Psychology

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to techniques for statistical analysis of

psychological experiments.

Format:

Lecture/discussion and computer applications (10 weeks)

Grading and Grading Policy:

Letter grade

(1) Midterm (30% of grade)

(2) Final (40% of grade)

(3) Homework assignments (30% of grade)

Text

William L. Hays (1994). Statistics. Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Orlando, Florida.

Topical Outline

1.   Introduction

2.   Probability

3.   Central Tendency, Variability, and Sampling

4.   Hypothesis Testing

5.   Null-Hypothesis, Chi-square, F-distributions

6.   Linear Model

7.   Comparing Means

8.   Factorial Designs

9.   Analysis of Variance

10. Least Squares and Alternative Hypothesis

11. Problems in Regression