Psychology 612 - Spring 2013

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.

Archives

If you are interested in previous years notes, datasets, and optional readings, you can find all of these details on the following links:

Spring 2005
Spring 2006
Spring 2007
Spring 2008
Spring 2009
Spring 2010
Spring 2011
Spring 2012

Syllabus

You can download the latest edition of the syllabus here

Lab Website

You may access Lab Resources at here

Course Synopsis

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

  • research methods
  • measurement
  • statistics
  • ethics


Lecture Notes and Readings


Module 1: Data Reduction


Lecture 1: Introduction/PCA

Lecture 2: PCA cont.

Lecture 3: EFA

Lecture 4: EFA cont.


Module 2: Hypothesis Testing


Please consult the videos linked on this page for additional references

Introduction to Mediation

Mediation (cont.)

Introduction to Moderation

Moderation (cont.)


Module 3: Data Management and Analysis


Missing Data

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)


Misc. Topics


Statistical Control and MLM/HLM

Structural Equations and Other Covariance Models