVA, and MANOVA Designs

Dec.  7 - Dec.  9		Appendix A   Overview of Statistical Approaches

Dec. 14  15:00				Final Project due


There will be up to 14 weekly exercises to be turned-in on
the Tuesday following the assignment.  Each will be worth 10
points and only the 10 exercises with the highest score will
be counted.								100 pts

There will be five periodic exams, each worth 20 points			100 pts

The final project (in the place of a final examination)
will be due at the designated final exam time.				100 pts

Letter grades will be calculated on a curve based on this semester's class only.
The curve does NOT require that there be as many A's as F's nor B's as D's.
The letter grade distribution does not have to resemble a 'normal' distribution
and a distribution of grades that is shewed to the left is common.

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