UNLV Distance Education	University of Nevada, Las Vegas PSY210 Section 210 (Distance Education) Statistical Methods in Psychology
	Schedule -- Fall 2009

The course covers all the chapters in the textbook except Chapter 15.
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The knowledge and skills of statistics are cumulative: what you learn one week will be used the next week and throughout the course. Therefore you should discipline yourself to master the material as it is presented: shaky understandings early on will make the course very difficult later on, just as a shaky foundation makes construction of a building problematic. Don't get behind! Most students find it impossible to recover if they fall behind.

Therefore, to encourage you to keep up, I have structured the course so that there is a quiz or an exam in every week of the semester except the first week.

It is your responsibility to obtain the materials, gain access to the proper computer equipment, and keep up with the schedule shown here.

Before the first day of class (August 24), you should:

• Have the textbook in your possession. Don't wait until the last minute to order it. See required materials
• Ensure that the Personal Trainer computer program and all its components operate on your computer. Again, don't wait until the last minute to install it.
• Be sure your computer is running Netscape 3.0 or later and that you have an adequate Internet connection. If your computer operates the following introductory lectlets correctly, your computer and Internet access are adequate.
• Click Introduction to Lectlets or play the introductory lectlet on the Personal Trainer CD. If that lectlet provides both an audio and a visual display, your browser and Internet connection are adequate. If there is no audio or no text, see computer equipment you will need.
• Subscribe to the course e-mail listserv. Send an e-mail message to listproc@nevada.edu. In the main text of the message (NOT in the Subject area) type the following: subscribe PSY210-L your-first-name your-last-name
• Explore the Comprehending Behavioral Statistics web site. Note that there is a "Student Help" portion of this site.
• Correct the known errors in your textbook so that they don't mislead you later. They are to be found in the "Errata" section of the Student Help portion of the web site.
• Brush up your algebra skills using the algebra review software provided on the Personal Trainer CD.

The course will proceed according to the following calendar:

[FYI: Last day to add is August 28.]

Chapter 1: Introduction
Lectlet 1A: Introduction to Statistics
Lectlet 1B: Basic Concepts
Read Textbook Chapter 1
Homework Assignment

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[FYI: Labor Day recess is Monday, September 7.]

Chapter 2: Variables and Their Measurement
Lectlet2A: Variables and their Measurement
Read Textbook Chapter 2 (entire)
Homework Assignment

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Lab A (Chapters 1 and 2)
On or before Wednesday, September 2: Quiz for lab A

Chapter 3: Frequency Distributions
Lectlet3A: Frequency Distributions as Tables
Read Textbook Chapter 3 Introduction and Section 3.1
Lectlet3B: Frequency Distributions as Graphs
Read Textbook Section 3.2 through the end of the chapter
Homework Assignment

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Tuesday, September 8: Examination #1: Chapters 1, 2, 3

Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency
Lectlet4A: Measures of Central Tendency
Read Textbook Chapter 4 Introduction through Section 4.3
Lectlet4B: Computing and Eyeball-Estimating the Mean
Read Textbook Section 4.4 to the end of the chapter
ESTAT's exercises meanest, meannum, and datagen
Homework Assignment

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Chapter 5: Measures of Variation
Lectlet 5A: Measures of Variation
Read Textbook Chapter 5 Introduction and Section 5.1
Lectlet5B: Computing and Eyeball-Estimating the Standard Deviation
Read Textbook Section 5.2 to the end of the chapter
ESTAT's exercises sdest, sdnum, and datagen
Homework Assignment

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Lab B (Chapters 4 and 5)
On or before Wednesday, September 16: Quiz for lab B

Chapter 6: Using Frequency Distributions
Lectlet6A: Areas under Distributions
Read Textbook Chapter 6 Introduction through Section 6.3
Lectlet6B: Areas under Normal Distributions
Read Textbook Section 6.4 to end of chapter
ESTAT's exercise normal Path 1 and Path 2
Homework Assignment

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Lab C (Chapter 6)
On or before Wednesday, September 23: Quiz for lab C

Chapter 7: Samples and the Sampling Distribution of the Mean
Lectlet7A: Samples from Populations and the Distribution of Means
Read Textbook Chapter 7 Introduction and Section 7.1
Lectlet7B: The Central Limit Theorem
Read Textbook Section 7.2 to the end of the chapter
Lectlet7C: The Central Limit Theorem II
Explore ESTAT's "mdist" tutorial
Homework Assignment

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Tuesday, September 29: Examination #2: Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7

