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PSY210
Section 210 (Distance Education)
Statistical Methods in Psychology
Fall 2009 Syllabus
UNLV Distance Education |
PSY210 Section 210 (Distance Education) Statistical Methods in Psychology |
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Fall 2009 Syllabus |
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
| Near the end of semesters, I ask students who were just completing PSY210 (both live classroom and distance education) whether they had any advice they would like to share with incoming students. Was there anything that they wished they had known at the beginning of the semester? Here's what they said, basically unedited... |
Here's my piece of advice to future statistic students: Do the homework!--Amy |
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Dr. Hurlburt has put together the first method that I have ever used to truly learn statistics. If you follow the plan as he has outlined you will do well. The lectlets are great, the book is well written, informative but not dry, and the quizzes keep you on your toes.
Do not get behind, do the work assigned and enjoy an understanding of Statistical Methods. --Alan |
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The first day of class Dr. Hurlburt told us that in order to understand
and enjoy the concept of statistics, it needs to be taught right. Well,
Dr. Hurlburt did more than teach it right. He is an awesome teacher that
has many learning materials to learn from. His passion for the material
is shown when he teaches and before he goes to the next section, he makes
sure you understand. I do recommend that you listen to the lectlets, his
lectures on his C/D. If you want to truly understand statistics, I
strongly urge you to take his course.
--Diana |
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If you stay on top of everything there is no way you won't understand
what is going on. Read the book, listen to the lectlets and take advantage of
everything offered on the Personal Trainer. If you keep up with the
syllabus there is no way you will fail.
--Vivien |
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Here's my suggestion for taking the class: You need to
do all the homework assignments for every chapter so
it will help you understand the subject as well as
getting extra credit for it... make sure you go to
class every day or listen to the lectlets... and make
sure you do all the extra credit... if you do all of
these, you'll be more likely to get an A for this
class...:)
--Maria |
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I would highly recommend that you do as much of the homework as possible.
Dr. Hurlburt has a specific reason for asking you to do this, and it would be
foolish to pass up the opportunity. I attended the live class and lab.
While I do consider myself smart, it would have been very hard for me to
achieve the grade I did had I done it over the internet. The lectlets help
to refresh ideas from class and were very helpful. Both Dr. Hurlburt and
the T.A. were available for questions and genuinely wanted the students to
understand the concept!
--Cam |
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My advice would be to definitely do the
homework problems, which help tremendously with the test. I would also
recommend reading the book along with taking lecture notes because your tests
have information in them that is more thoroughly discussed in your book,
although your lectures are great too.
It's also good to take notes from the
book as you read, and draw the distributions that are given as examples in
the book.
The last thing that I would recommend is trying to understand
statistics, not just memorize the equations. When you do that, the class is
so much easier to understand. --Ruff |
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I would like to tell all the future students attending your class this:
MAKE SURE YOU USE THE LECTLETS, AND DO ALL HOMEWORK. With the lectlets,
it is basically a great way to understand the course since you can hear the
concept of the chapter over and over until it is very clear to you. If you
spend one hour every other night reading and looking over lectlets, you will
understand the next lecture in class much better, and since you can take
notes off the lectlets, at the next class session you can just listen and
allow the material to sink in, without having to write your notes in class.
Also, by reading the book little by little, and doing lectlets, homework
should be very easy yet a great review for the exam, since most the questions
are in the exam.
In general, this class can be very enjoyable, since it is
difficult not to understand the material with the online lectlets, book, study
guide and homework, all put together by Dr. Hurlburt! Therefore the
information he gives you in class is identical to what is given in the book
and online. With these and other tips, and Dr. Hurlburt going over every
concept repeatedly (until the class understands completely), there should be
no reason to not enjoy the class, have less stress, and receive an
impressive grade!
--Zahra |
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My advice would be for distance ed students to try to get together
during the semester and chat about the class, homework, problems, or
solutions. This method seems to help in other D.E. classes and could be
a real advantage here too.
--Mary |
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I wish there was advice when I first started
the class!
For both live and distance-education classes I would tell them to pay
strict attention to the side notes (in the textbook margins) and definitely listen
to the lectlets
whether they are distance ed or not. For me, it really made a difference in
my comprehension of difficult principles.
And Dr. Hurlburt was kind
of fun to listen to. The jokes and lingo were really refreshing.
--Monica |
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I think it is a good idea to view the perspectives of students who already
taken PSY 210 to future students. The professor's can talk to you till your
blue about coming to class or doing homework, but hearing it from students
who experienced the course enhances the motivation.
By attending classes regularly and solving the homework, the exam became less
of a hassle. In addition to completing the homework one should comprehend,
not only read, the chapters. If the lecture's was still a blur I would
revisit the lecture through the lectlets provided in the internet. The
repetitiveness of the material through class and the internet allowed me to
relate the problems with real life situations.
I enjoyed the semester.
--Melinda |
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I think it is a very good idea to have input from prior students because
an online course- especially this course!- can be very intimidating.
I found that the strong points of the course were in the organization of
the material. There was not any concept that I could not learn if I just went
back and listened again to the lectlets or went over the ESTAT lessons again.
I found they were more helpful than the book, which was easier to get lost in.
My best advice is to make sure to set aside Monday night or a night early
on in the week to do the lectlets and quizzes because they are due on
Fridays. Make it like an actual classroom hour. Too many times I had to rush
a quiz out in the end because I procrastinated.
I really felt that this was an easy class to comprehend if you put the
normal amount of time in to it you would any class -- nothing extraordinary.
It is that explicative and interactive.
--Tiffany |
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSY210: Statistical Methods in Psychology