psych 107 syllabus Queens college
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This document provides information about a psychology statistics course including its objectives, required textbook, and syllabus. The course objectives are to learn descriptive and inferential statistics through topics like central tendency, variability, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and research design. The required textbook is Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 8th Edition by Gravetter and Wallnau. The syllabus outlines 13 weeks of topics ranging from frequency distributions and z-scores to correlation, regression, ANOVA, and chi square tests. It encourages students to learn the material on their own and wishes them good luck.
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psych 107 syllabus Queens college
- 1. Required Text: Frederick J. Gravetter and Larry B. Wallnau, Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 8th Ed. Wadsworth Pub Course Objective: Descriptive and inferential statistics and their applications to the analysis and interpretation of psychological data. Among the topics discussed are central tendency, variability, correlation and regression, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, power analysis, and the relationship of research design to statistics. Book cover for older editions This is the 9th ed If you can learn these topics by your self you will do well Central tendency + z-score t-test repeated measures a. t-test independent measures b. ANOVA repeated measures c. ANOVA independent measures d. Factorial Design e. Chi Square f. Correlation Psychology 107: Statistical Methods (Lecture) January 28 - May 24, 2013 Queens college psych 107 syllabus Good luck!!!!!!!!
- 2. Week Date Topic Reading 1 Feb 02 Syllabus Review; Intro to Statistics and Research Design Frequency Distributions Chapter 1 Chapter 2 2 Feb 09 Central Tendency Variability Chapter 3 Chapter 4 3 Feb 16 z-scores Probability & Normal Distributions/Sampling Distributions Chapter 5 Chapter 6-7 4 Feb 23 Review, Homework # 1-3 due Exam 1: Chapters 1-7 5 Mar 02 Introduction to Parametric Tests & Hypothesis Testing One Sample z & One Sample t-tests Chapter 8 Chapter 9 6 Mar 09 Independent groups t-test Dependent groups t-test Chapter 10 Chapter 11 7 Mar 16 Independent Groups ANOVA Repeated Measures ANOVA 8 Mar 23 Review, Homework #4-6 due Exam 2: Chapters 8-11, 13-14 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Mar 30 9 Apr 06 Factorial ANOVA Introduction to Nonparametric Tests Chapter 15 10 Apr 13 Chi Square: Goodness of Fit Chi Square: For Independence Chapter 18 11 Apr 20 Correlation Regression Chapter 16 Chapter 17 12 Apr 27 Review, Homework #7-10 due Exam 3: Chapters 15-18 13 May 04 Bonus Projects due Final Comprehensive Exam