This schedule is subject to change. Changes will be announced in
class. Check this schedule frequently for updates.
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Homework or Exams |
Readings and Lecture Topics |
| 1 |
Homework 1 assigned Tues Jan 11.
Announcement (9am F 1/14):
Homework 1 now due Thurs Jan 20.
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Math anxiety?
Check out the Aron et al. textbook,
p.14 and p.19.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website): Intro. to student,
p. xix. Ch. 1: Displaying the order in a group of
numbers. Ch. 2: Mean, SD and Z.
Rosenberg Excel book: Pp.1-32: Basic
skills. Ch. 1-1: Describing data. Ch. 1-2: Functions and
tools. Ch. 1-3: Frequency distributions. Ch. 1-4: Making
charts.
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| 2 |
Homework 1 due Thu Jan 20.
Homework 2 assigned Tues Jan 18.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 2: Mean, SD and Z. Ch. 4: Normal population and sampling.
Rosenberg Excel book: Ch. 2: The Z Statistic.
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| 3 |
Homework 2 due Tues Jan 25.
Exam 1 Thurs Jan 27.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website): Ch. 1, 2 and 4 continued.
Rosenberg Excel book: Basic Skills, Ch. 1 and 2 continued.
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| 4 |
Homework 3 assigned Tues Feb 1.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 5: Logic of hypothesis testing.
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| 5 |
Homework 3 due Tues Feb 8.
Homework 4 assigned Tues Feb 8.
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The notion of sampling distribution this week is key
for everything else we will do. Don't miss this week.
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Aron et
al. textbook (and companion website): Ch. 6: Hypothesis tests on
means. Confidence intervals.
Rosenberg Excel book: Ch. 4: Sampling distributions,
& Ch. 5. Very instructive website: Animated simulation of sampling distribution of the
mean.
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| 6 |
Homework 4 due Tues Feb 15.
Exam 2 Thurs Feb 17.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website): Ch. 5 and Ch. 6 continued.
Rosenberg Excel book: Ch. 4 and Ch. 5 continued.
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| 7 |
Homework 5 assigned Tues Feb 22.
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Examples of graphs shown in class. These three show how
power increases as sample size increases. Click to enlarge.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 7: Effect size and Statistical power.
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| 8 |
Homework 5 due Tues Mar 1.
Homework 6 assigned Tues Mar 1.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 8: The t-test for a single mean.
Rosenberg Excel book:
Ch. 6: The t Statistic -- One Sample.
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| 9 |
Homework 6 due Tues Mar 8.
Exam 3 Thurs Mar 10.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website): Ch. 7 and Ch. 8 continued.
Rosenberg Excel book: Ch. 6 continued.
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Spring
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| 10 |
Homework 7 assigned Tues Mar 22.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 9: t-test for two groups.
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| 11 |
Homework 7 due Tues Mar 29.
Homework 8 assigned Tues Mar 29.
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Some slides presented in class. Click to enlarge.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 11 (p. 353-360 only): Transforming when data are non-normal.
Re-sampling. Lecture material only.
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| 12 |
Homework 8 due Tues Apr 5.
Exam 4 Thurs Apr 7.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Continuation of Ch. 9, Ch. 11, and re-sampling.
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| 13 |
Homework 9 assigned Tues Apr 12.
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Example of power of F test. Click to enlarge.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 10, pp. 289-311: Single-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Rosenberg Excel book:
Ch. 8: Single-factor ANOVA.
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| 14 |
Homework 9 due Tues Apr 19.
Homework 10 assigned Tues Apr 19.
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Example of row, column and interaction effects shown in class.
Click to enlarge.
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Aron et al. textbook (and companion website):
Ch. 10, pp. 312-324: Two-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA).
Rosenberg Excel book:
Ch. 9: Two-factor ANOVA.
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| 15 |
Homework 10 due Tues Apr 26.
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Tuesday: Homework discussion. Equivalence of F and t for two groups. Overview and review of course.
Thursday: Final exam preview and worked problems.
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Final
Exams |
Final Exam Tues May 3,
12:30-2:30.
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