Introductory Statistics
for Behavioral Scientists
Psy S1610



 

May 23

Introduction to Statistics
Statistical versus Everyday Reasoning
Overview of Study Designs & Statistical Techniques

  • Ch 1-2
HW #1
(due May 26)
 
 

May 24

Measures of Center & Spread
Standardization and Z-scores
Linear Transformations

  • Ch 3-5
 
 

May 25

Basic Probability Laws

  • Ch 7 p 120-129
  • McClave & Sincich Ch 3.1-3.6
HW#2
(due May 31)
 
 

May 25

Distributions of Random Variables
The normal distribution

  • McClave & Sincich Ch 4.1-4.3, Ch 5.1-5.3
  • Ch 6
 
 
 
 
 

May 31

The distribution of sample means
The central limit theorem

  • Gravetter & Wallnau Ch 7
HW#3
(due Jun 3)
 
 

June 1

Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
One Sample Z-Test

  • Ch 12 p 267-273
  • Ch 8

 

 
 

June 2

One Sample T-test
Effect Size
Confidence Intervals

  • Ch 12 p 273-end

HW#4
(due Jun 6)

 
 

June 3

Paired Sample T Tests for Within-Subjects Designs
Two Sample T Tests for Between-Subjects Designs

  • Ch 13
  • Ch 14

 

 
 

June 6

no lecture

 
HW #5
(due Jun 8)
 
 

June 7

Power Analysis

  • Ch 15

 

 
 

June 8

Review Session

 

 

 

 
 

June 9

Test 1

 

 
 

June 13

One-way ANOVA

  • Ch 16
HW #6
(due Jun 16)
 
 

June 14

Two-way ANOVA

  • Ch 17

 

 
 

June 15

Two-way ANOVA cont'd

HW#7
(due Jun 20)
 
 

June 16

no lecture

 
 
 

June 20

Correlation
Regression I

  • Ch 9
  • Ch 10 p 203-212
HW # 8
(due Jun 23)
 
 

June 21

Regression II

  • Ch 10 p 212 – end
  • Moore & McCabe 10.2
 
 

June 22

Partial Correlation*
Multiple Regression*
General Linear Model*

  • Ch 11
HW #9
(due Jun 27)
 
 

June 23

no lecture

 
 

June 27

Categorical Data:
Chi-Square Tests

  • Ch 19
HW #10
(due Jun 29)
 
 

June 28

no lecture

   
 

June 29

Review

 

   
 

June 30

TEST 2