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PSYCOLOGY 245

University of Evansville

STATISTICS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS

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                   Syllabus: 

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 *       NOTE:  Possible textbook change for Fall 2008:

DC Howell (2008) Fundamental statistics for the behavioral science, 6e, Belmont CA: Thomson (ISBN 9780495099000).

CALENDARS:

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GRADE BOOK AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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AVAILABILITY FOR INDIVIDUAL HELP:

*  Dr. John Lakey, Professor of Psychology,  lakey@evansville.edu  

       Office Hours:  Click Personal Website.

       Office:  Hyde Hall 122F  Phone: 479-2531 / 2520 (Home: 858-9378) 

* Teaching Assistants

          Ms. Kymberly Knust (Class TA)

             Ms. Natalia Potrzuski (Lab TA)        

        Office:  Hyde Hall 121  Phone 488-2039 / 2520

LAB GUIDES:

Due to proprietary content and the lack of password protection at this website, .ppt (PowerPoint) files are only available at the class AceLink/Blackboard website (which is password protected) under Course Documents.

POWERPOINT CLASS LECTURE SLIDES:

Due to proprietary content and the lack of password protection at this website, .ppt (PowerPoint) files are only available at the class AceLink/Blackboard website (which is password protected) under Course Documents.

To Review on your PC:  Download Adobe 8.0 READER for .pdf filesAdobe Reader Download Page

To Printout for Class Notes:  Download PowerPoint READER for .ppt files Microsoft PowerPoint Reader Download Page

SELECTED HYPERLINKS:

>American Psychological Association at http://www.apa.org/ with information for students at http://www.apa.org/students/.  

>Association for Psychological Science at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/ with information for students at http://www.psychologicalscience.org/apssc/ and http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/ (see Student Notebook). 

>Annual Reviews of Psychology, Neuroscience, and many other disciplines provide current reviews of specific areas in the major disciplines:  click http://psych.annualreviews.org/search.dtl for psychology or http://neuro.annualreviews.org/search.dtl for neuroscience—other disciplines may be selected.  You can read the full text of the psychology articles at our Library website:  click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click All Databases, and then click Annual Review of Psychology.  Hardcopy Annual Reviews are available in our Library. 

>APA Format.  Some information is available through http://libraries.evansville.edu/style/info.html  (APA and Duke links):  better overviews are available at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html, http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social_sciences/intext.html#6, http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html and http://www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm.  Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.

National Association of Social Workers at http://www.socialworkers.org/ with information for students at https://www.socialworkers.org/profession/overview.asp.  

Psych Central: Dr. John Grohol's Mental Health Page at http://psychcentral.com/ emphasizes consumer information.  Search option.

>Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics at http://onlinestatbook.com/rvls.html for review of statistical topics.

>PsycARTICLES (APA) searches APA journals and provided on-line access to full-text articles.  To conduct these searches, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click All Databases, then click PsycARTICLES. Enter the key search terms for your topic.  Read the HTML version but download the PDF version for your Portfolio.  You will need the Adobe 6 or 7 Reader (free download). 

>PsycINFO (APA) searches the psychological research literature and provides abstracts of journal reports.  To conduct these searches, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click All Databases, then click PsycINFO. Enter the key search terms for your topic.  Print out important abstracts (or save to a floppy or hard disk).  If the journals are not in our Library, as likely, order photocopies of the articles through our Interlibrary Loan service (assess http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click Request Forms, and then click the appropriate Interlibrary Loan Form).  

Social Psychology Network at http://www.socialpsychology.org/ provides a comprehensive list of links to both social and general psychology sites.  Search option.  

Society for Neuroscience at http://www.sfn.org/ for general information about neuroscience and links to other related websites. 

>Textbook (Jaccard & Becker) Companion Website at http://www.wadsworth.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?   fid=M20b&discipline_number=24&product_isbn_issn=0534569250 provides useful study aids for our textbook.

>VassarStats Table Calculators at http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/tabs.html#f provides Professor Lowry's p calculators for z, r, t, F, & X2 Tests as well as the Q calculator needed for the Tukey HSD Test.

