Psychology 610
  Quantitative Research Design and Analysis

 

Click Here for Course Syllabus (Fall 2009)
 
Library Resources

Ethical Review of Research

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

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

Articles for Student Satisfaction:  Corts, et al, (2000),   Finaly-Neumann (1994)

Example Papers:  GEMS Project (2008) ;  Introduction ("shell") for H1N1 Study (2009)  

Data Files


 
        Used In Class

             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

        For Exam #1
                        Child Abuse Prevention
                        Career Motivation
 
        For Exam #2
                       Substance Abuse
                       Hotline
                       Student Satisfaction Study  

                       In-Class #1  Psychological Health
                       In-Class #2  School Choice

        For Home Work

 
              Due 11-17-2009
                        Theory of Planned Behavior -- H1N1 Flu Inoculation Study

              Due 11-10-2009
                        Copy of Ingram, et al. article (if you don't still have it)
                        Theory of Reasoned Action Data is above in the Used in Class section
                        Lesson 34, Exercise File 2

               Due 11-3-2009
                        Lesson 33, Exercise File 2
                        Theory of Reasoned Action Data is above in the Used in Class section

               Due 10-27-2009
                        Ready (for kindergarten)
                        Stranger Danger
                              Sample answer for in class problem

                Due 10-13-2009
                        Lesson 23, Exercise File 1
                        Lesson 24, Exercise File 1

                Due 10-6-2009
                        Lesson 37, Exercise File 1
                        Lesson 21, Exercise File 2

                Due 9-29-2009
                        Lesson 24, Exercise File 2
                        Lesson 31, Exercise File 1

                Due 9-22-2009
                        Lesson 20, Exercise File 1
                        Lesson 21, Exercise File 2