Lab D (Chapter 7)
On or before Wednesday, October 7: Quiz for lab D

Chapter 8
Lectlet8A: Confidence Intervals
Read Textbook Chapter 8 Introduction and Section 8.1
Lectlet8B: Computing Confidence Intervals
Read Textbook Section 8.2 and Section 8.3
Lectlet8C: Confidence Intervals II
Read Textbook entire Chapter 8
Explore ESTAT's "confide" exercise
Homework Assignment

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Chapter 9
Lectlet9A: Inferential Statistics
Read Textbook Chapter 9 Introduction and Sections 9.1 and 9.2
Lectlet9B: The Procedure for Evaluating Hypotheses
Read Textbook Section 9.3 to the end of the chapter
Homework Assignment

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Lab E (Chapter 8, 9, and 10)
On or before Wednesday, October 14: Quiz for lab E

[FYI: The semester half-way point is October 19.]

Chapter 10
Lectlet10A: Inferences about Means of Single Samples: Illustrating the Null Hypothesis
Read Textbook Chapter 10 Introduction and Section 10.1
Lectlet10B: Inferences about Means of Single Samples: Completing the Analysis
Read Textbook Section 10.2 Through the end of the chapter
Lectlet10C: Inferences about Means of Single Samples: When the Test is Directional or Sigma is Unknown
Read Textbook Chapter 10 (entire)
Explore ESTAT's "ttest1" exercise
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Tuesday, October 20: Examination #3: Chapters 7 (again), 8, 9, 10


Chapter 11
sLectlet11A: Hypothesis Evaluation with Two Independent Samples: The Test Statistic
Read Textbook Chapter 11 Introduction and Sections 11.1 and 11.2
Explore ESTAT's "diffm" tutorial
Lectlet11B: Hypothesis Evaluation with Two Independent Samples: The Standard Error of the Difference Between Two Means
Read Textbook Section 11.3 and Section 11.4
Lectlet11C: Hypothesis Evaluation with Two Independent Samples: Completing the Analysis
Read Textbook Section 11.5 to the end of the chapter
Explore ESTAT's "ttest2" exercise
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Lab F (Chapter 11)
On or before Wednesday, October 28: Quiz for lab F

[FYI: Last day to drop a class is November 2.]

Chapter 12
Lectlet12A: Inferences about Two Dependent Samples
Read Textbook Chapter 12 Introduction through Section 12.4
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Lab G (Chapters 11 and 12)
On or before Wednesday, November 4: Quiz for lab G

Chapter 13
Lectlet13A: Statistical Power
Read Textbook Section 13.1
Lectlet13B: Consequences of Statistical Power
Read Textbook Section 13.2 to the end of the chapter
Explore ESTAT's "power" exercise
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Chapter 14
Lectlet14A: Hypotheses with Three or More Groups
Read Textbook Chapter 14 Introduction and Sections 14.1 and 14.2
Lectlet14B: Logic of the Analysis of Variance
Read Textbook Section 14.3
Lectlet14C: Computing of the Analysis of Variance
Read Textbook Section 14.4
Lectlet14D: Interpreting the Analysis of Variance
Read Textbook Section 14.5 to the end of the chapter
Windows ESTAT users: Explore ESTAT's "anova" exercise Path 1 and Path 2
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Lab H (Chapters 13 and 14)
On or before Wednesday, November 11: Quiz for lab H

Tuesday, November 17: Examination #4: Chapters 11, 12, 13 and 14

Note that we are skipping Chapter 15. That chapter is important, and you may feel free to read it on your own. However, we do not have time to cover it as a class.

Chapter 16
Lectlet16A: Correlation
Read Textbook Chapter 16 Introduction and Section 16.1
Lectlet16B: Computing the Correlation Coefficient
Read Textbook Section 16.2 through the end of the chapter
Explore ESTAT's "scatter" exercise
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Lab I (Chapter 16)
On or before Wednesday, November 25: Quiz for lab I

[FYI: Thanksgiving break is November 26 - November 29.]
Chapter 17
Lectlet17A: Linear Regression
Read Textbook Chapter 17 Introduction and Section 17.1
Lectlet17B: Computing the Regression Equation
Read Textbook Section 17.2 and Section 17.3
Lectlet17C: The Standard Error of Estimate
Read Textbook Section 17.4 through the end of the chapter
Explore ESTAT's "regtry" exercise
Explore ESTAT's "corest" exercise
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Lab J (Chapter 17)
On or before Wednesday, December 2: Quiz for lab J

Chapter 18
Lectlet18A: Nonparametric Statistics: Chi Squared
Read Textbook Chapter 18 Introduction and Section 18.3
Note we will not read past Section 18.3.
Homework Assignment

Next | Previous | Beginning | Syllabus

Examination #5: Chapters 16, 17, and 18 and Cumulative Review Final Exam: Take Home: Due in Dr. Hurlburt's office (CBC B-440; slip it under the door) on or before 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 10:

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Homework Assignments


The homework assignment for all chapters is Section A and Section C of the end-of-chapter exercises. (The only exception is Chapter 1, where only Section A is assigned.)

