PSYC 7302/8302: Advanced Statistics I

  Instructor: Dr. Rick Dale
Office: 442 Psychology Building
Office hours: Wed. 2-4 (or by appt.)
Phone: 678-4938
Email: radale@memphis.edu
Website:
http://cia.psyc.memphis.edu/rad/
Spring 2008
MW, 11:00-12:25
Location: 103
Course website:
http://cia.psyc.memphis.edu/rad/7302/

Syllabus distributed in class

Grading rubric for paper #1 ; Grading rubric for paper #2

Official schedule & readings (click on dates for notes of slides)

Date Topic Readings Exercise Relevant links
1/14 Organizational meeting. Getting started. Excel and SPSS: Why?   Ex. 0  
1/16 Excel and SPSS: Data, descriptives, and display


Ex. 1

Mathtools.net: Excel add-ons

Excel workshop slides

1/21 No class: MLK Jr. Day      
1/23 Excel and SPSS: Data, descriptives, and display   Ex. 2  
1/28, 1/30, 2/4 Basic statistics review Appendix E Ex. 3, Ex. 4, Ex. 5  
2/6, 2/11 Simple regression Chapter 1 Ex. 6, Ex. 7  
2/13, 2/18, 2/20 Multiple regression: the basics Chapters 2-4 Ex. 8, Ex. 9 Effect size
2/25, 2/27 Two other kinds of multiple regression Chapter 5    
3/3 - 3/7 No class: spring break      
3/10, 3/12, 3/17 ANOVA, GLM, MR: party time! Chapter 6 Ex. 10  
3/19, 3/24, 3/26 Multiple variables, interactions, and more Chapters 7-8 Ex. 11, Ex. 12  
4/2, 4/7 Okay, assumption time! Diagnostics too! Whoa! Chapter 9    
4/9, 4/14 Path analysis rudiments Chapter 10 Ex. 13  
4/16, 4/21 Latent variables, factor analysis Chapter 11-14 (optional)    
4/23 SPSS syntax, final class   Ex. 14