Psychology 610

Psychology 610
Quantitative Research Design and Analysis

Click Here for Course Syllabus (Fall 2010)

Library Resources

Using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences)

Statistical Applications/Demonstrations
These require a Browser with Java (if Explorer does not work, try Netscape or Mozilla)

        Central Tendency (at Rice Univ.): Click on link, click on cirle corresponding to "central tendency" - Do two
                                                                 of the demonstrations that appear on the right half of the display.
             Mean and Median: Read instructions, click on link. Compare changes you make to the
                                               distribution in the graph to the statistics provided.
             Comparing Distributions: Read instructions, click on link. Runs a little "experiment" and then
                                               shows statistics and a graph to illustrate your performance.

Regression Analysis (at Rice Univ. - for homework)
Regression Case Study (also at Rice U.)

NEED A STATS REVIEW? Check out www.onlinestatbook.com

CLICK HERE to test out the Metro Student Sense of Community Survey

Data Files

    Used In Class
   Child Care Survey
    Self Control Scale
             Handout from class
             State Data -- Education, crime, poverty, marriage, etc. data from each state
           Independent T-Test Data
             Challenge Seeking data
          Theory of Reasoned Action Data    -- Example data set: intentions to attend all classes the last 1/3 of term based on attitudes
                                                                       toward attending all classes and subjective/perceived norms about what others want one to do
                                                                      (Do analysis first, then compare to sample answer here)
         Scale Project
         Adult Learner Inventory
         Personality Data
         Lesson 25 example Data
         Lesson 26 Data File 2
         Lesson 29 Data File 1: DEW
         Repeated Measures ANOVA example
         One-way into Two-way Example
Stranger Danger as a Two-Way
         Bully Data
   Sleep Data
   Hair Color Data
   Crab Data
   Teacher Data
   Reliability Data
   Academic self-esteem data
             Volunteer as Mentor (GEMS) with additional measures

For EXAM #2
       Q1: Experience and Performance
           Q2: Individualism-Collectivism Data
         Q5: Predicting Income Data

For Exam #1
                      Problem 1 (Math)
                      Problem 3 (Volunteer)
                      Problem 4 (Watch program)

    For Home Work Assignments

          Due 11-16-2010
Collegiate Psychological Sense of Community Data
   Copy of Lounsbury & DeNeui (1996) article (if you don't still have it)

          Due 11-9-2010
Collegiate Psychological Sense of Community Data
   Copy of Ingram, et al. article (if you don't still have it)
                      Lesson 34, Exercise File 2

          Due 11-2-2010
                        Lesson 33, Exercise File 1
   Exam Problem 3 (Volunteer)
Theory of Reasoned Action Data is above in the Used in Class section

        Due 10-12-2010
                        Ready (for kindergarten)
                        Stranger Danger
      Sample answer for in class problem

           Due 10-5-2010
                        Lesson 37, Exercise File 1

Due 9-28-2010
                        Lesson 31, Exercise File 1
                        Lesson 23, Exercise File 1
                        Lesson 21, Exercise File 2

Due 9-21-2010
                        Career Motivation
                        Lesson 24, Exercise File 1

            Due 9-14-2010
                        Lesson 20, Exercise File 1
                        Lesson 21, Exercise File 2