Homework for all chapters is due on the day of the examination that covers those chapters. Turn in your homework to the examination proctor at the time of the exam.

See Examinations and Grades in the Syllabus for information about how homework counts in your final grade.



































PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology

Examination and Quiz Calendar

Day	Date (2009)	Examination or Quiz
On or before Wednesday	September 2	Quiz for lab A (Chapters 1 and 2)
Tuesday	September 8	Examination #1: Chapters 1, 2, 3
On or before Wednesday	September 16	Quiz for lab B (Chapters 4-5)
On or before Wednesday	September 23	Quiz for lab C (Chapter 6)
Tuesday	September 29	Examination #2: Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7
On or before Wednesday	October 7	Quiz for lab D (Chapter 7)
On or before Wednesday	October 14	Quiz for lab E (Chapter 8, 9,and 10)
Tuesday	October 20	Examination #3: Chapters 7 (again), 8, 9, 10
On or before Wednesday	October 28	Quiz for lab F (Chapter 11)
On or before Wednesday	November 4	Quiz for lab G (Chapters 11 and 12)
On or before Wednesday	November 11	Quiz for lab H (Chapters 13 and 14)
Tuesday	November 17	Examination #4: Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14
On or before Wednesday	November 25	Quiz for lab I (Chapter 16)
On or before Wednesday	December 2	Quiz for lab J (Chapter 17)
By 10:00 a.m. Thursday (Take home)	December 10	Examination #5: Chapters 16, 17, and 18 and Cumulative Review Final Exam

PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology

Examinations and Grades


Examinations will by proctored by UNLV Distance Education, and will take place on the campus at UNLV (at a lopcation to be announced). It is also possible to make arrangements for proctors at other locations both within Nevada and around the world; contact the UNLV Office of Distance Education at (702) 895-0334. All examinations will be proctored by employees of Distance Education or their designees.

These examinations will be closed book, but I will provide Xerox copies of all equations and tables, and you may prepare and bring to the exam one 8½ X 11 inch double-sided 'cheat sheet' with whatever notes you desire. You may use a calculator during the exam.

Examinations 1, 2, 3, and 4 will each last 75 minutes and must begin between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on the day scheduled.

The last exam will be take home and will actually be two exams in one. One of these last exams, Examination 5, will cover Chapters 16, 17, and 18 and will have the same format as the first four exams. As with the previous exams, this score may be dropped if it is your lowest score. The other last exam will be the Cumulative Review Final Exam and will have the same format as Section C of the homework exercises for Chapters 10 through 18. The Cumulative Review Exam is not droppable.

Examination 5 and the Cumulative Review Final Exam are take home, open notes, open book, and are not timed. They are both due at the time shown on this schedule (which is the time shown for the final exam in the UNLV course schedule).

We will drop the your lowest score on the five chapter Examinations and the lab quiz composite score.

Your final grade will be therefore based on six equally weighted scores: the best five of the Examinations and lab quiz composite, and the Cumulative Review Final Exam. Note that the Cumulative Review Final Exam is not droppable. (We will drop your quiz composite score if it is your lowest score.)

There will be no make-up exams. If you miss an exam, that will be the score that will be dropped.





































PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology

Laboratories


Laboratories serve three general purposes: to give help and practice in computational issues, to give eyeball-estimation practice, and (in the second half of the course) to provide cumulative practice in discriminating which test is appropriate to use in which situations.

Many laboratories will include ESTAT exercises. All laboratories will be described at appropriate times on the web.

The laboratories are included in the course schedule.




































PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology

Lab Quizzes


Laboratory quizzes will be five-to-ten questions in a multiple choice format, administered on the web. You may take lab quizzes at any time and at any place. They are open book and are not timed. You must do your own work on the honor system.

There are ten laboratories, and therefore ten lab quizzes. Your lab grade will be based on the best nine quizzes (that is, we will drop your lowest quiz score).

The quizzes are found at the end of the lab assignment.

The laboratories are found in the course Schedule.

PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology

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