Instructor: Dr.
Robert Rosati
Teaching Assistant: Ms. Lindsay Pyc
Class Meetings: Lecture Tuesday 6:30
- 9:20
Thursday 6:30
- 7:30
Lab Thursday 7:30
- 9:20
Office Hours: Tuesday 5:50
- 6:30 (Appointments are Recommended)
(212 Hauser) Thursday 5:50
- 6:30
Messages: Phone (516)
463-5624 (Leave Message)
Email psyrjr@hofstra.edu (Best Method)
Home Page: http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Robert_J_Rosati
Principal Course Textbooks:
King, B.M. & Minium,
E.M. (2008). Statistical reasoning
in the behavioral sciences (5th ed.).
New York: John Wiley &
Sons.
Norusis, M.J. (2009). SPSS 16.0 Guide to Data Analysis. Englewood Cliffs, N J: Prentice Hall. (http://www.spss.com)
Optional:
SPSS. (2008). SPSS 16.0 for Windows Student Version. Englewood Cliffs, N J: Prentice Hall. (http://www.prenhall.com)
(This text includes software
that allows you to run SPSS on a Windows personal computer. It should only be purchased if you have
access to this type of system.
Before purchasing the software, see the instructor.)
Supplies:
USB Drive or Disk
Inexpensive Statistical
Calculator
Important Dates:
3/10 - Exam 1
4/14 - Exam 2
4/20 - Last Day to Withdraw
5/12 - Final (Exam 3)
Readings and Homework:
A
series of readings have been assigned that follow along with the schedule of
lectures. Students are responsible
for reading each assignment and should begin readings immediately.
Homework
assignments will be made periodically during the course (see page 4). Assignments are to be turned into the
Lab Instructor on the same night they will be discussed. Unless told otherwise, the assignment
is due the week after the chapter is discussed in class. When handing in all homework
assignments always try to illustrate answers with sufficient detail so that the
Lab Instructor can understand how the answer was obtained. Neatness is also very important. Late homework will not be accepted
unless the Lab Instructor approves based on extenuating circumstances. Further,
assignments will not be accepted after two weeks from the due date.
Labs:
Students
are required to attend all lab sessions. It is during the lab sessions
that students will learn how to use the computer and run SPSS programs. Also during labs there will be a
discussion of homework due that session.
Any assignments given during lab session will be due the following
session. If you miss a lab, you
are still responsible for the assignment and it must be turned in on the day
that it is due. Bring SPSS book and disk to lab.
Exams:
Three
Exams will be given throughout the semester. Exams will cover all readings and lectures from this
course. No make up exam is allowed
unless there are extenuating circumstances. Please contact me as soon as possible if you miss an exam.
Grading:
Each
student's grade will be based on a composite of all work assigned this
semester. Composite is as follows:
Homework
& Lab Assignments 25%
Exam
1 25%
Exam
2 25%
Exam
3 25%
Learning
Goals and Objectives:
Learning Goal 2:
Research Design and Statistics: Students will understand how research
methods are used to test alternative explanations of human thought and behavior
in a variety of problem domains, both basic (theoretical) and applied
(practical).
Learning Objective
2b: Students will be able to
identify basic descriptive statistics, such assorted test of central tendency
(e.g., mean, median, mode), variability (e.g., standard deviation, variance,
range), and association (correlation); understand how they assess patterns in
measurements and among variables; interpret these tests when encountered in the
research literature; and in some instances calculate these tests from formulas or
statistical software packages.
Learning Objective
2c: Students will be able to
identify basic inferential statistics, such as the t-test and the F-test, and
understand how they assess reliability of results; interpret these tests when
encountered in the research literature; and in some instances calculate these
tests from formulas or statistical software packages.
Learning Goal 4: Computer Use.
Students will gain experience and expertise with computer use as it
pertains to Psychology.
Learning Objective 4a: Students will gain competence in the use of software for writing reports, organizing and analyzing data, and for communicating ideas and data using presentation software or by preparing visual (poster) displays.
Lecture and Reading Schedule
|
Week |
Dates |
Topic |
Chapter |
|
|
|
|
(King
& Minium) |
|
1 |
1/29 |
Course Overview, Preliminary Concepts |
1,
2 (Skip 2.7-2.9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2/5 |
Frequency
Distributions |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
2/10,
2/12 |
Central
Tendency, Measures of Variability |
4,
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
2/17,
2/19 |
Normal
Curve, Raw to Standard Scores |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
2/24,
2/26 |
Pearson
Correlation Coefficient, Rank Order Correlation |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
3/3,
3/5 |
Bivariate
Regression and Prediction |
8,
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
3/10, 3/12 |
Exam 1, Introduction to
Statistical Inference (Sampling) |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
3/17, 3/19 |
Sampling
Continued, Probability |
11,
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
3/24,
3/26 |
One
Sample Hypothesis Testing, |
12 |
|
|
|
Related
Issues in Hypothesis Testing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
3/31,
4/2 |
Two
Sample Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Intervals |
14,
15, 17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
4/7,
4/9 |
Spring
Break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
4/14, 4/16 |
Exam 2, Type I and II Errors |
13 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
4/21,
4/22 |
Analysis
of Variance (ANOVA) |
19.1-19.12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
4/28,
4/30 |
Planned
and Post Hoc Comparisons, Two Way ANOVA |
19.13-19.16,
20.1-20.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
5/5 |
Chi-Square,
Nonparametric Statistics |
18,
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
5/12 |
Final (Exam 3) |
|
King &
Minium Homework Assignments
Chapters
are in the order of when the material is covered in class.
|
Chapter |
Exercise |
|
1 |
1,4,7,10,11,12,15 |
|
2 |
1,5,7,19 |
|
3 |
2,4,13 |
|
4 |
1,10,12,13,14,15,15,16,17 |
|
5 |
4,5,8,10,11,18,21,25 |
|
6 |
2,5,6,7,9,10,12 |
|
7 |
1,3,4,12,8,9,10,18,19 |
|
8 |
1,2,5,13,19 |
|
9
|
9,14,15,16,17,19 |
|
11 |
1,2,3,8,11 |
|
10 |
1,2,4,5,6 |
|
12 |
3,7,8,11,12,14,15,17,22 |
|
14 |
2,3,4,10,11 |
|
15 |
3,4,7,8 |
|
17 |
1,2,3,4,5,7,8,16,25,26 |
|
13 |
1,2,7,11,13 |
|
19 |
4,5,7,8,9,14,16 |
|
20 |
5,8,9 |
|
18 |
1,5,8,11,12,14,15 |
|
21 |
7,12,16 |
Lab Schedule
and Assignments
|
Week |
Dates |
Topic |
Chapter or Pages |
|
|
|
|
(Norusis) |
|
1 |
1/29 |
No
Lab |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
2/5 |
Introduction
to SPSS and Displaying Data |
1,
2, 4, 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
2/12 |
Distributions
and Descriptive Statistics |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
2/19 |
Comparing
Groups |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
2/26 |
Correlation
|
21
(Bivariate Correlation) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
3/5 |
Regression |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
3/12 |
Plotting
Data |
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
3/19 |
Sampling |
10
(Samples), 11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
3/26 |
Tables |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
4/2 |
One
Sample Hypothesis Testing |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
4/9 |
Spring
Break |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
4/16 |
Two
Sample Hypothesis Testing |
13,
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
4/23 |
One-Way
and Two-Way ANOVA |
15,
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
4/30 |
Chi-square,
Nonparametric Statistics |
17,
18 |
01/25/09