Psychology 612 - Spring 2008

Welcome to the homepage for Psychology 612. Here you will find notes posted for the course, links to additional readings, and various tidbits you might find helpful while learning the course material. Remember that if you are prompted for a password, the user is “student” and the password is the statistic that is associated with student

Syllabus

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Course Synopsis

PSYC 612 is the second course in a two-semester sequence that introduces the student to basic social science research methods and statistics. Throughout the academic year, you will learn the fundamental building blocks for all social sciences. Those building blocks include:

  • research design
  • measurement
  • statistics
  • ethics


Lecture Notes and Readings


Lectures 1 and 2: Research Design and Threats to Validity


Lecture 3: Introduction to MRC


Lecture 4: Introduction to MRC (cont.)

  • Lecture Notes
  • Lecture Readings: Lewis-Beck
  • Relevant or useful links:
    • TBA

Lecture 5: MRC Diagnostics

  • Lecture Notes
  • Lecture Readings: Fox
  • Relevant or useful links:
    • TBA

Lecture 6: MRC Diagnostics (cont.)


Lecture 7: Psychometrics


Lecture 8: Psychometrics


Lecture 9: Principal Components Analysis (PCA)


Lecture 10: Principal Components Analysis (cont.)


Lecture 11: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)


Lecture 12: Exploratory Factor Analysis (cont.)


Lecture 13: Advanced Topics


Lecture 14: Advanced Topics (cont.)



OLD MATERIAL FOLLOWS - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK



Lecture Notes and Readings


Lecture 1: Repeated measures ANOVA

  • Lecture Notes
  • Lecture Readings: T & F - chapters 8 and 17, appendix A

Lecture 2: Data Reduction


Lecture 3: Psychometrics


Lecture 4: Evidence I


Lecture 5: Evidence II


Lecture 6: Evidence III


Lecture 7: Statistical Graphics and Data Presentation



SPRING BREAK



Lecture 8: Rules of Thumb I


Lecture 9: Rules of Thumb II


Lecture 10: Rules of Thumb III


Lecture 11: Choosing Statistical Procedures


Lecture 12: Persuasion


Lecture 13: Theory Testing


Lecture 14: Review/Makeup


Archives

2006 Class notes and assignments can be found here