>VassarStats Website at http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/VassarStats.html.

>VassarStats WebTextbook at http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html provides Professor Lowry's solid explanation of statistical topics:  If you want a second take for our course.

 

WRITING GUIDE HYPERLINKS:

>General Websites:   Provide short guides for specific aspects of writing….

Internet Public Library links for good writing at http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/links.htm#writing.

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at http://www.powa.org/.

Purdue general writing guides at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/index.html.

UNC general writing guides at http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/.

Wisconsin general writing guides at http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html.

>Documentation Styles:  Pick APA and stay with it….

APA (social sciences) documentation at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html.  Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.

CBE (natural sciences) format and citation style at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html.

Chicago (history and some humanities) format and citation style at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/chicago.html.

MLA (most humanities) documentation at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mla.html.  Also see the Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook.

>Citing your sources:  Nothing is original….

Effective quoting tips at http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/quoting.html.

Plagiarism information at http://www.aug.edu/sociology/plagiarism.html, http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/plagsep.html, and http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/links_plagiarism.html (links concerning the problem).

>Personal growth:

On overcoming procrastination and advice on other common problems check out http://www.potsdam.edu/content.php?contentID=2E1B9DDC8E874574BA0018FCDE6F9417.

>Searches of databases through our Library:

To conduct a search, click http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click Online Databases, then click the appropriate database (Annual Review of Psychology, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, Medline, etc.).   When you get to the search engine, enter the key terms for your topic.  Print out important abstracts and download full-text pdf files (save to a floppy, zip, USB flash drive, or hard disk).  You may need to download the free Adobe 6 Reader for pdf files. 

If the journals are not in our Library, as likely, order photocopies of the articles through our Interlibrary Loan service (assess http://www2.evansville.edu/libweb/, click Request Forms, and then click the appropriate Interlibrary Loan Form).  

 

LAST UPDATED 22 MAY 2007

 

               Recent Classes:

Fall 2007

1. Sara Bilodeau, 2. Stephanie Dobbins, 3. Caresse Bucchan, 4. Kendra Syversen, 5. Tara Smith (TA), 6. Anna Harvey, 7. Angie Sheffler, 8. Mark Obenchain, 9. Mary Risinger, 10. Natalia Potrzuski, 11. Kaley Parker, 12. Ray Edelman, 13. Sarah Khehl, 14. Hilary Coughlin, 15. Lindsey Brandel, 16. Kendyl Wood, 17. Amanda Teich, 18. Rachel Lechner, 19. J. Patt, 20. Tiffany Baker, 21. Christina McKinney, 22. Kellie Schallert, 23. Alisha Beccue, 24. Clayton Moore.

 

Spring 2007

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11. Erik Belford, 12. Sarah Underwood, 13. Jessica Neukam, 14. Jonathan Parra, 15. Holly Atherton, 16. Amanda Stafford, 17. Jason Pitt (TA), 18. Jenn Deffendoll, 19. Matt Holfelner,

20. Jim Jarvis, 21. Corey Jackson.

 

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1 Kathryn Cummings, 2 Adam Fultz, 3 Gina Carter, 4 Geoff Keller, 5 Kristen Dunford, 6 Marc Sapoznik, 7 Sarah Bruce, 8 Amanda Atwood, 9 Steph Pemberton, 10 Penny Stewart,

11 Kymberly Knust, 12 Lori Jones (TA), 13 Robyn Umans, 14 Katie Morton, 15 Lisa Thompson, 16 Amanda Keller, 17 Emily Lloyd, 18 Melissa Garcia, 19 Erica Calder, 20 Erin Bahart,

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Spring 2006

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17. Jessica Klabunde, 18. Alyssa Hussey, 19. Miranda Fitzgerald, 20. Angela Wright, 21. Todd Kuester, 22. Maya Thake (Class TA), 23. Erin Barnett,

24. Scharee Cain (Lab TA).

 

 

Fall 2005

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17. Zach Meny, 18. Paul Pearman, 20. Crissy Higgins, 21. Jessica Jenkins.

 

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