Research Methods in Psychology I
PSYC 227 R
Spring 2009
Dennis M. Goff

Psychology 306
Office Hours
Mon. 2:00- 3:00, Thurs. 10:30-11:30, Fri. 10:30-11:30
Email: dgoff@randolphcollege.edu
Voice: 8547

Schedule

 

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignment Due

1

Jan 18

Introduction / Frequency Tables

Intro Ch 1

 

 

Jan 20

Frequency Graphs & Shapes
Eric Landrum demonstrates descriptive statistics in SPSS

 

 

Jan 22
Excel

The Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation

Ch 2

Ch 1: 14,15, SPSS

2

Jan 25 

Z Scores

Ch 3

Ch 2: 13,16, SPSS

 

Jan 27

Searching for Psychological Research

 

 

 

Jan 29

Normal Curve & Probability    

3

Feb 1

 

 

Ch 3: 14,15, 25, 

 

Feb 3

First Exam    

 

Feb 5

Hypothesis Testing

Ch 4

 

4

Feb 8

One- and two-tailed tests

 

 

 

Feb 10

Reading a Research Paper

 

10 APA style references

 

Feb 12

Distributions of Means

Ch 5  

Ch 4: 16, 18

5

Feb 15
m&m's

Confidence Intervals

 

Sample Annotation  

 

Feb 17
spreadsheet

Effect Size

Ch 6

Ch 5: 13, 19, 21

 

Feb 19

Power

 

 

6

Feb 22

 

 

 

 

Feb 24
unbiased

One-Sample t-Test

Ch 7 

Ch 6: 14, 16

 

Feb 26

Dependent Means t-Test

 

 

7

March 1

Be prepared to present one of your research articles.

 

Ch 7: 15, 19, SPSS  

 

March 3

Second Exam

   

 

March 5

Independent Means t-Test I
Eric Landrum demonstrates this t-test in SPSS

Ch 8 

 

8

March 8

Spring Break

 

 

 

March 10

Spring Break

 

 

 

March 12

Spring Break

9

March 15

Independent Means t-Test II

 

 

 

March 17

Introduction to Analysis of Variance
Eric Landrum demonstrates ANOVA in SPSS

Ch 9 

Ch 8: 17, 18, SPSS 

 

March 19

Structural Model

 

 

10

March 22

Unequal N One-Way ANOVA

 

 

 

March 24
 

Introduction to Factorial Designs and Interactions  

Ch 10

Ch 9: 15, 16, SPSS  

 

March 26

Two-Way Analysis of Variance

 

 

11

March 29

Eric Landrum demonstrates two-way ANOVA in SPSS

 

 

March 31

Be prepared to present one of your research articles.

Ch 10: 13, SPSS

 

April 2

Third Exam    

12

April 5
plots

Scatterplots and Correlation
Eric Landrum demonstrates correlations in SPSS

Ch 11    

 

April 7

Correlation Coefficients

 

 

 

April 9
spreadsheet

Bivariate Regression

Ch 12

Ch 11: 15, 16, SPSS   

13

April 12

Multiple Regression

 

April 14
spreadsheet

Chi-Square Test of Goodness of Fit

Ch 13

Ch 12: 15, SPSS

 

April 16

Chi-Square Test of Independence
Eric Landrum demonstrates chi-square in SPSS

14

April 19

Be prepared to present one of your research articles.  

Ch 16

Ch 13: 14, 20, SPSS

 

April 21

Fourth Exam    

 

April 23

No class - VPA    

15

April 26

General Linear Model

Ch 15

 

 

April 28

Advanced Methods

 

 

 

April 30

Review

 

 

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