2012 CLASS CALENDAR

Week	Dates	Class	Topic	Assignment
1	JAN 09 11 13	1 2 3	Introduction & Math Preliminaries -The Numbers Problem- Scale, Ranks, and Categorical Data Parametric & [Nonparametric Statistics]	Chapter 1
2	16 18 20	-- 4 5	KING RECESS Frequency & Probability Distributions The APA Results Section Figure One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!	Chapter 2
3	23 25 27	6 7 8	Central Tendency & Variability -The Outlier Problem- Which Average? [Modes (Proportions), Medians, and different Means!]	Chapter 3 & Inside Front Cover [Skim Sections 15.2, 16.1-2]
4	30 FEB 01 03	7 8 9	Percentile Ranks, Standard Scores (z-scores), and the Normal Curve The Quasi-Interval Data Solution for Psychology?	Chapter 4 & Appendix B
5	06 08 10	10 11 12	Descriptive Correlation & Regression rPearson, rSpearman, & η (“eta”) Significant (Reliable) Difference from Zero? Regression (Prediction) by the Best-Fit Straight Line [Cramer’s V & Spearman’s rho]	Chapter 5, Significant Difference Lecture Slides & Appendices H & M [Skim Sections 15.6 & 16.8]
6	13 15 17	13 14 15	Probability Venn Diagrams Addition (or) & Multiplication (and) Theorems Conditional (Bayesian) Probabilities Test Decisions and Probabilities of the 2x2 Possible-Outcomes Matrix	Chapter 6 & Probability Lecture Slides
7	20 22 24	16 17 18	Sampling Distributions, Standard Errors and the Normal Central Limits Theorem Why Parametric Tests are “Robust”? (--if your samples are large enough)	Chapter 7
8	FEB 29 MAR 02	19 20 21	MIDTERM EXAMINATION Part I (Multiple-Choice) MIDTERM EXAMINATION Part II (Problems)	Chapters 1-7. [Skim Sections 15.2, 15.6, 16.1-2 & 16.8]
	MAR 3-11		SPRING RECESS
9	MAR 12 14 16	22 23 24	Hypothesis Testing: Type I & II Errors, Test Power, and the .05 Criterion It’s all about your values and costs! One-Sample t-Test for Mean Differences [Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test for Biased Proportional Samples]	Chapter 8 & Appendix D [Skim Section 15.14]
10	19 21 23	25 26 27	Statistical Research Design Random Sampling for a Representative Subject Pool, Random Assignment of Subjects to Groups, & Independent Variable Manipulation for Different Group Treatments	Chapter 9
11	26 28 *30	28 29 30	Independent-Groups t-Test Can Not Pair Scores Between Groups! Significant Reliability and Significant Effect Size: Cohen’s d, η^2, and CI95% [Mann-Whitney U Test]	Chapter 10, Effect Size Lecture Slides, SPSS Lab 9 Guide, & Inside Rear Cover [Section 16.3-4]
12	APR 02 04 APR 06	31 32 33	Correlated-Groups t-Test Can Pair Scores Between Groups! [Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test] EASTER RECESS	Chapter 11 & [Section 16.5]
13	09 11 13	34 35 36	One-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA The Omnibus Test before Post-Hoc t-Tests (LSD, Bonferroni, Tukey, and Dunnett’s C Modifications of the t-Test for Post-Hoc Pairwise Comparisons) [Kruskal-Wallis Test]	Chapter 12, SPSS Lab 11 Guide, & Appendix F [Skim Section 16.6]
14	16 18 20	37 38 --	One-Way Repeated-Measures ANOVA -The Sphericity Problem- Huynh-Feldt ANOVA and Wilk’s Lamda MANOVA Solutions [Freidman ANOVA by Ranks as another solution]	Chapter 13 & SPSS Lab 12 Guide [Skim Section 16.7]
15	23 APR 26	39 --	Preface and Postface READING & STUDY DAY
16	APR 30 MONDAY@ 12:30pm in KC100	40	FINAL EXAMINATION 12:30 – 3:30 Note: Final Exam Based on Lab To Extend Period	COMPREHENSIVE Emphasis of Chapters 7-13 . [Skim 16.1-8]