Instructor:
Dr. Michael Stallings
Phone: 2-2826 Muenzinger: 5-3668
Email: Michael.Stallings@Colorado.Edu
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 11:00-1200 D-0041D (Muenzinger)
or by appt.
Lectures: 12:30-1:45 pm. Tues & Thurs. Muenzinger
E-0046
Syllabus
(including class lecture notes) click here
Course syllabus pdf - download
here
Teaching
Assistants:
Jesse
Hawke
Phone: IBG: 5-6179 Muenzinger: 2-3018
Email: Jesse.Hawke@Colorado.edu
Office Hours: Fri. 1-3p Muenzinger D-261E
Hiromi Sumiya
Phone: TBA
Email: Hiromi.Sumiya@Colorado.Edu
Office Hours: Mon. 9:30-11:30a Muenzinger E-213C
Joshua Madsen
Phone: 2-1388
Email: Joshua.Madsen@Colorado.Edu
Office Hours: Tues. 8a-10a Muenzinger D-319
Labs:
L210 |
11:00a -
12:50p |
Fri |
Muenzinger
D346 |
Jesse Hawke
|
L211 |
11:00a - 12:50p |
Wed |
Muenzinger D346 |
Jesse Hawke |
L212 |
08:00a - 09:50a |
Thurs |
Muenzinger D346 |
Hiromi Sumiya |
L213 |
10:00a - 11:50a |
Thurs |
Muenzinger D346 |
Hiromi Sumiya |
L214 |
10:00a - 11:50a |
Tues |
Muenzinger D346 |
Joshua Madsen |
Course
Objectives:
1) To facilitate critical
evaluations of research findings and the use of statistics in everyday
life
2) To facilitate intellectual access to scientific journals and books
3) To provide an introduction to the conducting and reporting of psychological
research
4) To provide an introduction to computerized data analysis
Course Materials:
Primary textbook: David C.
Howell (2004). Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (5th
Edition). Brooks/Cole--Thomson Learning, Belmont, CA, USA. (CD on reserve)
Additional materials will
be placed on reserve in the library or provided as handouts.
Class Email List: http://psych.colorado.edu/courses.html
(note: PSYC 3101 section 200)
Course Requirements:
1) 12 Laboratory assignments
will be assigned approximately weekly
2) 6 Quizzes will take place every 2 to 3 weeks during lab sessions
3) Two midterm exams: Exam I (Feb 12) Exam II (Mar 18)
4) Final exam: Saturday, May 1, 10:30a - 1:00p
Laboratory Assignments:
Laboratory assignments will be assigned approximately weekly throughout
the course. There will be a total of 12 lab assignments. Assignments
will be due at the next lab session (1 week following the original assignment).
Because these assignments are meant to facilitate class discussion and
learning of current course material, there will be NO MAKE-UP for missed
laboratory assignments, except under extraordinary circumstances. You
will be allowed to drop your two lowest scores. Lab assignments are
worth 10 points each for a total of 100 points.
Quizzes:
There will be a total of 6 quizzes throughout the semester. Quiz items
will be taken from exercises at the end of each chapter in your textbook.
You will be allowed to drop your lowest quiz score. Quizzes are worth
10 points each for a total of 50 points.
Laboratory Grade:
Your total laboratory grade will be based on both lab assignments and
quizzes; a total of 150 points.
Approximate Exam
Schedule: Dates for Spring 2004 semester
Midterm I February 12
Midterm II March 18 (note: this is the Thurs before Spring
Break)
Final Exam May 1 (Saturday: 10:30a - 1:00p)
Exams will consist of multiple-choice
items and problem sets with multiple-choice responses. Although midterm
exams will focus on the immediately preceding segment of material, knowledge
of principles and concepts is expected to accumulate during the semester.
The final exam will cover material from the entire course.
Make-up Exam Policy:
Exams must be taken at the scheduled time, except under extraordinary
circumstances. If you need to make-up an exam, be sure to coordinate
this with me PRIOR TO the scheduled exam. If you can't call, have someone
call for you. Transportation difficulties or problems with work or school
schedules are not adequate justification for a make-up exam.
Assessment and Grading:
Laboratory grade: 30% (150
points)
Exam I: 20% (100 points)
Exam II: 20% (100 points)
Final Exam: 30% (150 points)
Special Needs: If
you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit
to me a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner so that your
needs may be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations
based on documented disabilities (303-492-8671, Willard 322, www.Colorado.EDU/disabilityservices).
Every effort shall also be made to accommodate all students who, because
of religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments,
or required attendance, provided that you notify me well in advance
of the scheduled conflict.
DATE
|
SUBJECT |
TEXT
CHAPTER |
January |
13 |
|
1 |
|
15 |
|
2 |
|
20
|
|
|
|
22 |
Displaying
Data |
3 |
|
27 |
Measures
of Central Tendency (Quiz 1; Lab 2: Intro to StatView) |
4 |
|
29 |
Measures
of Variability |
5 |
February |
3 |
The
Normal Distribution
(Quiz 2; Lab 3: Means and variances) |
6 |
|
5 |
Basic
Concepts of Probability |
7 |
|
10 |
Review
(Lab 4: Normal Distribution and z-scores)
|
|
|
12 |
Midterm
I |
(1-7) |
|
17 |
Sampling
Distributions and Hypothesis Testing - I
(Lab 5: Probability)
|
8 |
|
19 |
Sampling
Distributions and Hypothesis Testing - II |
8 |
|
24 |
Hypothesis
Testing I: One Sample
(Quiz 3; Lab 6: Hypothesis testing)
|
12 |
|
26 |
Hypothesis
Testing II: One Sample |
12 |
March |
2 |
Hypothesis
Testing: Two Related Samples
(Lab 7: One sample t-test)
|
13 |
|
4 |
Hypothesis
Testing: Two Independent Samples |
14 |
|
9 |
Power
- I
(Quiz 4; Lab 8: Two sample t-test)
|
15 |
|
11 |
Power
- II |
15 |
|
16 |
Review
(Lab: Review session)
|
|
|
18 |
Midterm
II |
(1-8,
12-15) |
|
23
& 25 |
Spring
Break! Enjoy yourselves! |
|
|
30 |
Oneway
ANOVA - I
(Lab 9: Power)
|
16 |
April |
1 |
Oneway
ANOVA - II |
16 |
|
6 |
Factorial
ANOVA - I
(Quiz 5; Lab 10: Oneway ANOVA)
|
17 |
|
8 |
Factorial
ANOVA - II |
17 |
|
13 |
Correlation
- I
(Lab 11: Factorial ANOVA)
|
9 |
|
15 |
Correlation
- II |
9 |
|
20 |
Regression
- I
(Quiz 6; Lab 12: Correlation and regression)
|
10 |
|
22 |
Regression
- II |
10 |
|
27 |
Multiple
Regression 11
(Lab: Review session)
|
11 |
|
29 |
Review:
Last Day of Classes! |
|
May |
1 |
Final
Exam
(Saturday: 10:30a – 1:00p)
|
(Cumulative) |