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Dr. Corinne Zimmerman Office Hours: Wed. 10:00 - 11:50 and by appointment (OH will be cancelled on Wed. Feb. 20th due to the chair search) |
Course Syllabus: HTML Version | PDF versionGrade Center
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PSYCHOLOGY 441
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Dr. Corinne Zimmerman Office Hours: Wed. 10:00 - 11:50 and by appointment (OH will be cancelled on Wed. Feb. 20th due to the chair search) |
Course Syllabus: HTML Version | PDF versionGrade Center
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An interesting read: Writing the Empirical Journal Article by Daryl J. Bem (Cornell University) http://comp9.psych.cornell.edu/dbem/writing_article.html
Tentative Course Schedule (NOTE: Schedule was revised 2/5/08)
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1/17 |
Syllabus Day |
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1/18 |
Intro to Experiments |
K: CH 1, 2 |
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1/22 |
Hypothesis Testing and the F Distribution |
K: CH 3 |
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1/24 |
SPSS: Data and One-way ANOVA |
(SPSS: Lesson 20, 24) |
SPSS Lab 1 |
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1/29 |
Planned Comparisons |
K: CH 4 |
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1/31 |
SPSS: Planned Comparisons |
(SPSS: Lesson 24) |
SPSS Lab 2 |
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2/5 |
SPSS: Post-hoc Analyses |
K: CH 6 (pp. 120-130) |
SPSS Lab 3 |
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2/7 |
Class Cancelled - NASP Conference |
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2/12 |
Factorial Designs: Two-way BSs (please do not print in Deg13) |
K: CH 10, 11 (pg 211-228) |
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2/14 |
Class Cancelled - Founders Day |
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2/19 |
SPSS: Two-way ANOVA |
(SPSS: Lesson 25) |
SPSS Lab 4 |
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2/21 |
K: CH 12 |
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2/26 |
SPSS: Simple Effects | (SPSS: Lesson 25) |
SPSS Lab 5 |
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2/28 |
Catch-up and Review | ||
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3/4 |
EXAM 1 | Study Guide for Midterm | |
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3/6 |
Ethics (p.1-2 IRB; p.3 IACUC) | Link to IRB forms |
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3/10-3/14 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 3/18 | Quasi-experimental Designs | Review Article due | |
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3/20 |
Developmental Designs | ||
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3/25 |
K: CH 16, 17 (pg 369-392) |
IRB Proposal due |
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3/27 |
SPSS: Within-subjects Designs |
K: CH 17 (SPSS: 28, 29) |
SPSS Lab 6 |
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4/1 |
Proposal Meetings |
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4/3 |
Proposal Meetings |
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4/8 |
Proposal Meetings |
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4/10 |
SPSS: Mixed Designs |
K: CH 19 (pg 432-444); 20 |
SPSS Lab 7 |
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4/15 |
K: CH 15 |
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4/17 |
SPSS: ANCOVA |
(SPSS: Lesson 26) |
SPSS Lab 8 |
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4/22 |
Power (Part 1 - Conceptual) |
K: CH 8; handout on ES and power |
PROPOSAL DUE (4/22) |
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4/24 |
Power (Part 2 - Calculations, etc.) |
Minsize Calculator (free software) GPower (info & download free software) |
Lab 9 |
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4/29 |
Introduction to 3-factor designs |
TBA |
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5/1 |
Review |
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5/8 |
FINAL EXAM Thurs. 5/8 3:10 pm |
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Note: K = Keppel & Wickens
SPSS = Chapters in Green & Salkind (purchase or consult copy available on lab days)
Dates for brief quizzes will be announced in class
N.B. The above schedule is for guidance only and may change in the event of extenuating circumstances.
Matthew Hesson-McInnis' page on reporting statistics in APA format:
http://www.ilstu.edu/~mshesso/apa_stats_format.html
(under construction and subject to change)