This site is for the labs associated with John Mohr’s Fall 2008 611 lecture section
204 (TH:6–750pm; INN 318), 205 (F:8:30–10:20am; INN 327), and 206 (F:10:30am-12:20; INN 320)

This latest version of the syllabus: 611 Lecture Syllabus


Required Text

  1. Discovering Statistics Using SPSS by Field

APA Style Cheat Sheet

How to create APA tables in MS Word. I would like to acknowledge Jeff Aspelmeier for creating this instruction sheet.


Anscombe data and paper

Sporting Event data

Monk Response Time data

Ancova data

rat feed data

Word Recall data

Attachment data


Free Statistical Programs

G-Power (A Power Calculator for you to use)


The Human Subjects Approval Tests


Useful and Free Online References for Research Methods, Statistics and SPSS

  1. http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.php
  2. http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/
  3. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iss/documentation/tut/tut114.pdf
  4. http://bib.kuleuven.be/etew/data/handleidingen/SPSS_Programming_and_Data_Management.pdf


Great Recommended Statistics Texts

  1. Experimental And Quasi-experimental Designs For Research
  2. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference
  3. Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis
  4. Using Multivariate Statistics

Statistical Program Comparison article


Published Example Manuscripts

Regression Analysis
Hierarchical Regression Analysis
Hierarchical Regression Analysis
Analysis of Variance
Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance
What is Coefficient Alpha?
Factorial ANOVA interactions
Factorial ANOVA interactions Part 2


Lab 1 (August 28/29)

My Lab 1 Example Data and syntax file

The Lab 1 assignment Requirements

Lab 2 (September 4/15)

The Lab 2 Assignment

Lab 3 (September 11/12)

The Lab 3 Assignment

Lab 4 (September 18/19)

The Lab 4 Assignment

Lab 5 (September 25/26)

The Lab 5 Assignment

Lab 6 (October 2/3)

The Lab 6 Assignment

Lab 7 (October 9/10)

The Lab 7 Assignment

Lab 8 (October 23/24)

The Lab 8 Assignment

Lab 9 (October 30/31)

The Lab 9 Assignment

Lab 10 (November 6/7)

The Lab 10 Assignment

Lab 11 (November 13/14)

The Lab 11 Assignment

Lab 12 (November 20/21)

The Lab 12 Assignment